Joint Operations: Escalation Interview - interview
(hx) 09:41 AM CEST - Oct,29 2004
- Post a comment HomeLAN
has posted
an
interview with Joel Taubel of Novalogic as he talks about
Joint Operations: Escalation, their upcoming multiplayer shooter expansion
pack. According to interview, escalation should go gold next week, and they are
shipping the game to stores on November 16th. Here is a slice:
HomeLAN - What other new gameplay content and features will be added to the expansion?
Joel Taubel - We have added numerous little tweaks to the gameplay to build on what we achieved with JO. We realized that the sniper class was a little too powerful, so we have increased scope drift on the rifles, as well as designing the levels with more cover to lower spawn raping. Another feature we have added is overheating on the emplaced weapons. They very quickly became uberweapons on certain maps in JO, so to counter that they now heat up with prolonged use. Once they overheat, the weapons lock and have to cool down.
We have also added body armor and parachutes as selectable loadout options. If selected, these are placed in your equipment slot instead of a Stinger, Claymore or AT4 etc. The body armor obviously gives the player more protection at the expense of an additional weapon, while the parachutes are a one use only deal. Once you have used them you have to return to the armory to restock.
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