Followup Video: 'Warp Gate' Combat
posted by Eli Hodapp on July 11th, 2009 4:36 PM EDT in Action, Exclusives, Games, Shooter, Strategy, Upcoming Games, iPhone games, iPod touch games
On Wednesday we posted a series of screenshots we got from Freeverse of their upcoming galactic conquest and trading game, Warp Gate. After the eager response both in the comments and on our forums, we went back to Freeverse and asked if they had anything else they could show us, especially since the video we included previously was from before WWDC last month.
Warp Gate features a fluid and ever changing economy filled with commodity markets to master, but fully conquering space will require the use of the game's full arsenal of weapons to deal with pesky space pirates, as well as whatever opposing factions you align yourself against. This latest trailer gives us a preview of what combat in Warp Gate is going to look like:
Warp Gate is still in active development, so what we see in these videos may not represent the final version of the game– Specifically, the audio component of the game is completely unfinished right now. Most of the sound effects were just added for this trailer and will likely be different by the time Warp Gate is submitted.
It'd be great if u can lock on to targets & autopilot into them – both cellestial and ships. And then have target tunnel HUD… Would help with ships off screen…
Seems mighty clumsy. I'm still hoping for an Escape Velocity caliber experience, but I'm getting worried.
Yup totally, if it even vaguely resembles EV I'll be totally stoked. I wonder if Freeverse could somehow recruit any of the original EV developers? hehehe…
Were there small fighters in that or were those just missiles? About 30 seconds in it looks like some of the missiles are chasing a fighter.
Are there any pc games similar to this? I don't think I've ever seen a game involving space travel an combat like that. It looks really in depth and fun.
It's sorta similar to EVE and Homeworld 2.
Escape Velocity
Star Control
Elite (real old)
Oldies but goodies.
Sometimes i wish you didn't give us advance notice!! It just makes me want it more!
yes please, hurry up and release!!
or invite me to beta test
This is exactly what i'm looking for, and hopefully will prove what depth a iDevice game can have!
@wegmans
As much as I can't wait to get my hands on this one, a premature release could be a HUGE let down. Hopefully Freeverse takes a sincere crack at in-depth gameplay. I'd like to see boarding/pirating other ships, multiple plot lines, different organization's to join and online play (though that could be implemented in a future release) among other features.
A rushed release with half-arsed design would be so disappointing. Freeverse, if you're listening, take your time to get this game right. You can charge more for a better quality product anyway : )
I like the concept of the game but does it have easy controls? Hopefully it'll be better than Outer-Empires with 3D graphics when it's released. Do you have an estimated time when?
Wow, on an iPhone. What great times we live in
This trailer brings a tear to my eye. I've never been so excited to buy a game! Forget MiniGore, Warp Gate is where it's at!
Well, if it will have some depth of the original Frontier – I\'m sold. From the other hand it would be lovely to see Frontier 2 on iPhone. Braben, please, Elite 4 is important but give us some hope please
I second that notion, although Elite IV… even a screen shot.. come on Dave big guy
seems a little like eve online-excited to see how complex it is
This video made me jizz in my pants.
Man, this has me thinking that a Babylon Five game would work really well, all the cut scenes could be done as manga like in Mass Effect for iPhone, allowing the game to stand free of the embarrassing production quality of such a well-written show. They might even get the rights to use the audio, which would be fantastic.
It's probably the most ambitiously written sci-fi show I've ever seen and the iPhone is now capable of outdoing the CGI seen in the original show.