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When they start awarding prizes for the largest demo release, The Club, from Bizarre Creations will be right up there.
The PC copy of the playable demo has finally landed, and you can grab all 1.9GB of it right here;
games.internode.on.net/filelist.php
I don't know what you'll get for your download - but I do know that the game's been described as being a racer, a shooter and a fighting game, all at the same time. Given that the download's free for Internode customers - what have you got to lose?
The main question is: What is The Club?
"3, 2, 1... BAM! The level begins like a racing game. You run forwards and turn the first corner. Two masked hoodlums holding pistols (the most basic enemy in the game) swing round and take aim at you, but immediately fall in a hail of gunfire from your sub machinegun. Without breaking pace you sprint up the stairs behind them, blasting open a window (and through another enemy) as you climb.
You roll through the door at the top of the stairs, immediately taking aim at the enemy to your right. BAM, he goes down with a perfect head shot. A massive roll-bonus racks up on your screen, supplemented with the score from the headshot... Must keep this combo going! Sprinting through the next corridor and smashing through the wooden door, you're trying to shoot down the next soul before your combo ends and your bank is stashed. Must. Run. Faster! "
...and that's just the first five seconds of the game.
Developed by the same people as Geometry Wars and Project Gotham Racing, nobody's quite sure what to expect from The Club, but I think we all agree, you're in for one hell of a ride.
The Club is a radical departure for Bizarre Creations. As a studio traditionally known for our racing games, The Club will prove that our teams are capable of straddling genres whether they're about firing on all cylinders or firing shotgun shells.
Primarily a score-based game, The Club is Bizarre's take on the third person shooter. The gameplay is fast paced and very arcadey; don't even think about hiding behind cover in this one folks! A unique new scoring system asks you to chain kills together in quick succession, building up your combo and grabbing you more points. The higher your combo the faster the bar ticks down, so it gets tougher and tougher to continue your deadly killing spree.
"To keep your score high you'll need to burst into rooms of enemies with all guns blazing; the combo system pushing you further and further to your limit. However, don't take too long dispatching your target or your score will drop. If there are 30 bad guys in the level, that's potentially a 30x combo you could earn... practice, practice, practice!"
