Undead Knights - Blu-ray Forum

Shin-Ra · 10-01-2008, 01:34 PM

http://www.undeadknights.com/

Publisher: Tecmo, Inc.
Developer: Tecmo, Ltd.
Platform: Exclusive to the PlayStation Portable System
Genre: Action
Players: Single Player, 2-4 Ad-hoc Multiplayer
Rating: Rating Pending

Released: Japan – 10.15.2009 | North America – Fall 2009 | Europe – TBD

OVERVIEW

Playing as the anti-hero, rage through the wrath of fearless enemies and build the nastiest and most profane army you can think of in this new-style invasion action game. Prepare to wash the mouth of your army with soap as they can’t help but engage in zombie bashing dialogue over a raging metal soundtrack that helps channel your inner anger. If you can deal with the gut-wrenching, smack-talking, fluid-spitting, and limb amputating ways of your army, you can embark on your journey of vengeance to defeat the king.

FEATURES

The Dark Hero Persona: This game atypically allows you to be the “evil” main character who serves as an anti-hero figure
Create a Zombie Army: Defeat as many enemies as you can to transform them into your own personal soldiers
Combo Attacks: Choose up to ten different combo attacks to fight your way through varied enemies ranging from animals to soldiers
Show Some Personality: Prepare to wash the mouth of your army with soap as they can’t help but engage in zombie bashing dialogue
Head-Banging Madness: A raging metal soundtrack helps channel your inner anger
On a Mission: Get ready to face the king in the fifth mission for each of the four main areas
PSP Ad-Hoc Multiplayer: Challenge up to three other players in VS play or collaborate with them in co-op play

http://www.gamekyo.com/newsen29151_u...r-the-psp.html

Tecmo has announced a new action game for the PSP called Undead Knights in the latest Famitsu magazine. More to come.

- It's a action-horror game in which the player battles an army of zombies.
- 4 player (ad-hoc?) will be available.

Chocolatejas · 10-01-2008, 04:33 PM

I heart zombies!

dereksworl · 10-01-2008, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chocolatejas

I heart zombies!

................... All your base?

Chocolatejas · 10-01-2008, 06:12 PM

are belong to us.

dereksworl · 10-01-2008, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chocolatejas

are belong to us.

Shin-Ra · 02-08-2009, 01:22 AM

First clear in-engine screenshot I've seen, from Kikizo's interview:

Shibata: Undead Knights is a brand new PSP IP. It's an action game, but it's not your typical hack-and-slash title. Other games, once you destroy your enemies they're basically gone and you go to the next level, but in this case there's sort of a second layer - after destroying your enemies you can transform them into zombies, and utilise them to overcome some of the challenges.

The zombies are AI-controlled, but you can send out limited commands such as 'throw' and 'charge'. In some instances you won't be able to overcome a challenge if you have a small group of zombies - you're going to need a massive troupe of zombies. You might create a zombie ladder so you can climb over a high wall. So these zombies are basically your tools to advance in the game.

The characteristics that enemy soldiers and knights have will be carried over when you transform them into zombies, so there will be a wide variety of zombies. There's actually no limit as to how many enemies can be transformed, so every enemy on-screen - as long as you're good - can be transformed.

Kikizo: Sounds almost like a strategy or puzzle game.

Shibata: When you think of most zombie films and games, it's you against the zombies and the zombies are attacking you, but in this case you, the main character, start out the game by yourself, and what you want to do is increase the number of zombies so that you have allies, in order to conquer the game's four different environments. And executing that is as simple as hitting the main attack button and pointing in the direction you want your troops to go.

So there's a little bit of strategy involved but the main core of the game is still action. It's just that if it was typical hack-and-slash your allies wouldn't really have any purpose. So it adds another layer to the zombie action game.

Kikizo: What kinds of zombies can you create?

Shibata: OK, an example of the variety of zombies is a soldier whose main weapon is using bombs, and when that turns into a zombie it can still throw bombs at the soldiers who are alive. If there are gigantic enemies then when they turn into zombies they will be the same height, the same build. All their characteristics can be completely carried over.

It might seem as if we're just randomly throwing zombies around, but there will be instances where you will have to be clever and make good use of the zombies - stacking them up to make a ladder to overcome a wall, or to reach the entrance of a big castle where you're going to have to pick up a big chunk of something, which requires X amount of zombies. At the same time, one of the attractions of an action game is just slashing and hacking tons of enemies at once. It's a balance and combination of those things in Undead Knights.

To a certain extent you'll be able to just run through some of the battlefields just hacking and slashing, or creating zombies and not really doing anything with them. But you will eventually have to look at the situation - you may try to go up against something by yourself with a few zombies, and nothing will happen.

So you're going to have to go back, kill more enemies, gather up a larger zombie troupe, and see what other tactics you can use - whether it's shaking a tower or shaking a gate to knock enemies down, then mashing them. So there is a careful balance we're integrating into the game. You won't have to worry too much that you can get through this game without really using the zombies at all.

Kikizo: Was there a particular source of inspiration for Undead Knights? Perhaps from outside gaming?

Shibata: Any zombie film you could name off the top of your head - oh, and the Thriller music video by Michael Jackson. I think what we took from those was how the zombies change and transform, and their movement 'styles'. If we were to just create a regular zombie game where you're being attacked, it wouldn't really matter, but this time around you're the one using the zombies, so we want to make sure they're being portrayed the way they should, that they're moving the way you would expect zombies to move.

Kikizo: Why did you decide to bring it to PSP?

Shibata: I love PSP! [laughs] Because of my special interest in the system, I wanted to challenge myself to create an action game for the PSP. I already had the concept laid out, which worked perfectly, and as we got started on the project it seemed like a perfect fit. I definitely want to make a hit title for PSP, and hopefully this will be that hit.

Chocolatejas · 02-08-2009, 10:53 PM

Nice any news on a release date?

Shin-Ra · 02-08-2009, 11:08 PM

Not even for Japan.

Shin-Ra · 05-17-2009, 04:55 PM

Showing at E3!

Undead Knights™ (PlayStation®Portable / Fall 2009)

On-site demo by staff (approx. 10 minutes)
Video

Chocolatejas · 05-18-2009, 07:26 PM

Looking forward to more info on this title.

Shin-Ra · 06-07-2009, 06:29 AM

HAVE A BLOODY GOOD TIME!

Publisher: Tecmo, Inc.
Developer: Tecmo, Ltd.
Platform: Exclusive to the PlayStation Portable System
Genre: Action
Players: Single Player, 2-4 Ad-hoc Multiplayer
Rating: Rating Pending

Released: Japan – TBD | North America – Fall 2009 | Europe – TBD

OVERVIEW

Playing as the anti-hero, rage through the wrath of fearless enemies and build the nastiest and most profane army you can think of in this new-style invasion action game. Prepare to wash the mouth of your army with soap as they can’t help but engage in zombie bashing dialogue over a raging metal soundtrack that helps your channel your inner anger. If you can deal with the gut-wrenching, Smack-talking, fluid-spitting, and limb amputating ways of your army, you can embark on your journey of vengeance to defeat the king.

FEATURES

The Dark Hero Persona: This game atypically allows you to be the “evil” main character who serves as an anti-hero figure
Create a Zombie Army: Defeat as many enemies as you can to transform them into your own personal soldiers
Combo Attacks: Choose up to ten different combo attacks to fight your way through varied enemies ranging from animals to soldiers
Show Some Personality: Prepare to wash the mouth of your army with soap as they can’t help but engage in zombie bashing dialogue
Head-Banging Madness: A raging metal soundtrack helps channel your inner anger
On a Mission: Get ready to face the king in the fifth mission for each of the four main areas
PSP Ad-Hoc Multiplayer: Challenge up to three other players in VS play or collaborate with them in co-op play

Shin-Ra · 06-07-2009, 11:00 PM

E3 09: Undead Knights is Pikmin with zombies

Haven't seen any good gameplay footage yet but I've been spreading myself pretty thinly with E3 coverage. Lots to catch up on still.

LifeOfAPirate13 · 06-10-2009, 07:55 PM

This game looks sick about time Tecmo comes out with something interesting. Them and Midway have been slacking greatly.

Shin-Ra · 06-21-2009, 02:47 AM

Tecmo's teaser page with trailer here:

http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/un/

Shin-Ra · 07-13-2009, 05:44 PM

Site fully open now. ^

Marine Mike · 07-13-2009, 05:46 PM

So is it like Dynasty Warriors-type gameplay? I can't watch the trailer at work.

Shin-Ra · 09-15-2009, 10:38 PM

GameTrailers Video Preview

Haven't had a chance to watch yet.

Shin-Ra · 09-29-2009, 12:37 AM

There's a 101MB demo up on the Japanese store now.

edit: You can also grab it without a J-PSN account:

http://www.tecmo.info/product/un/trial/un.zip

Chocolatejas · 10-02-2009, 02:08 AM

PLayed this today and it was decent.

RatedRstar · 10-04-2009, 10:23 AM

I got lucky and downloaded the full game for free when they released the "demo" on the US psn the other day. But I still haven't tried the game yet.

10-01-2008, 01:34 PM	#1
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Undead Knights http://www.undeadknights.com/ Publisher: Tecmo, Inc. Developer: Tecmo, Ltd. Platform: Exclusive to the PlayStation Portable System Genre: Action Players: Single Player, 2-4 Ad-hoc Multiplayer Rating: Rating Pending Released: Japan – 10.15.2009 \| North America – Fall 2009 \| Europe – TBD OVERVIEW Playing as the anti-hero, rage through the wrath of fearless enemies and build the nastiest and most profane army you can think of in this new-style invasion action game. Prepare to wash the mouth of your army with soap as they can’t help but engage in zombie bashing dialogue over a raging metal soundtrack that helps channel your inner anger. If you can deal with the gut-wrenching, smack-talking, fluid-spitting, and limb amputating ways of your army, you can embark on your journey of vengeance to defeat the king. FEATURES The Dark Hero Persona: This game atypically allows you to be the “evil” main character who serves as an anti-hero figure Create a Zombie Army: Defeat as many enemies as you can to transform them into your own personal soldiers Combo Attacks: Choose up to ten different combo attacks to fight your way through varied enemies ranging from animals to soldiers Show Some Personality: Prepare to wash the mouth of your army with soap as they can’t help but engage in zombie bashing dialogue Head-Banging Madness: A raging metal soundtrack helps channel your inner anger On a Mission: Get ready to face the king in the fifth mission for each of the four main areas PSP Ad-Hoc Multiplayer: Challenge up to three other players in VS play or collaborate with them in co-op play http://www.gamekyo.com/newsen29151_u...r-the-psp.html Tecmo has announced a new action game for the PSP called Undead Knights in the latest Famitsu magazine. More to come. - It's a action-horror game in which the player battles an army of zombies. - 4 player (ad-hoc?) will be available. Last edited by Shin-Ra; 09-28-2009 at 04:57 PM.

02-08-2009, 01:22 AM	#6
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	First clear in-engine screenshot I've seen, from Kikizo's interview: Shibata: Undead Knights is a brand new PSP IP. It's an action game, but it's not your typical hack-and-slash title. Other games, once you destroy your enemies they're basically gone and you go to the next level, but in this case there's sort of a second layer - after destroying your enemies you can transform them into zombies, and utilise them to overcome some of the challenges. The zombies are AI-controlled, but you can send out limited commands such as 'throw' and 'charge'. In some instances you won't be able to overcome a challenge if you have a small group of zombies - you're going to need a massive troupe of zombies. You might create a zombie ladder so you can climb over a high wall. So these zombies are basically your tools to advance in the game. The characteristics that enemy soldiers and knights have will be carried over when you transform them into zombies, so there will be a wide variety of zombies. There's actually no limit as to how many enemies can be transformed, so every enemy on-screen - as long as you're good - can be transformed. Kikizo: Sounds almost like a strategy or puzzle game. Shibata: When you think of most zombie films and games, it's you against the zombies and the zombies are attacking you, but in this case you, the main character, start out the game by yourself, and what you want to do is increase the number of zombies so that you have allies, in order to conquer the game's four different environments. And executing that is as simple as hitting the main attack button and pointing in the direction you want your troops to go. So there's a little bit of strategy involved but the main core of the game is still action. It's just that if it was typical hack-and-slash your allies wouldn't really have any purpose. So it adds another layer to the zombie action game. Kikizo: What kinds of zombies can you create? Shibata: OK, an example of the variety of zombies is a soldier whose main weapon is using bombs, and when that turns into a zombie it can still throw bombs at the soldiers who are alive. If there are gigantic enemies then when they turn into zombies they will be the same height, the same build. All their characteristics can be completely carried over. It might seem as if we're just randomly throwing zombies around, but there will be instances where you will have to be clever and make good use of the zombies - stacking them up to make a ladder to overcome a wall, or to reach the entrance of a big castle where you're going to have to pick up a big chunk of something, which requires X amount of zombies. At the same time, one of the attractions of an action game is just slashing and hacking tons of enemies at once. It's a balance and combination of those things in Undead Knights. To a certain extent you'll be able to just run through some of the battlefields just hacking and slashing, or creating zombies and not really doing anything with them. But you will eventually have to look at the situation - you may try to go up against something by yourself with a few zombies, and nothing will happen. So you're going to have to go back, kill more enemies, gather up a larger zombie troupe, and see what other tactics you can use - whether it's shaking a tower or shaking a gate to knock enemies down, then mashing them. So there is a careful balance we're integrating into the game. You won't have to worry too much that you can get through this game without really using the zombies at all. Kikizo: Was there a particular source of inspiration for Undead Knights? Perhaps from outside gaming? Shibata: Any zombie film you could name off the top of your head - oh, and the Thriller music video by Michael Jackson. I think what we took from those was how the zombies change and transform, and their movement 'styles'. If we were to just create a regular zombie game where you're being attacked, it wouldn't really matter, but this time around you're the one using the zombies, so we want to make sure they're being portrayed the way they should, that they're moving the way you would expect zombies to move. Kikizo: Why did you decide to bring it to PSP? Shibata: I love PSP! [laughs] Because of my special interest in the system, I wanted to challenge myself to create an action game for the PSP. I already had the concept laid out, which worked perfectly, and as we got started on the project it seemed like a perfect fit. I definitely want to make a hit title for PSP, and hopefully this will be that hit. Last edited by Shin-Ra; 04-29-2009 at 01:52 AM.

05-17-2009, 04:55 PM	#9
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Showing at E3! Undead Knights™ (PlayStation®Portable / Fall 2009) On-site demo by staff (approx. 10 minutes) Video

06-07-2009, 06:29 AM	#11
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	HAVE A BLOODY GOOD TIME! Publisher: Tecmo, Inc. Developer: Tecmo, Ltd. Platform: Exclusive to the PlayStation Portable System Genre: Action Players: Single Player, 2-4 Ad-hoc Multiplayer Rating: Rating Pending Released: Japan – TBD \| North America – Fall 2009 \| Europe – TBD OVERVIEW Playing as the anti-hero, rage through the wrath of fearless enemies and build the nastiest and most profane army you can think of in this new-style invasion action game. Prepare to wash the mouth of your army with soap as they can’t help but engage in zombie bashing dialogue over a raging metal soundtrack that helps your channel your inner anger. If you can deal with the gut-wrenching, Smack-talking, fluid-spitting, and limb amputating ways of your army, you can embark on your journey of vengeance to defeat the king. FEATURES The Dark Hero Persona: This game atypically allows you to be the “evil” main character who serves as an anti-hero figure Create a Zombie Army: Defeat as many enemies as you can to transform them into your own personal soldiers Combo Attacks: Choose up to ten different combo attacks to fight your way through varied enemies ranging from animals to soldiers Show Some Personality: Prepare to wash the mouth of your army with soap as they can’t help but engage in zombie bashing dialogue Head-Banging Madness: A raging metal soundtrack helps channel your inner anger On a Mission: Get ready to face the king in the fifth mission for each of the four main areas PSP Ad-Hoc Multiplayer: Challenge up to three other players in VS play or collaborate with them in co-op play

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10-01-2008, 04:33 PM	#2
Chocolatejas Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2008 Location:NH Blu-ray collection:118 Trading Score:15	I heart zombies!

10-01-2008, 06:12 PM	#4
Chocolatejas Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2008 Location:NH Blu-ray collection:118 Trading Score:15	are belong to us.

02-08-2009, 10:53 PM	#7
Chocolatejas Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2008 Location:NH Blu-ray collection:118 Trading Score:15	Nice any news on a release date?

02-08-2009, 11:08 PM	#8
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Not even for Japan.

05-18-2009, 07:26 PM	#10
Chocolatejas Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2008 Location:NH Blu-ray collection:118 Trading Score:15	Looking forward to more info on this title.

06-07-2009, 11:00 PM	#12
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	E3 09: Undead Knights is Pikmin with zombies Haven't seen any good gameplay footage yet but I've been spreading myself pretty thinly with E3 coverage. Lots to catch up on still.

06-10-2009, 07:55 PM	#13
LifeOfAPirate13 Expert Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Chicago, IL Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:18	This game looks sick about time Tecmo comes out with something interesting. Them and Midway have been slacking greatly.

06-21-2009, 02:47 AM	#14
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Tecmo's teaser page with trailer here: http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/un/

07-13-2009, 05:44 PM	#15
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Site fully open now. ^

07-13-2009, 05:46 PM	#16
Marine Mike The Busey Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Ohio Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray collection:120 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:4	So is it like Dynasty Warriors-type gameplay? I can't watch the trailer at work.

09-15-2009, 10:38 PM	#17
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	GameTrailers Video Preview Haven't had a chance to watch yet.

09-29-2009, 12:37 AM	#18
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	There's a 101MB demo up on the Japanese store now. edit: You can also grab it without a J-PSN account: http://www.tecmo.info/product/un/trial/un.zip

10-02-2009, 02:08 AM	#19
Chocolatejas Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2008 Location:NH Blu-ray collection:118 Trading Score:15	PLayed this today and it was decent.

10-04-2009, 10:23 AM	#20
RatedRstar Senior Member Member since:Oct 2009 Location:PA Home Theater Gallery:24 Blu-ray collection:10	I got lucky and downloaded the full game for free when they released the "demo" on the US psn the other day. But I still haven't tried the game yet.

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