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New preview and trailer for LucasArts' "first mature-themed game" 16 Aug, 2012 / 9 comments

El33tonline came back from Gamescom 2012 with a lot of impressions of Star Wars 1313 after witnessing a live demo emceed by Craig Derrick. To these eager journalists, the producer of the Monkey Island special editions hilariously described the title as the first mature-themed game made by his near thirty year old studio of employ. How so? Because it's "about what it means to be a bounty hunter, it’s about surviving this dangerous world." (Aka your standard issue adolescent wish-fulfillment game.)

Perhaps even more encouragingly, LucasArts is proving that they have nothing to conceal when it comes to Star Wars 1313's framerate:

Our live demo of Star Wars 1313 was running on what appeared to be a PC of epic proportions, and I soon discovered why there was so much power necessary – visually, the game is quite simply jaw-dropping. Within the very first few split-seconds of the real-time demo beginning, the first question I had on my mind was ‘Is this a pre-rendered cut-scene?’
The developers have chosen to put a framerate counter in the corner of the screen for demonstration purposes to let those watching know it is indeed real-time, and the counter was (for the most part) locked at 33.22 frames (with a few tiny drops and increases here and there). In previous demos, the framerate counter wasn’t there, which lead to too many questions about the nature of the presentation, so they thought it was a good idea to clear up any misconceptions and put it back in.

Read the whole interview to learn about the content of the demo as well as check out some new screenshots. It was noted that the game remains in early development so no release window is being made public yet.

Finally, enjoy this brand new trailer from Gamescom. I'll be savoring it particularly because I'm beginning to have my doubts that Mom is going to let me buy a game this freaking mature!

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    Shmargin on 19 Aug, 2012, 00:43…

    Jones Jr


    Don't be downhearted yet. So far it hasn't been released - there's still a chance they'll cancel it.



    Lol...Good call.
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    clone2727 on 18 Aug, 2012, 23:17…

    Because it's "about what it means to be a bounty hunter, it’s about surviving this dangerous world."

    Yeah, because they never did a game about a Bounty Hunter before. And definitely not one named "Bounty Hunter" about a Bounty Hunter.
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    Jones Jr on 18 Aug, 2012, 09:50…

    Shmargin

    So as long as your computer costs as much as a used car, you can run the game at 30FPS? Sounds great.



    Don't be downhearted yet. So far it hasn't been released - there's still a chance they'll cancel it.
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    Shmargin on 17 Aug, 2012, 02:08…
    So as long as your computer costs as much as a used car, you can run the game at 30FPS? Sounds great.
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    Melancholick on 16 Aug, 2012, 15:52…
    "It's totally in my face!" -Itchy
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    TheJoe on 16 Aug, 2012, 15:19…

    Jason

    TheJoe

    What wasn't mature about Full Throttle?



    Its dearth of clever dialog like "It's a long way down."



    Dang that's a checkmate.
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    Jason on 16 Aug, 2012, 13:51…

    TheJoe

    What wasn't mature about Full Throttle?



    Its dearth of clever dialog like "It's a long way down."
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    TheJoe on 16 Aug, 2012, 13:26…
    What wasn't mature about Full Throttle?
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    Jason on 16 Aug, 2012, 13:14…
    Whoever cut these trailers sure took a shine to the way Prometheus was marketed.

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