IGN interview with Metabolical

Interesting interview and preview on IGN:



Its a great short intro to the game to show others... Plus I noticed the AI options... "Brutal" ?
"Evil" ?

Also first time I have seen the Avatar (debug unit) in action.

;-)

Evil, mohahahhaa

I suppose Uber replaced these with ability to scale economy.

Also, debug units have enough health to (apparently) survive about 5 planet smashes.

Yeah! We also busted out the Avatar with GiantBomb. I love that little guy.

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-ex-planetary-annihilation/2300-8908/

You just like teasing us with him don't you?

Btw, you should give the Avatar Commander a unique model.

I propose this:

I dunno, maybe it's just me, but is it really a good idea to use a cheat unit in an interview?
Doesn't that kind of give new viewers the wrong idea about the game's speed?

Another point: it can seem dismissive of the game's pacing. Yeah, we absolutely considered that going into our press tour for Galactic War. Eventually, we decided that using it later in demos made the most sense. Viewers still get to understand and get the feel of the pacing, and we get to show off the game's epic moments within a tight timeframe.

I think instead of cheats you should play a game before the recording and then comment on the replay. Also a nice way to show of how easy you can move around the time axis in a replay.

But then you don't show off a lot of the controls and UI elements.

I dont think anyone cares about a few clicks on the buildbar.

Yeah, I think you're completely wrong. UI is a huge element of preview footage for me.