A new Uwe Boll, gulp, videogame? |
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BY Rain Anderson Sep. 18th, 2008 |
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Oh my. Uwe Boll, the movie man it’s probably safe to say most gamers strongly dislike — to put it lightly — has found a new calling. Nope, butchering good games by making crappy films about them is not it. Actually making games is.
The trailer above, which I have to say came as a total surprise, showcases 1968 Tunnel Rats, Boll’s upcoming videogame based on his movie of the same name. The game is a first-person shooter and follows a US special combat unit that is sent in to deal with Viet Cong soldiers and the extensive underground tunnel system they liked to play hide and seek in way back when Creedence Clearwater Revival was all the rave.
It’s very hard to say anything about the gameplay from this tiny teaser but the graphics do seem quite nice and up to par with what we’ve come to expect from shooters these days. Although, unless it’s just an issue with the video, the frame rate leaves something to be desired.
So how about it? Will you answer the call and become a manly tunnel rat this Fall?
September 18th, 2008
at 6:25 am
That looks… boring. The tunnel scenes looked really bad, although the jungle looked quite good actually. Uwe Boll hasn’t made anything good yet, so why even bother playing this?
September 18th, 2008
at 6:39 am
Anyone else think that’s a rip off of a couple of levels from the “vietcong” game? the brick wall in that night scene is exactly the same… *shifty look*
September 18th, 2008
at 6:59 am
@bob
For some reason, I certainly wouldn’t put it past Boll&Co.
September 18th, 2008
at 10:33 am
I think I might have just thrown up my breakfast….
Wait.
Yup, that video definitely made me sick. Where does this man get money from? I don’t understand it…
September 18th, 2008
at 1:21 pm
AntonioH: This page explains it in a good way: http://www.cinemablend.com/features/Uwe-Boll-Money-For-Nothing-209.html
“bizarre tax laws in Germany mean that any wealthy Germans who invest in a movie can write-off the production cost, delay paying their taxes and generally reduce their tax burden.
When you disseminate all the boring legal business law surrounding it the bottom line is this – the German investors in a movie only pay tax on any RETURNS the movie makes, their investment is 100% deductible, so the minute the movie makes a profit, said investor has to start paying tax. Plus the investors can actually borrow money to put towards investment and write that off too..”
September 18th, 2008
at 2:39 pm
The pistol looked really weird and awkward. Also, I think the dip in frame rate is from the game, not the video.