From Dust Has a Glorious Engine for God Games
It's time to mess with the villagers.
One of the games that slipped through our view during Gamescom last week was From Dust, a download game from Ubisoft planned for release in March 2011.
What makes From Dust seem so special is that it channel some of the classic PC gameplay styles from old games like Populous. While that sort of gameplay doesn't seem very marketable anymore in a stand-alone retail space, it could be perfect for download on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and various PC channels.
From Dust is very much a game where you play God and have control over the land and elements. Right now it's just a solo affair, but developers are exploring the possibilities of adding multiplayer modes after release.
Check out the first developer diary below to see what the game is all about.
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That truly is a glorious engine.
it' black and white!!!!!
the engine looks real nice, the gameplay however looks very unappealing, but this is just a first look. thats not to say it wont be interesting to play. i used to play populous and i really enjoyed sacrifice by shiny entertainment, while it was more rts sided, it was still a beautiful game at its time and was a change of pace.
from dust has potential.
wonder if it will have drm lol
it seems like populous 3 WOOOT !they have already sold me i am SO on board .... the only thing that will kill it will be the DRM ....
it is so sad that one has to worry about if a game will work at all thanx to extra software that publishers add ...
Wow that is pretty freakin awesome. I love this genre and will definitely give it a go.
This is an innovative game engine. Not just prettier graphics. (Even though it has that too)
Well... not so realistic... there is no steam when the lava hit the water ;-)
The natural physics appear to be really good. Really good starting point. Go Ubi go!
I must say, that looks very impressive.
*drool*
Looks very populous-y, will those gorgeous graphics require a DX-11 graphics card?
It looks like I could just have fun building the environment.
I hope it plays slower than black and white. My problem with Black and White was that it was simply too hard to do everything. So hard in fact that your people would die at home, nothing would get built, and you would lose the game because you were controlling your army. You almost literally needed to be in two places at one.
I will definitely have to keep an eye on this. Looks very interesting! I loved Populous back in the day, along with some of Bullfrog's other games. Black & White, not so much. And Sacrifice was a fun game too! Wouldn't mind seeing a new version of that as well!
Mmm Populous, great times.
OOoooo, it's like those "sandbox" games that you can play, but a lot more awesome.
I want this game, I'd kill a lot of time.
This looks like a Black and White 2. Just a little better
I've watched the video. All I can say is: Wow! That's something really cool. I hope they can come up with a good game too.
the engine looks real nice, the gameplay however looks very unappealing, but this is just a first look. thats not to say it wont be interesting to play. i used to play populous and i really enjoyed sacrifice by shiny entertainment, while it was more rts sided, it was still a beautiful game at its time and was a change of pace.from dust has potential.wonder if it will have drm lol
Hmm... This is just an engine demo and there is no demonstration of any gameplay IMO.
Looks very populous-y, will those gorgeous graphics require a DX-11 graphics card?
I wouldn't say the graphics is that great. It looks standard. It is the simulation thing and I guess it is more CPU taxing.
Reminds me a little of black and white but better..and without the pet and hand.
Reminds me a little of black and white but better..and without the pet and hand.
Black & White and also Populus from back in the day. Definitely looks cool.
I cant find the Engine's name or any information on it. I am so curious about the fluid physics they implemented and how well it runs on CPU...
PEGI 12
nifty
it's from Ubisoft...
that means you need constant internet connection...
Ubisoft is watching when and where you play...just like a god...
hopefully it wont contain some silly drm.
i never finish my ac2 game because my savegames banished to oblivion for some odd reason after a power failure. (thanks youtube for showing me the ending).
I'll get it if they ditch their DRM.
Is it 3rd person or fps?
I'd play that if they didn't come up with an INSANE drm scheme that will be present even on the steam version which in terms of drm schemes isn't all that bad.
I will definitely have to keep an eye on this. Looks very interesting! I loved Populous back in the day, along with some of Bullfrog's other games. Black & White, not so much. And Sacrifice was a fun game too! Wouldn't mind seeing a new version of that as well!
I feel the same way B+W wasn't as fun to me as Populous was.
So it looks great, but what does it do? Or rather: Where's the game?
awesome
I'm impress like they merge the classic from the modern game.