Upcoming 'Blades of Fury' Fighting Game… Yes, also from Gameloft
posted by arn on September 3rd, 2009 12:56 PM EDT in Upcoming Games, iPhone games, iPod touch gamesToday seems to be Gameloft-day here at TouchArcade with Modern Combat's release, an impressive gameplay video for their Dungeon Hunter RPG, and now a cinematic trailer for their upcoming "fighting game".
The game appears to be Soul Calibur inspired. Here are some screenshots from MyApple.pl:
According to the site, the game offers:
- 10 Unique Characters, each with their own weapons and fighting style
- 10 different arenas
- 4 game modes: Story, Arcade, Survival, Practice
- Multiplayer mode via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi
- 2 Control methods
The first and third screenshots are the same…
fixed and details added
Hero of Sparta=God of War
Guitar Rock=Rock band
Gangstar= GTA
Dungeon Hunter= Diablo
Modern Combat= Modern Warfare
This= Soul Calibur
So ? These are all good games and I really don't mind if they can recreate a similar experience on the iPhone. Gameloft is really pushing the graphical and gameplay of their games. Modern Combat and Gangstar were PSP quality games but at 6.99$ (Canadian).
I am really impressed by the "gaming" side of the iPhone. I use it everyday (for my work and personnal use) so games we're not my main motivation for having a 3GS but when I saw the quality (and price) of the games I was really impressed. Don't forget the iPhone is a phone so when you compare these titles to ANY other mobile games on the market you got to be impress.
You could put another equal sign after each one of those if you wanted to.
Dungeon Hunter= Diablo= Rogue
etc.
Also, none of those genres were offered on this platform, so… why wait?
Just sayin'.
They may be copycats but the main innovation they have brought to the iPhone is that they consistently make good controlling games.Innovators like John Carmack with Doom Ressurrection have struggled developing good controls for iPhone games.
The iphone is actually a way more powerful piece of hardware then the psp or DS. Games for the iPhone just keep getting better and better.
Hey as long as their games are good, right!
gameloft = the f**** best
Gameloft should change thier name to GameCopy or GameLift
everyone of their games is a cheap knockoff made in china
This could either be a revelation as far as broadening this platform's game library into genres we thought not really possible, or it could be absolute disaster. It all depends on the controls.
Please no Virtual Joystick !!!!!
Nice! A Soul Calibur clone. Don't mind it at all. Until the original developers of these games decide to do it on the iPhone, just keep them coming Gameloft.
The Spartan from Hero of Sparta and/or Altaïr from Assassin's Creed (if sister company UbiSoft allows) as hidden characters would be cool.
I want Gameloft to make my babies.
Made in china.
I so don't know why Gameloft doesn't support online multiplayer in their games.
Shrek Kart e.g. would rule with the option to play others around the globe.
I think I better buy stock in Gameloft!
looks like soul caliber…i hate soul caliber
Looks pretty, my main concern is the control method. Other than Firemint's Real Racing as having the best control compromise for a driving game, what will Blades of Fury offer for a fighting game?
All the pretty graphics and fancy 3D will soon fall by the wayside if the control is rubbish.
I beg to differ. I find a simple left/right slider works the best. You can check it out in Gangstar. It would work fantastic for a racing game if it was a little more refined and sensitive.
Anyone else notice how there aren't any buttons on the side? I'm thinking gesture controls for this one! That would be quite cool.
Wow. I'm buying for sure
Real tired of 'virtual joystick' controls in gameloft games. It's less than ideal and they use it for everything, regardless of genre. I know they're not big on creativity and originality over there, but this is getting ridiculous. Hopefully this game at least has swipe controls for attacks and not a bunch of fake buttons.
Arthur? Magnus? Skurd? Ugh.
JEEBUS Gameloft…
Thank G for multiplayer. It's aboot time.
TA, you're turning into a giant ad for Gameloft : )
Blimey Gameloft really have no shame whatsover. They are the iPhone equivalent of those Chinese handbag/watch/etc clones you see all over the markets in Hong Kong. Yes it may look a bit like a Rolex, but it's actually a load of junk.
If I want Soul Calibur on the go, I'll buy Soul Calibur for PSP, which looks 1000% times better than this.
Yes, because every iPhone/touch owner owns a PSP as well, right? >_>
Gameloft haters don't really think things through, IEO.
Firstly, can this ridiculous 'hater' meme please go away now. It's nonsensical and childish. How old are you? Less than 12 I assume?
Secondly, I imagine many gamers own PSPs as tens of millions of units have been sold. It's not much of a stretch to assume that many iPhone gamers (people who have an interest in mobile gaming) also therefore have PSPs and/or DSs.
My gripe with Gameloft is their business model is entirely parasitic. They simply steal an idea and art style from an existing franchise, pay the original creator's absolutely nothing, and then profit from the theft. Just because they go to the trouble of wrapping a mediocre 'new' game around the theft doesn't diminish how grubby the whole affair is. It's incredibly easy to create original concepts and art styles, Gameloft just choose not to do it because it takes a little more effort and carries more risk.
Their presence on the iPhone shows the immaturity of the iPhone as a gaming platform, although there are some signs of maturity now with excellent efforts such as Infinity Gene. (a game from the original creators of Space Invaders – Taito, and one which is not simply a ripp off/clone of a previous title) That is how I'd like to see the iPhone develop, and not through Gameloft's seemingly endless line of cheap knock off clone titles.
Everything Moroboshi said is pretty much why I do love Gameloft. They take ideas from great games, and then bring them to a platform that lacks the true professional originals. (Not saying Gameloft isn't professional) Sure they don't look as good, but you're comparing a mobile phone game to a console game that cost ten times as much. I will say Infinity Gene is one of my favorite games on the iPhone so far. Can't wait to add this to my Gameloft collection.
@Moroboshi: Stop being such a hater. No one buys PSPs anymore, it's all about iPhone nowadays. You're living in the past! : P
I'm in my 20s, if you must know.
And haters hate too much.
Hater.
And, btw, BRAVO on the reading comprehension.
I love how my sarcastic statement alluding to the fact that not all (hence, "every") iPhone/touch owners own a PSP (or DS) and thereby questioning the validity of your "point" is responded to by you pointing out the idea that "many" perhaps do.
Again, BRAVO. And way to make my point from the initial post as well!
Ditto what Spiffy said.
And BTW, Rolex is not a real watch-its a piece of jewelry that holds its market value solely because of demand (cf Patel or Vacheron, which are real watches).
You know it baffles me. If big game companies would just contract with Gameloft to make mobile version of their games both would make an absolute killing.
I like this idea. Let's start with Twisted Metal 2!
Finally a real fighting game for the iPhone and what better inspiration than Soul Calibur. Now instead of buying the PSP one for 40 bucks I can wait and pay 7 for this one. Gameloft's on a roll lately; Gangstar, Sandstorm, Dungeon Hunter, and now Blades! And knowing GL this'll be out anytime soon.
Very exciting. Can't wait to see how this game plays.
Gameloft also have the rights to Spider-man Toxic City and Sonic Unleashed, I've played Spider-man on my old symbian powered Nokia N82 and it really was a sweet game (there were 2 versions, a crappy java and a symbian "HD" version), surely they gotta make use of those licences and bring them to the iPhone. They also have the rights to Splinter Cell which would be awesome, I'd be much happier if they turned their efforts and made those games for the iPhone instead. I've already bought like 8 Gameloft games (including Modern Combat, today) in the 2 months since I got my 3GS, they are great developers, not original in anyway but the games are quality.
look folks.1:gameloft makes good games with time intervals.=great sales.2.ey,everybody loves gameloft and theres lot's of news about them.
3.gameloft has brought good games,so let's buy everything they bring out.4.now they are making crap.5.ow,now i'm so dissapointed and hey,i just made gameloft rich.6damn damn damn damn damn damn dan damn,…
Gameloft is on FIRE.
Hot damn! Great graphics and wi-fi multiplayer?
Coming soon from Gameloft:
*additional paychecks to purchase the onslaught of games they release
*extra day off work with which to play them
W-O-W! Can't believe my eyes. This is going to be smashing hit – judging by cinematic trailer. However I don't like these fast-paced games, because my fingers are too slow
Gameloft! Gameloft! Gameloft!
Is this the same engine as terminator? anyone?
Not even close to the Terminator engine…
Anyways, it would be pretty kickas* to have a game like this on the go! Soul Caliber clone, GTA clone, RPG, COD4 clone, etc. right in your iphone
Gameloft is just spitting out a bunch off knock offs and cranking in the money. Why? No one is putting out any quality and original games.
No GTA, No Call of Duty, No Hot Shots, No 300, No BIA?
Gameloft to the rescue.
Um…Gameloft put out a BIA game on iPhone/touch. Brothers in Arms: Hour of Heroes. Terminator: Salvation runs on the same game engine.
How is gameloft spitting out knockoffs when a game like this has never been seen on the iphone?? Gameloft is the official KINGS of gaming on the #1 handheld device in the world..The IPHONE!!!!
no matter what, there knock offs, which is not bad. thats as good as it can get. sony and nintendo will never release games for ipod cause there afraid of competition. i wouldnt own a ds and psp if i could get all those games on the iphone. sooooo many games in the world are knockoffs, and many of them have something uniquely different about them that make them worth owning and going down in history. example: heavenly sword is a knockoff of god of war. but there are so many different things in heavenly sword (not including the actual storyline) that make it worth owning. knockoffs are a great part of life that give us a taste of the impossible.
"..Knockoffs are a great part of life that give us a taste of the impossible"?
I don't know what you're smoking but I want some.
ITS GOOD SHIT
i cant believe you dont understand the context in which he said that. what are YOU smoking?
"a taste of the impossible" = WE CANT GET THESE GAMES ON IPHONE SO THE KNOCKOFFS ARE GIVING US "A TASTE OF THE IMPOSSIBLE" (impossible = big dev games like soul calibur and COD)
is that simple enough for you?
Sheesh, you stupid idiot, of course it's obvious what he meant, but that was a very funny sentence. Get a f__'in sense of humor and turn off the caps lock.
The fact of the matter is that people are more likely to buy familiar games more than something unique and new. One of my favorite iphone games ever is the new "spider" game but I doubt many people will give that game a chance because it doesn't look appealing and they don't care to see what it's all about.
I don't think making iphone games based on successful console franchises is a bad idea at all because it's obvious that market is accepting it
looks cool , and i'd like to buy such games but oh well … nonsense without a real d-pad
TO all the HATERS.
Gameloft is obviously a company that loves games as you can see in the quality of the games they put out. Gameloft is taking advantage by filling a market these other big brand companies are leving wide open. While other developers say you cant do that on the Iphone, Gameloft is doing it and doing it well. Modern Combat shows them all how to do an FPS on the iphone. Gameloft is a big reason I hardly ever play my PSP or DS. They see the potential in the Iphone that others have ignored.
I’m sure you will start seeing the games you want from those big brand developers showing up on the Iphone soon. You can thank Gameloft and many other early Iphone developers for paving the way. It will be because of these companies who "have no shame" that we will get to play many great games.
EA Sports games would be killer!
Awesome. Keep up the good work, Gameloft!!
This game looks really sexist.
Thoroughly impressed with SC Broken Destiny on the PSP. I know it's just screenshots for the time being, but this looks laughable in comparison. You get what you pay for, at least most of the time.
Yes, Looks very similar to Soul Calibur, but if the game have a good playability and good controls ¿Whats the problem?.
How exactly will a fighting game play well with no buttons? Fighting games are difficult enough on a 360 due to the poor d-pad, so with no d-pad at all it wil be a total mess.
This game have a past!!!And what i mean by that is that gameloft have one java game called mediaval combat.In this game there were 7 characters.On the first screenshot there is Arthur(i never really liked it in the past game,he have some kind of energy attack),in the second Scurd(it was a big tough guy with axe,who trows fire balls),and in the third,the guy says Faust,He was one of my favorites,and the fire guy is Diablo.Diablo was the same as faust.If you have old phone just download the game at 4 shared and try it.The game was great,but not deep enough.
Cool! Thanks for the info.
You talking about this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck9yY-NU1BE
I have been waiting for something like this since the first days of the App Store.
So, this will be my most instant instant buy! 
And Soul Calibur was a true love for me
It does resemble soul caliber. And if it's anywhere close to that in gameplay too it'll be an insta buy for me
Seriously who cares even if gameloft copy so long they make great games they rule the app store.