Border Break

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:26 am

Why is there not a multi-page thread of rampant speculation regarding this game?!!

I guess I'll start one!

Announced for the AOU2009 Show, the teaser press release says "Sega Network Robot Wars", and indicates 10 vs 10 battles. It also clearly says AM2. So why would anyone jump to the conclusion that it is a Border Down sequel?

I may be going out on a limb here, but the typographer in me says otherwise: take a look at the font for the Border Break text, now take a look at the Border Down title font. there are a number of striking similarities. Not to mention the green "break laser" in the background of the Border Break title.

G-Rev and AM2 collaboration?! I'm sold!

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:36 am

WOW!

...the again, "Robot Wars" and "Online Action"...

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:40 am

Change Air Blade with 10x the confusion?

Or will people be controlling popcorn or minibosses, sort of like Arkane's upcoming The Crossing?

Post by **Ghegs** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:44 am

I'm gonna have to go with "not a shmup" on this one. The evidence seems to point towards a mecha war game like that Gundam thing.

If it turns out to be a very weird online-shmup-vs-mmo-bbq -game instead we can just move the thread back to the relevant section.

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:52 am

Ghegs wrote:I'm gonna have to go with "not a shmup" on this one. The evidence seems to point towards a mecha war game like that Gundam thing.

If it turns out to be a very weird online-shmup-vs-mmo-bbq -game instead we can just move the thread back to the relevant section.

reasonable enough.

...let the speculation, continue!

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:10 am

It's probably an Illegal Immigration Control sim.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:39 am

Japanese don't need something like that. Most ppl already shun gaijins.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:15 am

Are there Mexicans in it?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:15 pm

Specineff wrote:It's probably an Illegal Immigration Control sim.

Badumpdump. That was actually your best post ever, man.

Japanese don't need something like that.

Why not? They deport like crazy over here.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 12:39 pm

Specineff wrote:It's probably an Illegal Immigration Control sim.

It'd be hard to compete with what they have going in Mexico.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0221/p01s04-woam.html

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 1:57 am

would this be what G. Rev talked about in the bullet hell thing in that issue of Edge?

Post by **Ghegs** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:58 am

Gameplay vid confirms it's a mecha war game with some anime characters thrown in.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:18 am

I don't know why, but that looks feckin cool.

zap · Post by **zap** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:47 am

Looks like some kind of mix between the sit-down cabinet Gundam-games and Virtual On. The screen is a touch screen and you only use one stick with your left arm and some mouse-looking thingy with your right.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:31 pm

What kind of arcade hardware is this Border Break game running on anyways?

lilmanjs · Post by **lilmanjs** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:43 pm

even with the anime chars, this game looks like something I'd play for hours.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:48 pm

Where's the illegal immigrants?

The n00b · Post by **The n00b** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:19 pm

This is most likely another a massively multiplayer Virtua On

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:21 pm

PC Engine Fan X! wrote:What kind of arcade hardware is this Border Break game running on anyways?

The new Ring Edge board.

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:22 pm

Stormwatch wrote:
PC Engine Fan X! wrote:What kind of arcade hardware is this Border Break game running on anyways?
The new Ring Edge board.

Thanks for the heads on that new arcade hardware...makes me wonder if any new arcade shmup titles will be developed for it in the nearby future. ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:53 am

I doubt that you can label a simple PC as "new arcade hardware".

I guess I'll start missing the dayw of proprietary architectures.

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:10 am

Specineff wrote:I doubt that you can label a simple PC as "new arcade hardware".

I guess I'll start missing the dayw of proprietary architectures.

look on the bright side, they switched from using Linux (Linbergh) to a nice warm and fuzzy proprietary Windows embedded 2009 OS.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:27 am

Looks surprisingly fluid given the hardware. I wonder how easy/possible it will be to swap out the system's lethargic Pentium-brand CPU (much better would be to get rid of the GeForce, of course).

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:44 pm

Why all the fuzz?

Seems like bog standard mech game to me.
Nothing pretty or innovating and if it really plays like in the vids.... pretty boring and tedious.
Even Slave Zero memories (though much oppressed) flew by watching this

Enlighten me, please.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:29 pm

<-- superior (I'm assuming)

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:40 pm

Based on the vids I'm curious but not particularly impressed. If it gets an expanded home port that keeps the online play I'd certainly give it a shot. I refuse to get too excited about games I can't play though.

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:59 pm

Ghegs wrote:Gameplay vid confirms it's a mecha war game with some anime characters thrown in.

hey! what gives? I'm not seeing any Break Lasers in that vid...