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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: ajoh432 on September 04, 2001, 04:09:46 PM

Title: Freaky Fliers
Post by: ajoh432 on September 04, 2001, 04:09:46 PM: Looks like a fun game.
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Midway officially announced the development of Freaky Flyers for next-generation consoles. It\'s a racing game that features 13 characters piloting unique planes through huge 3D worlds, and it was first shown a few weeks ago at Midway\'s Gamers\' Day. The game is expected to contain a total of 10 tracks and offer three play modes: adventure, dogfight, and stunt. The adventure mode will tell the story of each of the game\'s characters as the player progresses through it. While very early in development, the game displayed a great deal of promise. Three tracks were shown: Escape from Danger Island, which is a race around and through a tropical island; Goodflyers, which is set in a city reminiscent of Chicago; and The Bride of Frankenstein, which is a night track featuring a haunted castle and a cemetery. The graphics managed to walk the fine line between extremely detailed and cartoonish. The track environments themselves were massive, spanning several environments each without loading. On the Danger Island track for example, the track started out at a village, then went on through to a separate island offshore, a forest, a cove, and another offshore island before looping back to the village.
Interactive elements, such as nonplayable characters who will attack racers if provoked, were present in places as well. The game displayed a cartoonish feel that was in the same vein as animated classics from Looney Tunes and the works of Tex Avery. Character voices and sound effects were exaggerated, as was gameplay--it appeared to be possible to make hairpin turns in midair.

Freaky Flyers is currently slated for a 2002 release.
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Title: Freaky Fliers
Post by: ƒäÑ†Öm on September 04, 2001, 04:17:13 PM: Looks pretty good but the view could screw u up sometimes like in the first pic. I might give it a try though
Title: Freaky Fliers
Post by: ajoh432 on September 04, 2001, 04:28:29 PM: Quote
Originally posted by ƒäÑ†Öm
Looks pretty good but the view could screw u up sometimes like in the first pic. I might give it a try though
Yeah, looks like you can fly all directions.... But I think the camera angles may be up higher than it is behind the person... Making your vision a little tough... I hope they change that... Well... They got until sometime in 2002... So they should.
Title: Freaky Fliers
Post by: rallyman on September 04, 2001, 10:14:37 PM: Hey, this game looks alright.
Was wondering...you wouldn\'t happen to know the frame rate that this game will run at?
Title: Freaky Fliers
Post by: Delphian on September 05, 2001, 04:43:45 AM: Hopefully a smooth as hell 60 fps. The PS2 could use a game like this. I\'d rather see more tracks though. Like around 15 or 20.
Title: Freaky Fliers
Post by: PSXXX on September 05, 2001, 06:55:19 AM: It looks like a Mario Kart or StarWars Super Bombad Racing type of game.