Starship Troopers

[The Shadow]

Watched a bit of this last night on Five, and thought, "That would make a great game." Loads of marines, blue plasma bombs bombarding space fleets, armour-plated bugs exploding in a sea of orange blood... OK, it sounds a bit like Halo, which isn't a bad thing. Just imagine, thousands of bugs streaming towards you, hundreds of fellow NPCs (or multiplayer characters) all going at one frenetic pace.

What I'm getting to though is that this morning I did a search and this turned up. Looks cool so far, hopefully they won't mess it up. And bring it out on consoles as well. Sorry if this is old news to any of you.

[Sprite Machine]

Halo.

[Hackign]

Halo.

But Halo with Millions of Bugs coming out the ground would even better.

[squirtle]

It's in this months OXM. Looks ok. If done well could be loads of fun.

[rgraves]

[Boutros]

It's a licensed game.

It's going to be crap.

As always.

[Sprite Machine]

It's a licensed game.

It's going to be crap.

As always.

[Hackign]

It's a licensed game.

It's going to be crap.

As always.

Except in the case of GoldenEye and the X-Wing/Tie-Fighter series.

[SeanR]

The Starship Troopers website was fantastic btw... B)

[zxcvbnm]

After watching it last night, after not seeing it for ages I'm in total agreement. If done well this could be an amazing game. It could be FPS, flying (maybe the big capital ships and the bombers on the planet?) and even a 3rd person with vehicles a la warthog. Maybe a mix of the graphical style of Metroid and the controls of Halo.

But whats the betting it turns out to be the usual turgid shite that passes for a liscenced game?

[Hackign]

I quite liked the strategy game that was released a couple of years ago.

[squirtle]

It's a land based FPS according to the OXM article. Squad battles against lots of bugs and in their caverns as well. Set five years after the film. I think it says that their will be no vehicles for you to control as you play one of the grunts.

[Tom_B]

Was it just me who thought the film was like every other PC game ever? Chest-thumping 'shoot-dem-aliens' games are nothing new, although I would be first in line to play something on the same scale as Starship Troopers.

[Judgement]

starship troopers is like halo, but a game of it would be great

[Sir DangerM]

Whens the sequel to the film out?

I think its straight to video, but still.

[Gloomy Andy]

Whens the sequel to the film out?

I think its straight to video, but still.

wasnt it taken from a series of books or something?

i remember reading ages ago about how the later stories (be it the films or original books or comics or whatever) have us good old humans getting a bit more tech'd out with massive power armour and all sorts

would be ace!

[(Bad Egg)]

Whens the sequel to the film out?

I think its straight to video, but still.

Next month.

And the game is gonna be fantastic, there was a big preview in Pc Gamer, looks/sounds very good.

I could be wrong thought.

[(Bad Egg)]

wasnt it taken from a series of books or something?

i remember reading ages ago about how the later stories (be it the films or original books or comics or whatever) have us good old humans getting a bit more tech'd out with massive power armour and all sorts

would be ace!

The books are abit naff, but there was a cgi kids show for Starship Troopers, it had big suits etc, it was shite.

[Rocko]

A cross between Halo and Serious Sam would be nice. Keep the finely balanced weapons/vehicles/NPCs etc, but throw in hordes of enemies.

[Landshead]

starship troopers is like halo, but a game of it would be great

Don't you mean Halo is like Starship troopers.

Maybe Bungie watched this and then had the idea.

[squirtle]

Halo has far more in common with Aliens, IMO...

[(Bad Egg)]

Halo is nothing like starship troopers.

[DJ Sack]

Theres already been a starship troopers game, it was a c&c style game released in 1998 i believe, it was alright but apparently wasnt that closely reltated to the film.

[(Bad Egg)]

Theres already been a starship troopers game, it was a c&c style game released in 1998 i believe, it was alright but apparently wasnt that closely reltated to the film.

It was based on the book, you controlled a group of marines, it wasn't bad. Wasn't great either, mind.

[fasteasyfree]

I'm really hoping that this turns out to be a corker. Otherwise heads will roll.

[Sprite Machine]

Halo is nothing like starship troopers.

Except for the obvious marines vs. aliens theng, eh?

[(Bad Egg)]

Except for the obvious marines vs. aliens theng, eh?

yeah and the over whelming numbers of enemies, the lack of any armoured vehicles, the weapons....

[squirtle]

Except for the obvious marines vs. aliens theng, eh?

The covenant and the bugs are hardly comparable, are they? And the fact that ST is all about the collective effort and that even the lowliest can become a hero (that regular marine capturing the brain bug) whereas Halo is about an 8' Cyborg trying to get off some bizarre alien ring world with only his own strength to rely on for most of the time.

Apart from the Sci-Fi setting, the two are barely comparable.

[Sprite Machine]

The covenant and the bugs are hardly comparable, are they?

They're both aliens.

Comparison made.

[squirtle]

They're both aliens.

Comparison made.

Oh, shush.

Humans and Dolphins are both mammals but I wouldn't say they were very similar.

God, we argue over some inane shite, don't we.