Topic: Remember Me

[Xessive]

It's a 3rd-person action game from Capcom with what seems to be an interesting premise. The setting is Neo-Paris, 2084.

How is it that I did not hear about this game until it popped up on Steam?!

[iPPi]

I remember seeing a video for it a very long time ago.  It looked interesting at the time but I forgot about it since there was no news for it for several years.  And yea, I didn't hear anything about this game until now... when it has showed up on Steam.  The game must have a pretty shitty marketing budget.

[Xessive]

I remember seeing a video for it a very long time ago.  It looked interesting at the time but I forgot about it since there was no news for it for several years.  And yea, I didn't hear anything about this game until now... when it has showed up on Steam.  The game must have a pretty shitty marketing budget.

Indeed. I've been reading up and apparently it has been struggling with publishers (a lot of whom backed out) due to having a female protagonist. A female protagonist with a male love interest in the story. Apparently, since most publishers' target demographic is 14 year old boys they prefer to back a game where the protagonist is male. Lame excuse for publishers seeing as female protagonists are a positive thing not just for the genre but for the industry as a whole.

Here's an article I found on Eurogamer addressing that topic.

Conclusion:

... the people choosing what game receives what marketing budget are helping continue a self-fulfilling prophecy. The majority of publishers continue down the safe route of funding male-only led games, comfortable in the knowledge that, because of this, male-only led games sell by the bucket load.

What seems to have happened is that DONTNOD (the devs) decided to focus their budget on development rather than marketing. Which, I hope, will translate to a stellar game.

[MysterD]

Oh, man...this looks awesome.
This looks like Mirror's Edge gone 3rd person (platformer w/ female lead); Deus Ex (cyberounk setting); and Assassin's Creed (level at least looks somewhat open & you must kill some kind of main target).

Gameplay footage - 7 mins 30 secs.
Release Date Trailer.

[Xessive]

The combat looks like it takes some inspiration from the Batman Arkham games mixed in with some Tomb Raider/Uncharted style shooting. Just judging from what we've seen so far it looks great; the question is does it play great?

I'm already quite interested but no real incentive to go for a pre-order.

[MysterD]

I prefer to wait for price-drops on most games, since the market - especially on the PC - drops so rapidly, these days and age.

But, anyways - yes, this game looks really good.

I smell a Sleeper Hit here coming.
How the hell did this go so far under the radar for me, until now?

[Xessive]

I know, right! Damn! Apparently it was called "Adrift" before.

I just don't wanna get overexcited about it but it does look like it will satisfy my adventure/action urge.

[MysterD]

Remember Me - REVIEWS

METACRITIC -> PC; XBox 360; PS3.

Scored out of 10:
EGMNow -> 9.0
Polygon -> 8.0
GamingNexus -> 8.0
The Sixth Axis -> 8.
Edge Online -> 8.
Game Informer -> 7.75
Machinima - InsideGamingDaily -> 7.5
OXM USA -> 7.5
OXM UK -> 7
Official PlayStation Magazine UK -> 7.
GameSpot -> 7.0
Eurogamer -> 7
Push Square -> 7.
GameTrailers -> 6.8
Destructoid -> 6
Games TM -> 6
IGN -> 5.9
Metro UK -> 5.0
NowGamer -> 5.0
VideoGamer -> 4

Scored out of 100:
GamingTrend -> 93
GameFront -> 70.
PC Gamer -> 68%

Scored out of 5:
Hardcore Gamer -> 4 stars.
GameRevolution -> 3.5.
Rev3 Games -> 3 stars.
GiantBomb -> 3 stars.
Escapist -> 3 stars.
Joystiq -> 2 1/2 stars.

No score:
Kotaku.
Re:Roll.

[Xessive]

Scores all over the board!

I'll have to check it out for myself later.

[Quemaqua]

I love the idea, and it looks pretty cool. No way I can splurge on it, but at some point when the price drops I'll probably snag it.

[Xessive]

Yeah, I grabbed it on GMG with a 25% off voucher for $35; not bad for new release price-ranges. It will likely drop more in price further down the road. It's supposed to unlock for me on 7 June, so it counted as a preorder giving me the Combo Lab Pack as well.

[Pugnate]

[MysterD]

GameSpot -> DontNod already has plans for Remember Me 2, if Capcom would actually greenlight it.