Killing Floor was in OXM

[C_Gibby]

I was reading a back issue of UK's Official Xbox Magazine (Don't ask me why...) and I saw a page on Unreal Engine games. There was the usual Gears Of War and Last Remnant kind of games, and I saw this exact image of Killing Floor (Minus the gamespy logo):

There was nothing anywhere that stated that this screenshot is of Killing Floor. The image was captioned with:

"Unreal Engine liscenses are expensive!"

Seeing that KF had a little screenshot in an XBOX magazine, it makes me wonder; Would Killing Floor be successful if digitally distributed on consoles in the future?

 

[Rudo]

Seeing that KF had a little screenshot in an XBOX magazine, it makes me wonder; Would Killing Floor be successful if digitally distributed on consoles in the future?

I can see it happening, Killing Floor would easily fit in on something like the Xbox Live Marketplace.

 

[9_6]

I wouldn't care because despite owning a 360, microsofts idea of "subscription based online play" is a huge load of crap.

 

[Undedd Jester]

I would buy it jsut to finally show my Xbox fanboys at work what real gaming is

 

[C_Gibby]

I would buy it jsut to finally show my Xbox fanboys at work what real gaming is

I would buy it if it had splitscreen.

And because I love TWI that much.

 

[slavek]

I'm indifferent if KF went to consoles, because it started as a PC game(Not some half-*** watered down console port).

Xbox Fanboi: KF sucks, I bought this game for console but all I got was some crappy(awesome) PC port.

 

[Undedd Jester]

I'm indifferent if KF went to consoles, because it started as a PC game(Not some half-*** watered down console port).

To be fair they might actually have to aim their weapons for a change, rather than jsut spraying an LMG for all its worth. Hence KF on Xbox will fail

 

[anthracy]

Because it is so dependent on headshots, I think it would fail miserably.

 

[PvtHudson]

It would be utter garbage, require a crosshair, and have auto-aim that all console games have.

Regardless, you couldn't get the plethora of mods and custom maps that we have on PC.

It'd be a complete waste of time.

 

[Repeller]

Hmm, I don't know. I think killing floor would be a nice $20 game on live arcade, and with the good amount of official maps by Tripwire, there would be enough gameplay for the players I think.

If people are willing to pay $15 for just a map pack for MW2, $20 for a game like killing floor would be a great buy.

 

[Synchro!]

If people are willing to pay $15 for just a map pack for MW2, $20 for a game like killing floor would be a great buy.

People arent buying the MW2 map pack because they think it's worth it. No they buy it because it's a ****in overhyped game that pops up everywhere.

And because most (console) gamers have no clue that they're ripped off. They're just dumb and have no sense for value whatsoever. Perfect example of excessive advertising definitely paying off, no matter what.

 

[anthracy]

I also believe there was some issue with porting the kf engine onto xbox arcade.

 

[Zetsumei]

the porting of KF would probably take a while and loads of money (next to that the license probably doesn't cover the release on an x360 platform). Although I think that KF could work pretty well on xbox live arcade if the hurdles could be overcome.

Although as custom content etc is not really a possibility it would be nice to come with some of the best community maps that weren't made official.

 

[C_Gibby]

Although as custom content etc is not really a possibility it would be nice to come with some of the best community maps that weren't made official.

Like that Grindhouse competition all over again?

PS: I think another mapping competition would be a good idea. It brought out a lot of great maps from the community and added more "official" maps in an update. So people who aren't able to figure out how to install maps (for some, it really is true) and xbox gamers would have more benefits. TWI's goodness graciousness compared with most XBLA distributors = gold.

 

[dextronaut]

Like that Grindhouse competition all over again?

yeh but without guys who work for bigname game design corporations like Ubisoft.

 

[Olivier]

yeh but without guys who work for bigname game design corporations like Ubisoft.

He said it, i didnt, but i agree, or do i? Yes i do!

 

[Oldih]

Would Killing Floor be successful if digitally distributed on consoles in the future?

I doubt that.

1. It doesn't have powerarmoured spacemarines.
2. Headshot balancing relative to poor accuracy of a console controller would be near impossible.
3. Small kiddies couldn't understand the 'fun' of the game regarding dialoque and especially the trader.
4. No moon-like gravity while jumping.
5. Fitting all required controls in fluid way on a gamepad would be a nightmare.
6. The game's difficulty would cause too many bumrapes for the patience of average console gamer.
7. Some of the achivements would be quite ridicuously difficult to do on a console, making achivement whores go sad as they have to work for it.
8. The console FoV could cause major issues in some maps regarding moving and actually seeing things properly.
9. Doesn't have up-to-date visuals to drool over, making it instant ****.
10. "ZOMG IT RIPS L4D OFF!!!111kekekekekek"

 

[Boxiii]

IMO opinion KF won't go retail soon because there just isn't enough official maps to hold over console gamers. I'd like to think the custom content from the community keeps the game alive on PC.

 

[avp2501]

I doubt that.

1. It doesn't have powerarmoured spacemarines.
2. Headshot balancing relative to poor accuracy of a console controller would be near impossible.
3. Small kiddies couldn't understand the 'fun' of the game regarding dialoque and especially the trader.
4. No moon-like gravity while jumping.
5. Fitting all required controls in fluid way on a gamepad would be a nightmare.
6. The game's difficulty would cause too many bumrapes for the patience of average console gamer.
7. Some of the achivements would be quite ridicuously difficult to do on a console, making achivement whores go sad as they have to work for it.
8. The console FoV could cause major issues in some maps regarding moving and actually seeing things properly.
9. Doesn't have up-to-date visuals to drool over, making it instant ****.
10. "ZOMG IT RIPS L4D OFF!!!111kekekekekek"

Yeah you are probably right about most of that since console only gamers are pretty closed minded and need a tutorial to walk you around the game by the hand before they would know how to play it.

But I don't agree about the pad bit. Now and again I use an xbox360 when the keyboard is pissing me off and I can definately hold my own on Hard difficulty - Haven't tried using the pad on Suicidal.

 

[Oldih]

Yeah you are probably right about most of that since console only gamers are pretty closed minded and need a tutorial to walk you around the game by the hand before they would know how to play it.

It wasn't meant to be ultra serious list (note point #1), but even putting the humour aside it still would raise the problem of how it would really play on a console. There's plenty of ideas which sounds good on paper, yet once put in practice you'll realize it would either need major rehaul or simply let it be. After we get that sorted out we would run into the issue of typical console gamer, which speaks for itself