GGMania got a chance to talk with Sven Schmidt, the publisher's producer on Breed, the upcoming space combat-first person shooter from Brat Designs and CDV. We also have six new screenshots from the game. Breed is slated for release in September/October 2003.

GGMania: Could you introduce yourself to our readers and tell them a little bit about what you do on Breed?

Sven Schmidt: Hi I'm Sven Schmidt and I'm the publisher's producer on Breed. My job is watch out for time schedules, budgets and quality of the product.

GGMania: What kind of game is Breed? What were the main objectives you wanted to achieve in regards to content and gameplay?

Sven Schmidt: We wanted to reach a possibly high level of action with Breed. It's not that "Halo"-Clone thing we're following, it's more a kind of freedom for the player we're trying to reach. During the Singleplayer campaign the gamer will experience different vehicles, he is in command of a squad, later he fights his way through Breed facilities on his own, only to experience that his next mission takes place in space. So: Action, Action, Action

GGMania:  What can you tell us about the storyline for the game?

Sven Schmidt: The storyline of the game is quite simple and understandable for everyone: aliens conquered earth behind man's back - and now we're here to wipe the aliens from earth again.

GGMania:  What is the range of different locations in which Breed takes place?

Sven Schmidt: We have large outdoor environments as well as interesting indoor environments. As the BREED have occupied the whole planet Player will have to solve Missions in the dessert, in the woods, in the mountains, there are snow maps and there are islands of different types - and then there's space.

GGMania: What kinds of vehicles and weapons will be available in the game? What is your favourite one?

Sven Schmidt: My favourite vehicle is the APC - I like the look somehow, and combined with a heavy gatling gun fun is guaranteed. Vehicles like dropships, jeeps, buggies, speeder bikes, tanks, light fighter, heavy fighter, and huge mothership round up the portfolio. Weapons? Well everything up to nukes.

GGMania: Will vehicles be able to do "fast drops" in-game? e.g. opening a cargo bay door and driving tank or APC out when the dropship is skimming the ground moving forwards.

Sven Schmidt: Yes of course - otherwise it would be hard in Multiplayer to get reinforcements into the combat zone.

GGMania: When transitioning between space and the surface, will the player have full freedom in choosing a position to land?

Sven Schmidt: Yes. He'll drop in at a certain point at the "sky" but then depending on the mission design he can freely choose where to land.


GGMania: What kind of opposition (AI) can we expect? For example, will enemies try to stole player vehicles?

Sven Schmidt: No.

GGMania: How many missions will there be, and how varied will they be? Can you give us an example?

Sven Schmidt: On the variations I wrote above. There will be 18 missions.

GGMania: How many hours of gameplay can we expect from the game?

Sven Schmidt: That depends absolutely on the chosen difficulty mode and the experience of the player.

GGMania: I have noticed that some people compare Breed to HALO. What is certainly incomparable to HALO?

Sven Schmidt: The amount of vehicles, the indoor missions, the freedom to move and the seamless transition between space and orbit.

GGMania: It's not a secret that Breed utilizes Mercury engine, what are some of the Mercury engine's most interesting features? Is there something unique?

Sven Schmidt: The mercury engine is able to handle LOADS of polygons, it supports directx 9 features and it is damn fast.

GGMania:  How did you decide to develop your own engine for Breed rather than pursuing a license to use an existing engine?

Sven Schmidt: Well, Brat Designs offered us the game and had the engine 90% ready why choosing one from an existing game?

GGMania:  What type of music will be played during the missions?

Sven Schmidt: We'll have excellent ambience, theme oriented background music in the missions done by Dr. Giovanni Vindigni.

GGMania:  What multiplayer game modes will be available in Breed?

Sven Schmidt: We'll have Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Assault mode.

GGMania: Will be possible to share vehicles in multiplayer?

Sven Schmidt: Yes, of course!

GGMania: What kind of support do you plan to provide for the mod community? Will you be releasing any of your tools?

Sven Schmidt: Yes. We'll release a mudpack after the game has been released.

GGMania: When can we expect to see the game hit store shelves and at what price?

Sven Schmidt: Please refer to the website at www.breedgame.de

GGMania: Thank you very much for taking the time to do this interview, is there anything else you'd like to tell our readers?

Sven Schmidt: I'd like to thank the community, the fans and the gamers for staying tuned