2011 of Korean game industry will likely be full of smell of gunpowder thanks to a lot of upcoming shooting games. The shooting games introduced last year was 5 and more than 10 titles are being developed and will be released this year.
Traditional Military Shooting
The Successor of Military FPS, <Special Force 2>
It is a sequel of the 2004 mega hit game <Special Force> and is being developed with the Unreal engine 3. It is rated as adult only and will likely launch its first CBT within the first half of this year.
Cruel and Quick, <Soldier of Fortune Online>
It is an online version of <Soldier of Fortune> which featured cruelty like damaged body parts. It features reality of the battle and melee battle.
An Exciting Battle, <Metro Conflict>
It provides exciting power battle with duel weapon system. It also features story telling scenario which is not familiar in FPS genre.
Quick and Cool, <Dizzel>
The hiding and covering TPS <Dizzel> has returned after an year from its first CBT took place in last year. The play style is similar to <Gears of War> since the players need to hide behind the wall or pillar and shoot. It will launch its OBT in Spring.
Story Telling Shooting
Emotional TPS, <Squadflow>
Unlike other TPS games focuses on battle, it chose the story telling style through the mission system. The player will be one of SP5 unit to save a girl named Reah chased by unidentified robots.
It features unique UI which shows all the information like the character’s HP, remaining bullets, and status?on the back of the character. Its CBT would be launched in the first half of 2011.
Raise Your Character, <Hounds>
It is actually an old game because it has been introduced in September 2008. It will likely be released within 2011.
It features PvE oriented?SF world which provides the mission style from the general console games.
Retro Graphic, <Project Mercury>
This FPS features retro graphic and conflict between the federal police and gang union. Not only kill and death but also other standards like assist, accuracy, and rescue are applied and the players can purchase items while they are dead through the spare system.
Casual Shooting
War of Figures, <HAVE Online>
The war of figures is already available in Taiwan, Thailand, NA, and Europe under the name of <Micro Volts>. It will be available in Korea in 2011.
As its concept is the figure, it is not as heavy or cruel as other FPS military games. It also features customizing such various styles as Hong Kong figure and Junk Art style.
Fast and Clear, <Project Renaissance>
<Quake>-like <Project Renaissance> features fast pace and cool action. As it consider more entertainment than reality, the bullet will fly just like a laser beam without considering its parabola. The rage system that boosts up the weaker team’s HP and power is to control the balance between the teams.
WW2 of Dogs, <Gun Dog>
This TPS game features the World War 2 setting and personified animals. As the characters are animals, they dash with their four legs.
The first play video has been released in last March and it has characterized each nation’s representative dogs in order to aim the global market.
Breaking Space TPS, <Gate>
The controversial TPS <Gate> is about to launch the OBT in the first half. It used to raise the controversy over the plagiarism of <Portal> of Valve.
Super Power+TPS, <Psychic Online>
It is a TPS game of characters with special power. Players can pull enemies, throw or lift an object, or be invisible with the psychic power.
