Fuzzy: Yes it is based on a book coming this Febuary from Tor publishing, the number 1 sci-fi/fantasy publisher in the world. My brother is the author. The book is over 1800 pages long, that's right 1.800 pages long. It will be in 2 parts.
I'll give details soon enough, just don't tempt me now, you have no idea how much I want to spill the beans on tons of things about both the book and the movie.Enough of campy or cheesey movies,stories,just wait till you see it, I'm very proud of it and so are the big wigs in the industry, all be it for different reasons, mine is the art and passion,publishers for the most part is the "MONEY". I'll scoop anyone interested in due time, I promise.
Orchid is a industry secret for the most part. I have had a really good look at it behind closed doors at E3. It's only coming in Fall 2002, but what they have already up and running is astoundingly great.
It's a 3RD person act?adv platformer, my favorite type genre. It's world is similar in a way to Oddworld,different but original in the same way. The characters/creatures have highend polys of 10-15 thousand in total, with the landscapes and architecture also having highend texture work and detailed props. Lighting, effects,all extras in the eye candy department are covered, the sky and waters in the game are breathtaking. From booming thunderous skies to aqua marine ones to alien skyscapes to well just the best looking all around game I've ever seen.
The gameplay will be every MO lovers dream as well. The team behind the up-coming Malice are behind this beauty as well.
I'll be going to the TGS in Japan in a couple weeks for a couple days. I'll get some more updates on those top notch titles then, including Orchid.
All I can say about it is just picture Munch and Abe running and hopping along with the Matrix type characters caught in between,you get fun type characters mixed in with deep and dark types, a real mix but it works well. It's deep and dark but at the same time a beautiful place at times, other times are surreal and ethereal.The game has no boundaries, it is open ended much like EGO will be. Quests are the theme and major exploration is the main point. It's supposed to be a massive game in both size and length of playing time. I' ll get more info, and I'll let you in on it.
By the way keep these titles in mind: Heavens beast, and 24 Automatons. These along with Orchid, Panzer Dragoon X, and EGO, along with MO are my most anticipated titles. Just keep them in mind, you will love them too eventually.
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