Faith and a .45 devs toss their ideas around about the game

by Nick Doerr { Jan 30th 2008 at 5:30PM }

Earlier we introduced you to a new game on the rise from Denmark developers Deadline Games called Faith and a .45 -- a Bonnie and Clyde type of tale. Cross-country mayhem, crooked cops, you know. 1UP has gotten a more in-depth preview of the game and we're pretty interested in what was covered. You control Luke, with Ruby as your AI-controlled partner -- but a second player online or offline can take control of her at any time. The two work dynamically: if Luke does a good job, Ruby will offer him a kiss for a job well done (and if he dies but Ruby lives, she'll give him a kiss that magically brings him back to life). Other cooperative moves were mentioned, but it's up to you to read them.

A sheriff named Duke plays a role sort of like Nemesis from Resident Evil 3 -- constantly hunting down the protagonists on their journey across the country. Boss battles will exist, but come in the form of a tank or an area swamped with well-trained baddies instead of one super-powered gun-toting maniac. You can upgrade your weapons, puzzles will be physics-based (sorry, wooden box puzzle lovers) and a narrative that goes beyond scripted cut-scenes. Perhaps branching stories based on your choices, but the early development cycle allows the devs to figure all that out later. It's a 2009 or 1

Tags: deadline-games, faith-and-a-.45, faith-and-a-45

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Brodie-san @ Jan 30th 2008 5:37PM

Duke & Luke? Souns life Denmark needs some new writers :)

Brodie-san @ Jan 30th 2008 5:40PM

damn, commenting using a PS3 is tricky! "Sounds" even.

Eddie @ Jan 30th 2008 6:30PM

I had never seen someone put themselves through the torture of typing posts on the internet on their PS3, without a keyboard.

That requires a high level of self-hatred. Good job!

Vincent060 @ Jan 30th 2008 8:54PM

Using the PS3 to type things out isn't that hard. If you're going fast, you might miss the letter you wanted to type, but other then that not that bad.

baby sea tuna @ Jan 31st 2008 9:07AM

Eh, at least it's QWERTY. For some reason the Xbox in-dash keyboard is ABC. Without a keyboard, you might as well just use voice messenging.

Consolcwby @ Jan 31st 2008 12:03AM

Quoted:**The goal on the development side is to use these sorts of interactions to make the player care about Luke and Ruby as characters and their connection in the story. "We have a design rule to make sure that Ruby is really interesting and easy to play with," says Lundgaard. "What we call it is 'To play around with an unscripted A.I. you care for' -- that's the line that we use internally. That means Ruby should be able to take the initiative on her own, not just react or be scripted to exactly what she has to do...**

O_O Is it me, or am I having Daikatana flashbacks after reading that??? O_O

Brodie-san @ Jan 31st 2008 4:14AM

To be honest I just wanted to be first and didn't have time to boot the laptop.

(I'm kidding)

The PS3 type tool is fine for short messages (i.e. random one word abuse to my friends when I'm feeling bored) and the predictive text feature is actually quite handy. I wouldn't write an essay on it though.

Back to my point. I'm sure they'll come out with some hackneyed reason why Luke and Duke are named thusly (they're brothers, one is the antithesis of the other, Duke is a figment of Luke's imagination) but it still sounds a bit trite and sloppy to me.

You know you're in trouble when the naming of characters in new games is the biggest thing to irk you.
;)