Project Wight Sneak Peek

What I think is that I'm tired of swords and knights and castles. Where are the high-fantasy sci-fi worlds?
 
Looks neat but I think I'll pass. I like killing the creatures not being one haha.
 
I think what they accomplished with Unity is the most impressive part. Gameplay is meh.
 
Agree on the monster thing. I'm not into being the monster exactly. I did enjoy the predator in the original AVP game, but maybe because he's still humanoid and has technological weaponry. The dog-alien from Alien 3 was fun, but only as a novelty, and then I'd be back to being a marine or the predator again.
 
I think it looks pretty cool so far. I'm a fan of sneaking around in games and then I also like straight up murdering things. One of the best part about it I thought was not being a human ?
 
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Sad that they are furthering the fallacy that vikings had horns on their helmets.
 
Vikings may not have had horns on there helmets but I bet they wish they had. Interesting title I like being the creature and will keep an eye out for it.
 
I hope the creature learns how to use a double barrel shotty or a crossbow, now you're talkin'.
 
NeoNemesis said:
I loved being the alien in AvP 2. Will probably love this as well.
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Multi was really fun, chasing your buddies around as the alien, or owning as the predator. The marine was always a spam container to be opened at will by either of the superior races, I hated being the marine!
 
AVP in Skyrim is what it felt like to me... Not a bad mixup hehe I'm interested...
 
Looks interesting. Though due to the "project" title, I'm not holding my breath, this looks cool, but, anyone Remember how cool Project Offset looked?
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
Sad that they are furthering the fallacy that vikings had horns on their helmets.
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Well, we really can't say that NO Vikings had horns on their helmets. :D Maybe there was just one of them. A quirky young viking named Joerg from a somewhat influential family in the village. He later became somewhat well known within the pillaging community, so there were various artifacts created in his image. Later discovered by Finnish archaeologist Aðalbriktr, and recorded in a manuscript that would later make its way into popular Nordic culture, followed by a greater, if somewhat misguided world view on Viking helms.
 
This reminds me a little bit of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. Good thing that game wasn't a huge disappointment. :rolleyes:
 
I actually love Dark Messiah. Actually pretty much anything Arkane makes. They absolutely nail melee combat in first person for one thing.
 
J3RK said:
Well, we really can't say that NO Vikings had horns on their helmets. :D Maybe there was just one of them. A quirky young viking named Joerg from a somewhat influential family in the village. He later became somewhat well known within the pillaging community, so there were various artifacts created in his image. Later discovered by Finnish archaeologist Aðalbriktr, and recorded in a manuscript that would later make its way into popular Nordic culture, followed by a greater, if somewhat misguided world view on Viking helms.
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Nah, there is no historical evidence that Vikings ever wore horned helmets.

Some horned helmets have been found in archeological digs, but they predate the Viking age by a significant amount of time, (bronze age or earlier) and were likely ceremonial in nature, not used for protection in battle.

Vikings were never portrayed with horned helmets until the 19th century Germany, when Wagner took a lot of artistic licence in his operas, and apparently Wagner was very influential.
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
Nah, there is no historical evidence that Vikings ever wore horned helmets.

Some horned helmets have been found in archeological digs, but they predate the Viking age by a significant amount of time, (bronze age or earlier) and were likely ceremonial in nature, not used for protection in battle.

Vikings were never portrayed with horned helmets until the 19th century Germany, when Wagner took a lot of artistic licence in his operas, and apparently Wagner was very influential.
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The "Viking horns" motif is embraced all over, nowadays -- including the places of "origin" in the Scandinavian countries, where you can buy "tourist trap" trinkets of horned Vikings easily (and they sell well, too).

You know how it is -- every Chinese guy is a nerd and a martial artist all at once (and always to the disadvantage of said guy), every Japanese dude is a samurai or a ninja, every American is a walking obese turd whose mouth is crammed with McDonald's, every African is a primitive living in a hut, and so on ...

Of course, every alien is a "little green man" (except for the Predator or the Zentraedi, of course).

:p
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
Nah, there is no historical evidence that Vikings ever wore horned helmets.

Some horned helmets have been found in archeological digs, but they predate the Viking age by a significant amount of time, (bronze age or earlier) and were likely ceremonial in nature, not used for protection in battle.

Vikings were never portrayed with horned helmets until the 19th century Germany, when Wagner took a lot of artistic licence in his operas, and apparently Wagner was very influential.
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As much as I'm sure some are pleased that someone is leading the charge to defend the historical accuracy of Viking lore, don't forget this is a game. A game that is set in an alternate history.

You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have Vikings with frickin' horns attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that shouldn't be done. Ah, would you remind me what I come here for, honestly? Throw me a bone here!
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
Sad that they are furthering the fallacy that vikings had horns on their helmets.
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Sad that people are furthering the fallacy that Viking did not have horn on their helmets. :p
We found Viking helmets with horns. Its not just all/most Viking that had them.


Zarathustra[H] said:
Nah, there is no historical evidence that Vikings ever wore horned helmets.
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There have been found viking helmets with horns.. your source is outdated.
I believe a few is on display in the danish national museum. it is however not many years ago they where found.


I'll try to see if i can find the news/articles again
 
SvenBent said:
Sad that people are furthering the fallacy that Viking did not have horn on their helmets. :p
We found Viking helmets with horns. Its not just all/most Viking that had them.



There have been found viking helmets with horns.. your source is outdated.
I believe a few is on display in the danish national museum. it is however not many years ago they where found.


I'll try to see if i can find the news/articles again
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I'd be curious, since as a Swede it flies in the face of everything I ever learned about Vikings when I grew up in school.

I wonder if the helmets found were actually religious objects, as Odin is often depicted in Norse mythology as wearing a helmet with wings, which could look somewhat like horns.

It would also not have been practical to wear a helmet with anything sticking out from it, like a horn (or even a wing) in battle, as weapons would have gotten caught on them.

Up until very recently - at least - no Viking helmets had been found with horns. In fact. Not many Viking helmets have been found at all. Historians believe that metal helmets were limited to the few wealthy Vikings, and that most wore protective leather caps, or no helmets at all.

What is probably most telling is that in no contemporary depictions of Viking battles that have been found (wood ship carvings, etc.) have the combatants been wearing helmets with horns.
 
Mugato said:
Multi was really fun, chasing your buddies around as the alien, or owning as the predator. The marine was always a spam container to be opened at will by either of the superior races, I hated being the marine!
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What I loved most about that game was that each race felt different.

Marine: Survival Horror
Predator: Action
Alien: Stealth

Really was one of the best games of its generation. Played way too much in 2002/2003.
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
I'd be curious, since as a Swede it flies in the face of everything I ever learned about Vikings when I grew up in school.

I wonder if the helmets found were actually religious objects, as Odin is often depicted in Norse mythology as wearing a helmet with wings, which could look somewhat like horns.

It would also not have been practical to wear a helmet with anything sticking out from it, like a horn (or even a wing) in battle, as weapons would have gotten caught on them.

Up until very recently - at least - no Viking helmets had been found with horns. In fact. Not many Viking helmets have been found at all. Historians believe that metal helmets were limited to the few wealthy Vikings, and that most wore protective leather caps, or no helmets at all.

What is probably most telling is that in no contemporary depictions of Viking battles that have been found (wood ship carvings, etc.) have the combatants been wearing helmets with horns.
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I don't know you age but i think i can safely assume its a at least a few years since you where in school. If so at the time no such helmets where founds. its withing the last couple of years but more than 3 years cause it was before i moved from Denmark til Texas. I also do believe they where found in Denmark. I want to say it was in jutland. But tbh the details eludes me


I'm still trying to find news/article about it


i found something, you being a Swede i should not need to translate :)
http://natmus.dk/historisk-viden/danmark/oldtid-indtil-aar-1050/vikingetiden-800-1050/vaaben/hjelme/

"Der findes faktisk afbildninger af personer med hornede hjelme/hoveder fra jernalderen bl.a. på Guldhornene. De er ældre end vikingetiden, men også fra vikingetiden kender vi til sådanne billeder.
I Oseberggraven i Norge, der er fra tidlig vikingetid, fandtes et vægtæppe, der ligeledes viser hjelme med horn. Beviser det, at alle vikingerne har båret de berømte hornede hjelme? Sandsynligvis ikke. Dog er der noget, der tyder på, at visse krigere kan have båret en lignende hovedbeklædning."

and

"De hornede figurer fra Guldhornene forestiller bersærker. Vilde krigere, der i en voldsrus kastede sig halvnøgne ind i kampen. Vi kender dem også fra de islandske sagaer, hvor de hører til blandt de mest frygtede vikinger."

So both in Norway and Demmark there is at least DRAWINGS from the viking age that depicted viking with horned helmets. offcause this is not a prof on itself. but it does rule out that no depictions of viking with horned helmet existed from that age
Hmm nothing on sweden maybe that why sweden always tried to take norway from us, you where jealous of our fancy horned helmets :p
 
SvenBent said:
I don't know you age but i think i can safely assume its a at least a few years since you where in school. If so at the time no such helmets where founds. its withing the last couple of years but more than 3 years cause it was before i moved from Denmark til Texas. I also do believe they where found in Denmark. I want to say it was in jutland. But tbh the details eludes me


I'm still trying to find news/article about it


i found something, you being a Swede i should not need to translate :)
http://natmus.dk/historisk-viden/danmark/oldtid-indtil-aar-1050/vikingetiden-800-1050/vaaben/hjelme/

"Der findes faktisk afbildninger af personer med hornede hjelme/hoveder fra jernalderen bl.a. på Guldhornene. De er ældre end vikingetiden, men også fra vikingetiden kender vi til sådanne billeder.
I Oseberggraven i Norge, der er fra tidlig vikingetid, fandtes et vægtæppe, der ligeledes viser hjelme med horn. Beviser det, at alle vikingerne har båret de berømte hornede hjelme? Sandsynligvis ikke. Dog er der noget, der tyder på, at visse krigere kan have båret en lignende hovedbeklædning."

and

"De hornede figurer fra Guldhornene forestiller bersærker. Vilde krigere, der i en voldsrus kastede sig halvnøgne ind i kampen. Vi kender dem også fra de islandske sagaer, hvor de hører til blandt de mest frygtede vikinger."

So both in Norway and Demmark there is at least DRAWINGS from the viking age that depicted viking with horned helmets. offcause this is not a prof on itself. but it does rule out that no depictions of viking with horned helmet existed from that age
Hmm nothing on sweden maybe that why sweden always tried to take norway from us, you where jealous of our fancy horned helmets :p
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Interesting stuff.

You are correct. I can mostly read both Danish and Norwegian, though every here and there there is a word I don't understand. But I get the context.

It's much better than listening to Danish :p Norwegians I can understand, but spoken Danish is damned near impossible :p
 
Now I feel bad. I'm a good portion Norwegian, and I can neither speak nor read any. :cry:
 
J3RK said:
Now I feel bad. I'm a good portion Norwegian, and I can neither speak nor read any. :cry:
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I can read norwegian it just looks like danish with typos... Which I'm pretty used to but i can only barely understand Swedish and Norwegian spoken.
Pretty much what i hear is this


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Anyway for not viking speakers a quick summary/translation

There is a tapestry in Norway from the early viking age that show viking wearing horned helmet.
also the danish national treasure the "golden horns" from the viking age has drawings of assumed berserk er viking wearing horned helmets.
 
Is it an RPG or just an action game? If it is RPG then I am interested, if it is an action game then I am not.
 
rezerekted said:
Is it an RPG or just an action game? If it is RPG then I am interested, if it is an action game then I am not.
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I was hoping for a healthy blending of the two, something like FO with a slightly heavier emphasis on action. May be interesting.

Those graphics...amazing.
 
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