The Outsider (video game)

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title= The Outsider
developer= Frontier Developments
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designer=
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released= TBAcite web | url=http://www.frontier.co.uk/games.html | title=Official details | publisher=Frontier Developments | accessdate = 2007-09-25 | format=embedded swf]
genre= Action-adventure
modes= Single-player, Multiplayer
ratings=
platforms= Microsoft Windowscite web | title = Interview with David Braben, Producer of LostWinds and Creator of the Elite Series | publisher = Diehard GameFAN | date = 2008-06-11 | url =http://diehardgamefan.insidepulse.com/2008/06/11/interview-with-david-braben-producer-of-lostwinds-and-creator-of-the-elite-series/ | accessdate = 2008-06-11] , PlayStation 3, Xbox 360cite press release | title = Frontier announces “The Outsider”, its first ‘next generation’ project | publisher = Frontier Developments | date = 2005-09-16 | url =http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=11591 | accessdate = 2007-09-25]
media= Blu-ray Disc, DVD
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"The Outsider" is a "techno thriller" video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and will feature story lines that change based on the player's actions. It is currently under development by David Braben's Frontier Developments. The release date has not officially been announced, but it is expected to be released by Christmas 2009.cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6937058.stm | title=What exactly is a next generation game? | author=Waters, Darren | publisher=BBC News | date=2007-08-09 | accessdate=2007-09-25]

Overview

"The Outsider" is set in a crowded city based on present-day Washington DC and its environs, including the CIA HQ at Langley, Andrews Air Force Base and Newport News Naval Dockyard. The player controls a CIA operative named Jameson, who can use various combat styles and weapons. The game's opening sequence depicts the character wrongly becoming public enemy number one in the eyes of the media and the public, and leaves the player to decide how to continue.

Development

Frontier Developments has been focusing on new game-play elements that are now possible on the current generation of video game consoles. Several key proprietary technologies, which Frontier has been developing for some time, make their debut in "The Outsider" and bring the sort of freedom of action first seen in "Elite" up to date. [cite news | url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2005/09/16/braben_unveils_outsider.html | title=Braben unveils Outsider | publisher=The Guardian | author=Stuart, Keith | date=September 16, 2005]

The developers claim that the game abandons the traditional, prescriptive, mostly linear story of current generation games, and replaces it by simulating characters’ motivations and aims. This gives the player genuine freedom to change the story outcomes. Frontier Developments says that each player will get a unique experience rather than simply switching between ‘good’ or ‘evil’. [cite web | url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=126257 | title=Xbox Interviews: David Braben - The Outsider | publisher=Computer and Video Games | author=Houlihan, John | date=2005-09-23 | accessdate=2007-09-25] In an interview with the Gametheoryshow, Braben said that it is this level of freedom that will demonstrate what it is to be a "next-gen" video game. [cite web| url=http://www.gametheoryshow.com/index.php?post_id=247823 | title=Game Theory Episode 21 - Elite | format=mp3 | date=2007-08-21 | accessdate=2007-09-14]

A new animation system is being developed for the game with the aim of giving a more realistic feel as it is adaptive and less scripted than typical animations.

References

External links

* [http://frontier.co.uk/games/outsider/ Official site from Frontier Developments]