Not Just Clashing With The Titans

After reading the press release, below, I am now completely certain that this game is going to be total and utter shit. They turned an epic story of a SINGLE hero into a fucking multiplayer experience. A story of one man's journey to save loved ones as well as quell a war between gods and man. At least that is a simplified view of the original. The new one is just a story of Perseus trying to save his family from Hades, played by Ralph Fiennes of Voldemort fame.

How the hell can you make this a multiplayer game? Besides trying to placate to the general conditioning that games HAVE TO HAVE multiplayer to be worth anything. It's like making a Resident Evil film literally based off the first game. An hour and a half of silence, with about half an hour of talking. It's just too much of a stretch to make it work as a multiplayer style game. Granted it does have a solo play mode, but it makes no sense to force multiplayer in a game based on a solo "played" film.

I guess they could go the Young Hercules route. Randomly add characters just to give "air" time to actors that would normal get any. Just video game characters in this aspect though.

NAMCO BANDAI GAMES AMERICA AND WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ANNOUNCE U.S. RELEASE OF CLASH OF THE TITANS

Epic Mythlogical Adventure Comes to XBox 360® and PlayStation®3 system to Accompany the Global Theatrical Release

Santa Clara, Calif., (Oct. 9, 2009) – Leading video games publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., and Warner Bros. Interactive, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, today announced that Clash of the Titans for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system is slated for U.S. release in spring 2010. Developed by Game Republic, the robust action-adventure title launches in conjunction with the worldwide theatrical release of Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' feature film "Clash of the Titans" starring Liam Neeson, Sam Worthington and Ralph Fiennes.

"Clash of the Titans is a truly iconic entertainment experience," said Todd Thorson, director of marketing and public relations at NAMCO BANDAI Games America. "Bringing the re-imagined movie to life in an interactive adventure with Warner Bros. Interactive promises an unprecedented experience for video game and movie fans alike."

Set in the timeless grandeur of Greek mythology, Clash of the Titans immerses players into the epic battle for dominance between the human race and the powerful gods Hades and Zeus. Through vast landscapes of swamps, mountains and the underworld, two modes of play let players embody Perseus' adventure from the film, or take on original new bosses in fresh, dynamic adaptations of one of the greatest mythological stories ever told.

An unprecedented style of action-adventure game play will arm players with an ever-changing arsenal of weapons and powers. Players can journey solo or team up with friends to complete quests as they encounter a roster of legendary villains including Medusa and the sea monster known as The Kraken.