“I believe this would have been in place of Ghosts”
Fuck it, NX1.pic.twitter.com/KDPh6pwHxn
The first video shows off the “Moonbase Assault” level, where as you’d expect, a moonbase is being assaulted. The action is COD in a nutshell: waking up, some astronaut shouting “Let’s get you inside!”, followed by a lot of shuddering and explosions. The footage certainly seems high quality, suggesting a level that was a fair way through development.
Former Neversoft developer Brian Bright jumpsinto the thread, offering some more context around the leaked footage. He says that Neversoft experimented with “low g” and it was really “about the team learning the engine”, having come to NX1 fresh from theGuitar Herofranchise. “I believe this would have been in place of Ghosts, trying to remember”, he says. “We had 2-3 campaign missions, and a bunch of MP work done (I was mp lead on this) before cancellation”.
Another postshowed off the game’s multiplayer, where a player sprints around a sandy free-for-all map. It looks like it’s from an earlier stage of development than the campaign footage. Again, the interest lies in what’s said around it, not the gameplay itself. Bright hops in, calling the map “Sandstorm” and mentioning an “Escort” mode. According to Bright, Neversoft toyed around with a ground vehicle or “UGV”, along with an “elevator” that would raise it. Perhaps NX1 was a bit Battlefield-y in this respect.
In ourbest COD campaign rankings, we popped Ghosts pretty low down. If this was in a similar vein, I do wonder where it would’ve ended up - I mean, any COD willing to experiment gets a yes from me.
