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TimeShift gets an overhaul

Posted May 29, 2007 at 08:18PM by Ceasar S. Listed in: Interviews, TimeShift Tags: Unreal Engine, Saber Interactive, Sierra Online
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Saber Interactive is a video game developer based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. They focus on first person shooter games. It released the game Will Rock in 2003, and is currently developing another game called TimeShift.">Saber Interactive, the guys behind the Sierra's chrono shooter for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, was given an entire year to patch up a game that was reportedly plagued with "seven bugs." But following a year's delay, TimeShift underwent a complete overhaul.

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In an interview with IGN, it has been revealed that the game's visual appeal took an "up close and personal" feel, sporting immense detail and darker theme than before. But that's not all. The game also endured the trashing of four entire levels, overall character redesigns, tweaking to time control mechanics and gameplay, integration of the Havok 4.5 physics engine and a painful revamp of the entire graphics engine.

But why go through all that trouble? That's because Saber considered TimeShift's old iteration as uncompetitive in a "post-Unreal Engine 3" world. Also Saber's Kyle Peschel explained that gamers didn't quite get the "Steam Punk" bit, and believes that they've done well with the new face of TimeShift.

A few of the maps have even been made larger. Physics have been improved that an enemy's gibs won't just fly over the place, they'll flip-flop and dance around until they land. New scripting made enemies more lifelike in their mannerisms, while Saber Interactive hopes to deliver the title balanced in performance and features over all platforms.

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   by nllx - 2007-05-29
 » meh
no one cares about timesh*t anymore.

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   by hey.. i care (Unregistered) - 2007-05-30
 » hey.. i care
hey.. i care, thats not true.

   by ACE (Unregistered) - 2007-05-30
 » agreed...
Its been too long. The concept seems old. Plus would you really buy a game that has been delayed so many times. they obviously don't even feel they're own product is up too scratch. I'll bet anyone this will be just another avergae shooter.....



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