Check out this incredible first-person shooter developed by an independent company. It is called Alliance: The Silent War and spans 90 years of history, from World War I to the present. It has amazing graphics (unbelievable lighting!!) and makes use of an engine developed by the people making the game. It also boasts over 200 real-life weapons and realistic ballistics (including gravity affecting a bullet's trajectory). I heard about this game from the front page of IGN.com where it is suggested that this may be the Gran Turismo of FPS. It's coming out sometime in 2007, but apparently the developers don't have a publisher yet for this game.

There is in-game footage of the game here.

Essentially the company was started by a few Harvard students who developed some powerful algorithms for simulating environments with real-time lighting, and they made use of them for the game. They have licensed the technology to various organizations including the military, so I have few doubts that this game's visuals are as bad-*** as they appear.

Also, I've never been excited about an FPS until now!! This game is looking like it will be absolutely incredible.

Some more links.

The IGN article
Interview with the lead designer at E3 (GameSpot Live) - It's the Friday 9am video, about half-way through.
Some more GameSpot information

Wait... is this Professor Kedri?

I go to school in Boston too!

No, I don't know these people or go to school at Harvard, and I am not an actual professor. Let's discuss the game now.

It looks awesome, but what are those desert warrior guys doing in Versailles in that one screenshot?

Damn, for a moment I read "independent" as "free" and jumped :p

It looks really good, hopefully it's as interesting as it seems.

The multiplayer mode in this game will be highly customizable and along with the standard modes (death match, capture the flag, etc.) they are going to have a "What If" mode where you can do something like pit a handful of Navy SEALS against WWI soldiers, and so on.

Interesting stuff. Something to look into for later.

looks awesome.

wow. this looks incredible.

"A journey that begins in 1916

That will take you through the Greatest Wars of the 20th Century

As you Defend the World from an Invisible Enemy..."


Predators????//////>>>

duh moneyobie ur so dumb everyone knows you can see predators when they move!

That it spans such a large time frame is relly interesting. That should make for some really fun MP.

Um. About the Gameplay clip on the video page. I downloaded it but I can't open it in my Realplayer or Quicktime.

They don't mention bayonettes and swords! What about the bayonettes?!?! *cries*

It's not WWI if you can't jump out of the trenches, pull out your saber and cry "CHEAAAAARGE" as you get mowed to bits by machinegun fire.

It works for me. I am using Windows Media Player 10 and the ffdshow MPEG-4 Video Decoder, if that helps.

Dark Templar *duh*

A. You're using the two worst programs for playing videos.
B. You need the codec, or a suitable program with them.
C. VLC if you don't want to tinker or deal with the console, mplayer if you want it to play ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING (But its harder to use).

[QUOTE=Cool Matty]mplayer if you want it to play ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING (But its harder to use).[/QUOTE]

If you consider typing "mplayer whatever.mov" in a console hard to use. . . :p

For some, finding the command prompt is hard enough :p

That looks awesome!

I'm defineatly buying this!

Wow, choosing your weapon = awesome... based on the video, anyway... the combat looks a little too weak, though... :-/. Same with the AI, and the levels could be a bit more detailed... It seems technically amazing, it just needs some more art direction or style.

Your face needs some more art direction.



*Woo!