[Bond]

Originally posted by Jonbo298
Wow! That sounds pretty good. This is a stupid question but is Project Ego exclusive to the XBox. I'm pretty sure since I read somewhere that it uses the hard drive to hold all the data of you/world changing. (unless Im wrong, then correct me)

Yeah, it's 100% Xbox exclusive, so is BC for that matter. Here's day two:

Peter Molyneux Sit-Down: Day 2

http://www.teamxbox.com/article.php?id=378&t=f

Continuing on with Day 2 of our coverage of our meeting with Peter Molyneux, we move on to another project he has in store for us. Project Ego is the first step in Peter’s dream to create an ultra-realistic RPG game that replicates real life, and B.C. is the next step forward in simulation gaming. If you think Project Ego is a detailed game, B.C. will blow your mind. Peter is steadfast in his desire to develop a game that is like no other game we have ever seen.

"The goal here is to create the most sophisticated worlds possible."

B.C. is a game that takes place in prehistoric times as you take control over a primitive human clan. Survival is the name of the game, and there isn’t much else to be said for the story. But don’t take that lightly in any way, this game is detailed to the extreme and it is next to impossible for any two gamers to have the same experience while playing the game. By now you should be fairly familiar with Project Ego and the complexity of the gameplay, but with B.C. Peter wishes to go even further in his quest for realism. Two years in the making, B.C. looks to live up to Peter’s expectations and while the game was being shown to us, I had to excuse myself for the drool and wide-eyed expression I realized I had on my face.

While the game has its roots in the RPG world, Peter explains that B.C. is more of an action adventure title than a traditional RPG. The goal of the game is successfully maintaining the survival of your tribe, which means you will have to perform just about every task the tribe must complete in order to live on. This also means you will find yourself playing as various members of the tribe. While this is a single player title, you will take on many roles, and no single member is the sole hero. The hero here is you and how you are able to progress the tribe through the generations.

Survival in the harsh and dangerous world of B.C. will require a huge amount of teamwork. You will have to lead your tribe by teaching them new techniques and helping them build upon each others’ abilities and skills. Let’s say you take a member of the tribe and walk over to a bush. You might notice some berries on the bush that look mighty tasty, so you decide to pick one. After eating it you realize that it tastes pretty good and another member of the tribe notices you. They then decide to come over and mimic your actions. You have just learned to teach another member of your group a skill that can prove very valuable in the everyday survival of the group. Pretty simple? Think even deeper than that. You have now also helped teach another member of the group to teach others by their own example. Your simple action has set a chain of events in motion that will give you a better chance of survival. You may even notice that after time, groups of tribe members will set out to find food in such a way, and it all started with your decision to explore. Getting a better idea of just how detailed B.C. will actually be?

In a similar fashion, you will need to make sure that a lot of other necessary actions take place each day so that the entire tribe is able to provide for itself, defend itself, and even travel from place to place when needed. Peter showed us a few more aspects of the game that you will have to be able to establish, such as communication between each other. Without really having any meanings, Peter was able to gather a group of tribe members who began muttering sounds to each other. While there wasn’t an established verbal meaning that was understood at this point, the groundwork had been laid for the initial concept of communication. Everything in B.C. will have an affect on what happens later in the game as well as what happens in the present time. Not only does the action take place where you can see things, but it also takes place whether you see it or not. Flocks of birds will migrate according to the simulations running constantly throughout the game. If you don’t happen to take notice of the patterns they fly, they will still fly them, and these patterns will still affect the course of the game. A large predatorial dinosaur might decide to feast on a flock of smaller animals during such a migration, and maybe you will be able to take advantage of what might be left over for food. On the other hand, you might end up as a light snack for a large dinosaur if your group’s hunting skills aren’t advanced enough to remain unseen.

B.C. will definitely take everything you know about simulation gaming and throw it onto a whole new plane of existence. Everything in the game is meant to give you the perception of a real-life world that is filled with living, breathing inhabitants whose delicate interactions among each other determine the outcome of your overall gaming experience. We aren’t talking about predetermined events here either, we are talking about a complete simulation based on the events at hand, so the possible paths on which the game may take place are endless. The controls are quite simple, but the scheme the game is based on is anything but simple.

Graphically, the game looks amazing. Textures are gorgeous and models are right on target. No detail is too small to be overlooked. Even ants are simulated in the game, yes ants. You can actually stop and watch colonies of ants. Why? Who knows, but they are there and you can try to figure out their significance. Simply put, they are there because in reality they are there, so Peter made sure to include them. You will also notice that while crossing through streams, schools of fish will swim around. Good chance to work on your fishing skills. You might start off trying to snag them as they swim by, but you might want to go find some sticks and use some stones to carve some spears for more advanced fishing. While you are at it, don’t forget to tag some other members of the tribe to help you out. This is survival 101 times ten, so get ready because you will need to be prepared for this one.