Way back in July last year we reported on the development of Draw The Line by indie studio Nexis Games, previously famous for the as-yet-unreleased Minecraft clone UCraft.
Billed as the first in the The Dance of the Damned series, this FPS title is something of a melting pot of ideas. Your role is to protect a scantily-clad young woman by the name of Ayamei, who is being hunted by a "corrupt government", presumably because in the footage shown she appears to be capable of shooting lightning bolts from her standard-issue handgun. Swanky!
The trailer shows some levels and enemies, which range from standard soldiers to deranged gorillas and massive (but oddly stationary) robots. If you force-fed a five-year-old loads of sweets and fizzy drinks packed with E-Numbers and then asked them to give you a checklist of everything they want to see in a video game, we imagine it would look something like this. It's gloriously shonky, but Nexis Games insists that it is approaching a finished state and will be "polished, perfected and submitted to Nintendo in about the next 60 days or so."
Gorillas.
[source nintendonuggets.com]
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Wow. Forget splatoon! This is the shooter series for Nintendo!!
Time for the Wii U revival.
Looks like standard indie game trash.
Also, UCraft is basically pointless bow that Minecraft's on Wii U.
They definitely didnt draw the line on what they should use and not.
Althou, gorillas, mechs and dissapearing heads seems like a match made in heaven
Well, this looks so shoddy. . . . . .It's slightly embarrassing - however next week, Wii U will be safely declarable as a Last Gen system. . .
I just.... I mean.... Sigh
I might cry.
So do we think even this will eventually be canned for 'technical reasons'?
Were the typos in the trailer deliberate? Looks pretty poor overall.
I see that if nothing else this game has the jiGGle factor(42 seconds into the clip).
Looks like Jim Sterling's bread and butter at a glance.
I think I played this in 1994 on my Compaq Pressario with the 486DX chip, upgraded from the 486SX, and 4MB of RAM.
@Mega_Yarn_Poochy TBH, I'm glad this is coming to Wii U and hope it stays that way. Because dear god if this game ever touched the Switch...
In a world where 1 button holds a games rating in balance and a corrupt government is anti electroguns but pro gorillas and rocket launching robot mechs.......where do you......DRAW THE LINE!
Seriously I've seen worse game clips but I've got a FPS game already that I never play so I'll pass on this........probably
And Hollywood better be buying the rights to a movie for this cause I'd go see that
I love a good cheese-fest shooter. I'll probably give this one a go for the lulz.
Why oh why am I starting to think "Digital Homicide" when I see this?
Wow, this looks like one of those awful Steam Greenlight games.
And sadly I'm not closing my comment with an unexpected "I'm in". This doesn't look good.
Can we just ask for a port of Serious Sam HD on Wii U?
@ElkinFencer10 Masochism?
So many things look random about this clip I'm seriously bemused by the fact someone decided to release it with the intent of advertising the game. The only message it conveys to me is "don't freaking buy this mess", so I guess they didn't achieve their goal.
A trailer normally showcases all the good things about a game... If this is the best the game has to offer, I'm feeling sorry for the developer thinking it will generate a profit...
@SLIGEACH_EIRE: Yes, it was a Baywatch "They're running!" moment.
But why gorillas?!?
@AlexOlney what a time to be alive!
Watching this makes me like Devil's Third more. Sorry Nexis.
Cancelled due to Techincal Difficulties
See folks its not unity is the problem its the devs
all the money went to that epic orchestra
This will definitely be the second best Wii U game of 2017
The poor wee lass can't even manage to do up 3 buttons, lmao.
@bluedogrulez Why not gorillas? /endsarcasm
But yes, this does not look very good, but man it does take a lot of work to create a game from start to finish. I hope that they are not trying to push this out quickly before the Switch in hopes of generating some sales. Goldeneye looked wonky, but is still one of my favorites (ignoring it's release date). Maybe they could be going for a nostalgia trip? Maybe they should hold up and see if they can... make something good out of this?
Oh my god this is SO beautiful
They got my hopes up with Ucraft, now I will not hold my breath. Seriously annoyed by that not releasing. Was going to be the best of the Minecraft clones. Which is hard with the great Cube life and decent Discovery.
@cfgk24 "however next week, Wii U will be safely declarable as a Last Gen system"
I think that's been the case since 2012, sadly.
@Rhydas Wii U confirmed garbage console, lol!
Nexis and RCMADIAX should develop a game together.
Erm...Nexis showed off a western game with the same environment! Nothing ewver seems to come from their demos. Waste of time and space.
To think that the Nintendo Seal of Quality once rescued the gaming industry.
This is a Steam Greenlight trailer for... oh wait.
Let's be glad that the Switch won't have as much shovelware......right? I'm serious. I honestly hope that there won't be as much. Don't want the Switch e-shop to be clutter with this....this...stuff.
...the hell did I just watch... ?
"Protect Ayamei at all cos!"
I remember the previous article about this game; hopefully this won't get cancelled. Online multiplayer?
I... what? This... why?
I can see this being pretty good, actually, if they touch up the graphics, more vigourously stabilise the engine, and hire a native English speaker to correct the textual mistakes.
@hieveryone
It's funny because this is one of the only games for the Wii U in 2017.
It's literally like, the second game for it in '17.
This trailer's typos made me lol.
@8itmap_k1d The NES had a bunch of crappy games though.
Anyway, this is expected to be done in 60 days? Yeah OK. Has this dev even released a game at all?
Xbox One & PS4, eat your heart out.
Sadly, I don't think this can overtake The Letter when it comes to godawful games on the eShop, so what's even the point?
Looks so bad it's good.
My god this game looks terrible, is this for real?
This could be so bad it's good OR so bad it's bad.
Wii U has become the dumping ground for crappy reject Steam greenlight "things"
This is so bad looking that it almost has to be intentional. Surely someone can't make something this bad and follow all of the generic gaming stereotypes on accident. Surely it's satire, riiiiight??
At any rate, protect the girl "at all cos"!
@gatorboi352 Nope! still using mine daily ! ( Ps4 and Bone are gathering dust atm....)
@cfgk24 oh, no i didn't mean in terms of how much people use it. More so the specs.
All the Gorillas seeking revenge over Harambe!
Call me sceptical, but I don't see Nintendo approving such gratuitous violence against gorillas. And boobs.
Also, a 'currupted government'??
Clearly this government has also outlawed basic grammar. Truly evil.
@Gauchorino and destroy the entire project in a napalm related incident.
unity engine strikes again?
Looks generic and lame to me.
I reminds me of the first Far Cry game. But thatone had ... well, a bit better graphics and nicer animations.
Anyway, will wait for a review.
@gatorboi352 Generations are designated by chronology, not power. As long as a system is being actively supported and hasn't been replaced by a successor, it's current gen.
I feel feverish now.
@thesilverbrick "actively supported"
The Atari Jaguar just had a game come out on it recently. Does that mean it's current gen?
@gatorboi352 Of course not. The Jaguar hasn't been in production for decades and isn't available for retail purchase. The Wii U is still supported by Nintendo (albeit sparingly) and it's still in limited production and is available for purchase at retail. By definition it's still current gen. Sure, it's leagues behind the competition in many, many ways, but power and sales success have never been factors when defining console generations.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Hooray!! Sold!!
@thesilverbrick Then the New 3DS Xl, the New 3DS and the 3DS are becoming last generation portables. I can't find a single one on the online retailers, be it Amazon, Gamestop, Walmart or Toysrus!!
I imagine Nintendo’s quality assurance department will have a problem with the floating rocks. I would give it ago just to be supportive but from the trailer it’s hard to get excited. But hay it could surprise us all with an in-depth story and great game play. (Read: unrealistic optimism)
Maybe if we're lucky it'll get cancelled & the soundtrack will leak out a few months afterwards.
This game has so bad it's good written all over it - a pure cheese fest! And their slogan "Give us your heart" is the cheesiest thing of all!
That scantily clad woman getting punched by gorilla's was well funny, puts the stupid into stupidly good. I just hope he/they actually finish the game as so far he's announced loads of games and only released a poorly received break out clone as far as I'm aware.
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