Red Steel 2 Officially Announced: Good news .... for some...

Red Steel 2 officially announced

June 27th, 2007

At an event in Cannes, Ubisoft has finally confirmed what we've known for a long time now. Red Steel 2 is indeed in the works for the Wii. It seems as though Ubisoft will be completely reworking the sword fighting this time around, which will hopefully result in a much more engaging system. While an online mode was rumored, nothing has been confirmed just yet.

inpactvirteul.com

The original source Inpactvirtuel.com seems confused on the subject. Since I can't read French I'm going off a translation bot here, it seems like the game was unveiled before Ubisoft wanted it to be and now PR is scrambling to try and undo the damage? :?

Information comes to us straight out of Cannes where the IDEF is held. Ubisoft officially announce the development of Red Steel 2.

Far from being a surprise since we speak about it already here, this continuation will take the bestaspects of the firstgame and will add some innovations in order to fix the flaws of the original. Red Steel 2 will be available on Wii in fiscal year 2008, and thecherry on the cake, a online mode will be integrated to the game, which, is at the top of the wishlist for game 1 veterens.

MAJ of Gizmo: Aaaaaah! Panics at Ubi Soft... Telephone call to the drafting: "What? Who confirmed? Even not true! One nothing confirmed forever! "...
Ok. Marion, faithful to his practice, picolé serious during work, donc*...
What is an open secret for everyone since it is known that Ubi Soft will leave Red Steel 2 indeed, still "officially" was thus not announced. What you want... it is a question of policy marketing or I do not know what of other.

its going to take a lot for me to buy RS2.

I really want them to revamp the controls, sword combat (i know they can make it better), AI, Up the graphics, and fix the damn cut scenes.

It's good to see that they're going to rework the sword fighting, but really, the whole gameplay needs to be reworked.Vampyronight

Everything but the music needs to be reworked.

Sweet,

Didnt digg Red Steel 1, if they can fix the major problems it had and online, colour me interested

Once it comes out, I'll try the original Red Steel, only if it's at a discount price. Then I will wait for reviews of Red Steel 2, and see if that's worth paying full price for.

they better fix the voice acting! i couldnt understand what they were sayingfudg__er

What? :lol:

[QUOTE="fudg__er"]they better fix the voice acting! i couldnt understand what they were sayinggaminggeek

What? :lol:

exactly he does realize, at som points they werent even speaking english right? anyway while I think Red Steel would make a better 3rd person action title I guess this will have to do. The 1st was fun, it had its flaws, but it was a rushed launch title. They said fiscal 2008 so that probaly means like around April, so that is plenty of time to put alot of work into the game.

That's great news to me! All I need is better swordplay (glad they're fixing it), not spinning like a tornado when I'm trying to turn anymore and above all else, ONLINE MULTIPLAYER!

I loved Red Steel even with its flaws but if Red Steel 2 has what I'm asking for, I'm so gonna buy it!

I like the gameplay, it just needs better level design, some tweaked AI and overall polish. gaminggeek

I liked the parts with the guns, but the swordfighting just wasn't that good in my opinion.

[QUOTE="gaminggeek"]I like the gameplay, it just needs better level design, some tweaked AI and overall polish. Travo_basic

I liked the parts with the guns, but the swordfighting just wasn't that good in my opinion.

Some fights were a little frustrating, yes.

The first one was not without it's faults (horrid graphics, pre-scripted Sword movements, occasonal glitchyness in the aiming), but it was very undrrated. i bought it with TP at lanch and i like it.

Im glad to see they will try to improve the sword combat, im not expecting 1:1, but they could be alot better.

Plus, and Ad placed by ubi for Programmer's to work on RS2 awhile back hints that RS2 MAY have online play (it asked for people with "Online Interface" Exp.).

Red Steel one had great level design (The games level is probably up there with some of the better FPS levels), it's control scheme and bugginess is what killed it.

If they fix that color me interested.

[QUOTE="Vampyronight"]It's good to see that they're going to rework the sword fighting, but really, the whole gameplay needs to be reworked.DarkMagik9

Everything but the music needs to be reworked.

I thought the music was the worst part of it......

Ok, what they said, is that it's unofficial, Ubisoft didn't confirm anything. We all know that Red Steel 2 is in the work, but that article was pure speculation.vnc20100

It said it was announced at a cannes event.

[QUOTE="vnc20100"]Ok, what they said, is that it's unofficial, Ubisoft didn't confirm anything. We all know that Red Steel 2 is in the work, but that article was pure speculation.gaminggeek

It said it was announced at a cannes event.

Ubi denied the claims

That's what it says here (if you can read french)

MAJ de Gizmo : Aaaaaah ! Panique chez Ubi Soft... Coup de téléphone à la rédaction : "Quoi ? Qui a confirmé ? Même pas vrai ! On n'a jamais rien confirmé !"...
Ok. Marion, fidèle à son habitude, a picolé grave pendant le travail, donc*...
Ce qui est un secret de polichinelle pour tout le monde puisque l'on sait que Ubi Soft sortira bel et bien un Red Steel 2, n'a donc toujours pas été "officiellement" annoncé. Que voulez-vous... c'est une question de politique marketing ou je ne sais quoi d'autre.

lots of us can agree that the first one sucked really badly.... but this sequal really has potential becuase Ubisoft will have more time to polish the game and totally rework the sword fighting mechanics and act like the first one never happened

[QUOTE="gaminggeek"]

[QUOTE="vnc20100"]Ok, what they said, is that it's unofficial, Ubisoft didn't confirm anything. We all know that Red Steel 2 is in the work, but that article was pure speculation.vnc20100

It said it was announced at a cannes event.

Ubi denied the claims

That's what it says here (if you can read french)

MAJ de Gizmo : Aaaaaah ! Panique chez Ubi Soft... Coup de téléphone à la rédaction : "Quoi ? Qui a confirmé ? Même pas vrai ! On n'a jamais rien confirmé !"...
Ok. Marion, fidèle à son habitude, a picolé grave pendant le travail, donc*...
Ce qui est un secret de polichinelle pour tout le monde puisque l'on sait que Ubi Soft sortira bel et bien un Red Steel 2, n'a donc toujours pas été "officiellement" annoncé. Que voulez-vous... c'est une question de politique marketing ou je ne sais quoi d'autre.

Ubisoft has advertised in industry websites and magazines for designers to work on Red Steel 2, it's a known fact that this game is coming, a sequel to their other big wii launch title has already been announced. They announced the game in cannes and journalists jumped the PR gun limitation and spilt the beans before Ubis PR was ready.