[MyIS]Spawndemon
10-13-2006, 08:22 AM
The Polishing Weevils Mod Team, creators of the Obsidian Edge 2 (http://www.obsidianedge.net/) mod, have posted up their first monthly update today. The update is fairly large so listen up:
Each of our monthly updates will be comprised of two parts: First, a Feature Focus, and Secondly a media update of select completed content with news on the Mod.
Our Feature Focus for this first update is an introduction of the team as well as an overview of our process to create this mod. While some folks have heard of us and seen our first mod, many will be unfamiliar with us and what we are trying to accomplish. Then, we have some sneak peeks at completed content at the end of this article. So let us take a moment and tell you about our past, and a little about how we are working today...
Who are the Polishing Weevils?
Over two years ago a group of friends that had crossed over from Ghost Recon to Far Cry fell in love with the capabilities of the Cry Engine. However they felt that both GR and FC had something missing in their gameplay. So the Polishing Weevils were formed with the aim of producing a game that took the best elements from past tactical shooters like Operation Flash Point, Ghost Recon, Ravenshield, Call of Duty and others, and then added their own unique twist.
Obsidian Edge? What’s that all about?
Well it’s a realistic squad based tactical First Person Shooter. When you are looking for a name, you want it to mean something and at the same time be original, punchy and memorable. Suli, one of the team co-leaders, suggested Obsidian Edge as the title of the work. Obsidian is a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture. An obsidian blade (or edge) can be up to five times sharper than any equivelent steel blade, as it can be sharpened to almost the width of a molecule. A truly unique blade indeed.
<a href="http://www.totalcrysis.com/image.php?img=images/news/m67finalrender.jpg"><img src="http://www.totalcrysis.com/images/news/thumb_m67finalrender.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.totalcrysis.com/image.php?img=images/news/m84finalrender.jpg"><img src="http://www.totalcrysis.com/images/news/thumb_m84finalrender.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<a href="http://www.totalcrysis.com/image.php?img=images/news/mk23finalrender.jpg"><img src="http://www.totalcrysis.com/images/news/thumb_mk23finalrender.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.totalcrysis.com/image.php?img=images/news/leopard2a6finalrender.jpg"><img src="http://www.totalcrysis.com/images/news/thumb_leopard2a6finalrender.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
This is only the beginning of this very large update. To learn all about this mod and to read the rest of this update, click here (http://www.obsidianedge.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=59).
Each of our monthly updates will be comprised of two parts: First, a Feature Focus, and Secondly a media update of select completed content with news on the Mod.
Our Feature Focus for this first update is an introduction of the team as well as an overview of our process to create this mod. While some folks have heard of us and seen our first mod, many will be unfamiliar with us and what we are trying to accomplish. Then, we have some sneak peeks at completed content at the end of this article. So let us take a moment and tell you about our past, and a little about how we are working today...
Who are the Polishing Weevils?
Over two years ago a group of friends that had crossed over from Ghost Recon to Far Cry fell in love with the capabilities of the Cry Engine. However they felt that both GR and FC had something missing in their gameplay. So the Polishing Weevils were formed with the aim of producing a game that took the best elements from past tactical shooters like Operation Flash Point, Ghost Recon, Ravenshield, Call of Duty and others, and then added their own unique twist.
Obsidian Edge? What’s that all about?
Well it’s a realistic squad based tactical First Person Shooter. When you are looking for a name, you want it to mean something and at the same time be original, punchy and memorable. Suli, one of the team co-leaders, suggested Obsidian Edge as the title of the work. Obsidian is a volcanic glass similar in composition to granite, usually dark but transparent in thin pieces, and having a good conchoidal fracture. An obsidian blade (or edge) can be up to five times sharper than any equivelent steel blade, as it can be sharpened to almost the width of a molecule. A truly unique blade indeed.
<a href="http://www.totalcrysis.com/image.php?img=images/news/m67finalrender.jpg"><img src="http://www.totalcrysis.com/images/news/thumb_m67finalrender.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.totalcrysis.com/image.php?img=images/news/m84finalrender.jpg"><img src="http://www.totalcrysis.com/images/news/thumb_m84finalrender.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<a href="http://www.totalcrysis.com/image.php?img=images/news/mk23finalrender.jpg"><img src="http://www.totalcrysis.com/images/news/thumb_mk23finalrender.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.totalcrysis.com/image.php?img=images/news/leopard2a6finalrender.jpg"><img src="http://www.totalcrysis.com/images/news/thumb_leopard2a6finalrender.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
This is only the beginning of this very large update. To learn all about this mod and to read the rest of this update, click here (http://www.obsidianedge.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65&Itemid=59).