From Dust Launch Trailer

From Dust Launch Trailer

A different kind of sandbox game

Written by Matrarch on 26 July 11 at 17:09

Ubisoft has released the launch trailer for this week's Summer of Arcade entry, From Dust. In it, we can see quick shots of the action in the newest game by Eric Chahi, the mind behind Out of this World and Heart of Darkness.



From Dust will be available tomorrow, July 27th, for 1200 MSP.
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Freakservo
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Still not quite sure what to make of this game. What's it's supposed to be? A toybox? A strategy game?
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 17:18
A bit of both I think. It's a god sim, but there seems to be a toy box element. Reviews should be going live tonight, so hopefully those first hand accounts will help us figure that out. :)
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 17:19
Did anyone notice the mispricing of the game on the summer of arcade facebook app? The price was 800msp for 6 days and they have only just changed it today.
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 17:21
watched the vid of this on xbox dashboard yesterday and it looks awesome! Won't get it til it's on sale tho
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Matrarch said:A bit of both I think. It's a god sim, but there seems to be a toy box element. Reviews should be going live tonight, so hopefully those first hand accounts will help us figure that out. :)Actually the first several reviews are up on Metacritic right now. An 80 so far.
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 17:29
I hope it's as cool as it seems.... Still pretty clueless on what this game actually consists of though.
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I think I got it...

It's Pikmin with creation/destruction elements. You're guiding a tribe to do certain things, but instead of directing them with an avatar (Olimar) you're god manipulating the land itself to guide your people! Genius!
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 17:46
If anybody has played the old game Populous for PC I think it's supposed to be a lot like that.
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 17:52
Been looking forward to this since it was announced. Best game for the summer arcade imo.
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 18:04
Looks weird and cool
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 18:04
Looking forward to it!
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 18:08
The visuals on this game are great for an arcade title, I'm hoping to hear it isn't a quick completion like Bastion. If that is the case, it will most likely be next summer / whenever these games go on sale as tough as it may be.
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How long is Bastion?
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Freakservo said:How long is Bastion?Going to give this demo a go. Bastion is about 6-8 hours depending on your play style
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 18:36
Cant wait. First arcade game I have been excited about for awhile!
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blkalleykat said:Freakservo said:How long is Bastion?Going to give this demo a go. Bastion is about 6-8 hours depending on your play styleThat actually isn't at all bad. I'll have to consider it.
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 19:21
anyone holding off on getting this or bastion, if your signed up for xbox rewards until end of july and 2 arcade purchases of 800 pts or more gives you 200 back, so not too bad (i already have 40k killteam so prob buying this tommorow and hoping they continue rewards deal next month and buy bastion in august)

just in case anyone is waiting for the 800 pts in 3-6 months, this makes them 1100 pts each, so not so bad. (and the fact is by september there is about 10 must play games coming out within 6 weeks of each other)
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 19:47
This game looks totally awesome !
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Posted on 26 July 11 at 19:54
So unique I have to get this tomorrow!
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