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Shaun Himmerick, executive producer on upcoming open world driving game Wheelman, reckons the game’s vehicle melee system is “guaranteed” to be copied in future games.
Vehicle melee in Wheelman, developed by Midway Newcastle in conjunction with Tigon Studios, Hollywood actor Vin Diesel’s video game production company, involves darting your car in any direction with the right thumb stick in order to smash opposing cars off the road and send them spinning into the air.
Speaking to VideoGamer.com at Midway’s recent Gamers’ Day in Las Vegas, Himmerick revealed that developer Midway Newcastle’s focus testers have said they can’t believe vehicle melee isn’t in Burnout.
“What I will guarantee will get copied by other people is the vehicle melee,” he said. “When we have our focus testers in they literally say, “oh I can’t believe Burnout doesn’t have this!”. It’s so instinctive, driving then suddenly slam it left, bam! Take that car out, send it flying. I guarantee that’s the one that will get stolen.”
Himmerick revealed that Midway Newcastle has had some help from Vin in the form of ideas for the game’s Super Moves, designed to reflect spectacular Hollywood-style sequences.
“You know in a lot of car racing games when you destroy the other cars it’s just like, bumping bumping bumping, bumping” added Himmerick. “Vehicle melee for us is like smash, smash! Three or four big hits. Car goes tumbling, barrel rolls, slams into a fruit car. We wanted that over the top Hollywood feel.”
You can check out what we thought of Wheelman over at our hands-on preview.
Wheelman is due out for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC this Autumn.
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