Wet (computer game)
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| Studio |
 Artificial Mind and Movement
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| Publisher |
 Bethesda Softworks
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
 September 18, 2009 September 15, 2009 |
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| platform | Xbox 360 , PS3 | ||
| Game engine | Gaia | ||
| genre | 3rd person shooter | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| medium | Xbox 360: 1 × DVD PS3: 1 × Blu-ray Disc |
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| language | German English | ||
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| information | The German version of the game appeared heavily cut. The severing of body parts was completely removed, a large part of the blood cut out and some lines of dialogue removed | ||
Wet is a third-person shooter for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 . It was developed by Artificial Mind and Movement (renamed Behavior Interactive in 2010 ) and published by Bethesda Softworks . The game is about the hit man Rubi Malone, originally dubbed by the actress Eliza Dushku .
Gameplay
Wet is an action game that exaggeratedly combines shooting and sword fighting with acrobatics and bloody content. As such, it has parallels to Quentin Tarantino's film series Kill Bill .
The main female character Rubi carries two pistols with unlimited ammunition and a sword by default. In the further course of the game she can also use two shotguns, submachine guns or crossbows. These are significantly stronger compared to the basic armament, but also have limited ammunition. Rubi can shoot while jumping, sliding on her knees, jumping off opponents, or running along walls. During these acrobatic actions, the game is played in slow motion. Rubi automatically aims a handgun at an opponent, a second opponent can be aimed at by the player with the second weapon at any time. Rubi can also combine her attacks, for example jumping on an opponent after a wall run or attacking a person from below with her sword while she is sliding across the ground. Rubi receives points for killing enemies. This score is determined, among other things, by the hit zone and the difficulty of the hit (e.g. distance). There is also the so-called multiplier. This can be increased by killing opponents quickly one after the other and collecting multiplier symbols. Along with this, the speed of Rubi's healing also accelerates. Rubi can still refresh her health by finding whiskey bottles in the levels.
In some parts of the game, Rubi falls into a murderous berserk rage. These sections are optically reduced and only shown in red, black and white colors. Rubi's attacks get faster and stronger, with a particularly large number of opponents appearing at once. There are also quick-time events , e.g. B. in cut scenes or during a highway chase.
At the end of each level, the player's performance is assessed according to three different criteria: playing time, varied combat acrobatics and the average multiplier. According to these criteria, so-called style points are awarded, with which the player can improve Rubi's physical and acrobatic skills or her handling of weapons before moving on to the next section.
action
Rubi Malone is a "problem solver": a bounty hunter and mercenary . In the prologue of the game, she is hired to retrieve a suitcase that was stolen by a gang. She does so, leaving many gang members dead and taking the suitcase to a hospital. Inside is a human heart that a certain William Ackers needs to survive. Rubi delivers the suitcase to Ackers' grateful son.
A year later, Mr. Ackers visits Rubi in her hiding place in Texas and hires her to bring his son back from Hong Kong . He would be in bad company there. Rubi flies to Hong Kong and meets a local friend, Ming, who tells her that Ackers runs a powerful drug ring. Rubi manages to kidnap the young Ackers and bring him back to London .
It turns out that it was not the real "William Ackers" who hired Rubi, but a rival of the gang boss. His bodyguards behead Acker's son and Rubi is also left dying after a duel. However, her friend Milo can save her. After she has recovered, she vows revenge and pursues the wrong Ackers and his gang.
Rubi follows a tip from Milos and seeks the help of a seedy woman named Kafka. Rubi steals a rare book for them that was supposed to be shipped to the British Museum . Kafka then gives Rubi a clue about the whereabouts of the fraudster, who is actually called Rupert Pelham. The trail leads Rubi back to Hong Kong and then back to London, where she is captured by Pelham's henchman Sorrell and tortured for information. Rubi manages to take her kidnappers by surprise and escapes. She kills Sorrell, but not before he reveals that Pelham will crack down on the real Ackers that night.
Rubi confronts Pelham in Ackers' villa just as he is about to kill William Ackers. Rubi duels with Pelham's female bodyguard Tarantula and breaks her neck, then beheads Pelham. In the subsequent dialogue with the rescued Ackers, this Rubi continues to be complicit in the death of his son. He cannot forgive her, but her deeds that night are enough for him not to take revenge on her for the time being. Rubi accepts this and leaves the property with a small bag full of money that Pelham had thrown her in exchange for sparing his life.
Before the end credits, the player sees Tarantula's twitching hand in a close-up.
development
On July 28, 2008, the original publisher Activision Blizzard announced that it had taken Wet along with many other games due to a portfolio cleanup from the product catalog before the release. The release of the game was jeopardized, but according to Artificial Mind and Movement, the project was not canceled completely because Wet was already very far in development. At the Montreal International Game Summit in November 2008, Technical Director David Lightbown announced that Wet would be released in 2009. The title Wet , which means "wet" in German, can be traced back to a dirty job, with hands getting wet with blood.
On April 24, 2009, Famitsu and Amazon announced that Bethesda Softworks would release Wet . On April 27, 2009, Bethesda Softworks confirmed this. The game was then released on September 15, 2009.
A demo of the game was published on PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Marketplace on August 22, 2009.
On November 8, 2010, the developer, now renamed Behavior Interactive , announced a sequel.
music
The game music was composed by Brian LeBarton and recorded completely live within four days in Los Angeles. The band included Carla Azar from Autolux , Motown drummer James Gadson , Shawn Davis on bass, Justin Stanley on guitar, Davey Chegwidden and Elizabeth and Chris Lea on trombone and saxophone. LeBarton said of the music, in keeping with the grindhouse style of the game and inspired by the music of old spaghetti westerns : “I wanted to make music that really scared you, that made you feel like you were in the middle of the game. It has to draw your attention and make your brain freak out. "
The licensed soundtrack and the songs used in the game, mostly from the genres rockabilly and psychobilly , also received special praise :
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synchronization
| role | English speaker | German speaker |
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| Rubi Malone | Eliza Dushku | Gisa Bergmann |
| Rupert Pelham | Malcolm McDowell | Aart Veder |
| Tarantula | Kim Mai Guest | |
| Zhi | Parry Shen | |
| Ratboy / Dr. Afro | Ron Yuan | Peter Wenke |
| Christopher Sorrell / Ze collector | Alan Cumming | Andreas Grober |
| Ming | James you | |
| William Ackers | William Morgan Sheppard | Richard van Weyden |
| Milo | Andrew Ableson | Mario Hassert |
Individual evidence
- ^ Ellie Gibson: Review: Wet ( English ) EuroGamer.net. September 18, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2011: “WET takes its main inspiration from the Kill Bill films, and like The Bride, Rubi is a high-kicking, sharp-shooting, katana-wielding mercenary who takes down swathes of enemies with one swift movement. "
- ↑ Brendan Sinclair: Activision Blizzard 'streamlining' Vivendi ( English ) Gamespot . July 28, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ↑ Narayan Pattison: Activision Drops Several Vivendi Games . IGN . July 29, 2008. Retrieved October 19, 2008.
- ↑ a b Wet Returns . Edge . January 27, 2009. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
- ↑ A2M Says Wet Is Coming In 2009 . G4 . January 28, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
- ^ Famitsu, Amazon say Bethesda is publishing WET . Destructoid . April 24, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
- ↑ Bethesda Staff: Bethesda Softworks to Publish Wet for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 . Bethesda Softworks . April 27, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2009.
- ↑ Behavior Interactive (press release): Artificial Mind & Movement (A2M) Rebrands as Behavior Interactive ( English ) November 8, 2010. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Information: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved on March 12, 2011: “Wet 2 (multi-platform), Naughty Bear 2 (multi-platform), Doritos Crash Course (XBLA) as well as Rango (multi-platform) [...] are all currently in development at Behavior "
- ↑ Re: Generator Mag article regarding Wet music score . Re: Generator Magazine . August 27, 2009. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
- ↑ Keane Ng posted on Aug 20, 2009 9:39 PM: The Escapist: News: Preview: Wet . Escapistmagazine.com. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
