BlackSite: Area 51 Screenshots Released

May 11, 2007 1:18 PM

Midway Games has sent over several new screenshots of Midway Studios Austin's upcoming alien-themed BlackSite: Area 51, helmed by creative director Harvey Smith. The game is set to release for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC this September.

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May 11, 2007 1:21 PM

Looks like the main characters from Gears of War up against some Half Life 2 critters. Goodie.
- GreatGooglyMoogly
  
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  May 11, 2007 1:30 PM
  
  Or Zergs, even.
  
  Ever noticed how in games we're now going back to a very limited palette (QUAKE IS BROWN, LAWL); just shades of a colour really? I guess people find it "artsy" and "cohesive", but I'm just bored by it.
  - Chris Remo
    
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    May 11, 2007 1:42 PM
    
    It's all in the execution. HL2 has a fairly muted palette but it is done with a clear idea and with subtlety, and I think that game looks gorgeous.
    - GreatGooglyMoogly
      
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      May 11, 2007 3:25 PM
      
      I'd call it desaturated. There are a decent amount of colours, just desaturated.
  - skankcore
    
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    May 11, 2007 1:44 PM
    
    What's wrong with a color palette being "cohesive"? That should be the point.
    - GreatGooglyMoogly
      
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      May 11, 2007 3:31 PM
      
      It's not nice when it looks like you've used a 100% desaturation filter and then a colorise filter across the board is my point. No matter if it's sepia or a steely blue colour like customary. I dislike today's abundant colour matching in films too... it's just mostly overdone and exaggerated; give me some subtlety instead of ram-it-down-me-throat please.
      
      But no, everything needs to be bleak!! and edgy!! today.