SON OF A BEACH
Copyright 2001 www.tombraiderchronicles.com
[ November 26th 2001 ]
We’ll
let the Chairman of Eidos, Ian Livingstone take
over on this one. After all, it was his concept
that spawned the newest game Eidos are creating,
called Beach Life. "Young people in particular
have a lot of fun on holiday," he said. "It seemed
to me the perfect experience to simulate in a
game.
Cheap
booze, loud music, romance, polluted water, mosquitoes,
hot sun, beach volleyball, etc will combine to
create people-watching at its best. It’s up to
the players to decide what kind of resort they
want to create and the type of people they want
to attract to it. Players will know instinctively
how to play it."
So if
you’ve been to any of the holiday havens that
British youngsters flock to with migratory-like
regularity, then you’re already half way to understanding
how Beach Life will work. You have to make, from
scratch, and develop the ultimate holiday resort.
But the neat thing is, you’ll have complete control
over the type of resort you turn it into, thus
dictating the type of holiday maker that will
turn up and ultimately, how much money it’ll make.
This could be your chance to inflict some sardine
like conditions on virtual members of the public!
It’s
set in exotic holiday resorts from all over the
world and you have to compete to create the most
entertaining, lively or just plain successful
holiday resort. If you fancy constructing a tacky,
Ibiza like destination with hotels, bars, superclubs
and all of the usual beach activities and water
sports, then it’s down to you. You’ll get to experience
all the highs and lows of managing a resort, so
you have to be as ready for a holiday romance
as you do an outbreak of food poisoning or a tropical
storm!
It’s
being developed by Deep Red, a company with an
excellent portfolio of games under their belt,
and as their managing director Clive Robert points
out, Beach Life will put a bit of cheer back into
the world. "This is just the kind of game that
the world needs right now. It’s fun, light-hearted
and awesomely beautiful. It appeals to both males
and females and plays on everyone’s desire to
have their perfect beach holiday. Our specialist
experience in this gaming genre is already beginning
to pay dividends."
Beach
Life is due for release in summer 2002 and we’ll
have plenty of information on it in the coming
months.
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