Complete Stage 1 Run Through - New Video

Thanks to the miracle that is stage6 I have a new video to share. This one is a complete run through from start menu to the of stage 1.

Unfortunately while stage6 rocks for storing high-quality videos online, FRAPs sucks at making them (at least on my PC it does) so I must appologise for the slight frame drops in places (game runs in a glorious 60fps) and the poor sound quality, I probably need to find an application that can capture higher quality sound, or play around with XACT to reduce the instances for the capture. I’ll work on that this week but for now heres what we have:

There’s a few cool things to notice in this video…

• Your first official look at Lucas, he’s your Earth based informant who’ll be giving you intel about what to expect in the upcoming stage
• The interactive loadout screen, you can see I’m picking my weapons on the left and testing them out on the right of the screen
• 360 Degree firing arc: You can see me taking out smaller ships with my secondary turrets at all kinds of angles
• Extra weapon functionality: The Bullshot Plasma Pulse turret weapon can be used to take out enemy projectiles, you can see me taking advantage of this, using it as kind of flak cannon to shield myself from incoming fire
• The shield: In my B10Housen encounter you see me activate the shield, which drains power from the engines but makes me virtually invulnerable, B10Housens drones explode harmlessly on the surface of the shield, making it shimmer and shift position.
• Boss Weak Point: Putting my self in the firing arc of the main turret I was able to strike B10Housens weak point with everything I had, taking him down in a flash

This is all non-final of course, there’s loads of work to do on the enemy waves, and there’s a tonne of UI touches I’m going to add to the stage itself that will make the whole experience totally different. But that was basically 4 minutes of your Last Alarm experience (bar the awesome cinematics..but thats another post entirely). As always feedback is greatly appriciated.