Sadness

[Neversoft]

The forgotten game... I hope it doesn't go down the same road as Project H.A.M.M.E.R.

Lets talk about this game! It looks to be one of a kind.

Story
Set in pre-WWI Eastern Europe, Sadness follows the story of Maria, a woman who has to protect her narcoleptic son Alexander after their train derails in the countryside. Their subsequent adventures are based on Slavic legends, and become even more bizarre as Alexander begins acting oddly.


It was announced before the Wii's release, but seemed to dissappear. The creators have said it will be released Q4 2008/Q1 2009.
Also according to the creators, Sadness is only for adult players with strong nerves.
The game is meant to scare the player by atmosphere and not by bloodlust or violence.
Various methods of playing include slitting the throat of enemies with glass or throwing a rope over a wall using the similar motion with the freehand controller.
The game will have a special way to save progress. This will happen automatically, at specific moments unbeknownst to the players so it can keep the feeling of reality.
Unlike other third person games, Sadness will not make use of a heads up display to allow greater immersion.
Visually the game is to be a black and white stylized gothic horror.
Werewolves will make an appearance in the game, but will be slightly altered from the common werewolf. The werewolf is born human and when mature will change on a full moon. Another change is that they do not regenerate after death.
Another creature that will appear in the game is Likho (http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2006/211/932547_20060731_screen001.jpg). Which is an embodiment of evil fate and misfortune in Slavic mythology, a creature with one eye, usually depicted as an old person. More info on Likho below.

According to Slavic tribal legend, Licho was a good and peaceful creature. It lived in and took care of the forest. Its name was associated with bounty and goodness. However, adults and elders ascribed to it all the worst attributes of an evil and very ugly creature - it had one huge eye, and a deformed human-like body.

Everyone kept their distance from Licho, and it did the same. Licho only showed himself to children who were not afraid of its appearance, and it did good deeds for them; e.g. it showed them the location of fern flowers (otherwise inaccessible to people), having a great scent and healing properties.

Licho had a child that was everything to him, it was his entire world. The adult people in the village gradually scared off the Licho and eventually even the children stopped approaching him. Once, when Licho was taking care of the forest and Fern Flowers, its child encountered the local woodcutters. They saw that Licho was not around and they captured the child, torturing it, picked its eye out, and left it in the marsh to die. Licho came back and started looking for the missing child, but to no avail. It did not eat, drink or sleep for many days but instead, wandered around the forest looking for the child.

One day it found the child’s body in the marsh - with no eyes, and most of its tortured body covered with stones. Licho carried the ill-treated body of its child till they both disappeared into the marsh. Since then no man has ever seen the Licho or the Fern Flower. Licho is the source of sadness in the world; whether it is in the world now, or if it is going to come in the future, no one really knows for sure

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2006/211/932547_20060731_screen001.jpg

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/721/721396/sadness-20060727010358876.jpg

http://www.infendo.com/uploaded_images/sadness1043007-776509.jpg

http://img.qj.net/uploads/articles_module2/76545/sadness3_qjpreviewth.jpg

http://www.gamesoul.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/sadness.jpg

http://www.mywii.com.au/img/game/sadness-7.jpg

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a191/Erotic_Spider/sadness1.jpg

http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/sadness-nibris-wii-screenshot-small.jpg

This will be the game that finally ends the 'Nintendo is for kids' nonsense.

[Neil]

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2006/211/932547_20060731_screen001.jpg


That is one ugly....Yea

Doesn't sound like my type of game but will defintly prove the Wii isn't a kids console

[Niall!]

That sounds..

awesome.

[GhostFace-]

maybe that will come out for 360 :eusa_clap

[Neversoft]

That is one ugly....Yea

Doesn't sound like my type of game but will defintly prove the Wii isn't a kids console

Not really my kinda game either, but I quite like the way it's going. It's unique.


maybe that will come out for 360 :eusa_clap

Won't happen. ;)

[e5]

Is it for the Wii? Doesn't look like much of a game.

[GhostFace-]

Not really my kinda game either, but I quite like the way it's going. It's unique.



Won't happen. ;)


why ? the game looks sickkk

[Danny$]

Can't wait :)!! Hope its got some anime in :)!!

[Neversoft]

Is it for the Wii? Doesn't look like much of a game.

Yes, it is.
How can you come to that conclusion from the little information we have on it? It sounds fantastic so far and looks brillient. The fact that its in black and white, I think, is amazing. It's set to be a true horror game.



why ? the game looks sickkk

Because it's for the Wii and the Wii only... Are you implying the only sick games are on 360? ;)


Can't wait :)!! Hope its got some anime in :)!!

I doubt one of the most realistic games so far will have anime in.

[Neil]

If it was released on 360 then another company selling out lol

Edit - I think the black and white images may just be concept art? xD

[Neversoft]

Well it's more than likely a horror game, which is why it isn't my kind of game, horror is boring to me, I was watching Silent Hill last night and it was gory and all but not scary which is what I thought the games were meant to be, horror games generally end up as mystery games at some point which doesn't exactly fill my enjoyment either, then the whole "open a door and a decapitated man with his guts hanging out and really tension building music" always plays a role somewhere in games like this which is less scary and more just annoying since it's normally only every level from 2 to 3 times so the developers obviously try too hard to scare you, and in that attempt you just get bored to hell xD

Obviously that's not EVERY horror based game but it's normally the case really, horror is too predictable

Not sure if Never has the same reason as me or not but we're probably not far off on why we're not into games like this

It is a horror survival game.
Yeah, pretty much the same reasons. I don't like many horror games or movies, I find them to be very boring, more about the blood and gore than everything else and basically all the same thing.
But I'm willing to try this game out because of how realistic they're trying to make it. The creators said the game is meant to scare the player by atmosphere and not by bloodlust or violence, which I think is really cool and it's set before World War I which wasn't the nicest of times and the designers have obviously put a lot of effort into the characters and monsters. I mean that Likho monster is actually scary, which is what it should be.


If it was released on 360 then another company selling out lol

Edit - I think the black and white images may just be concept art? xD

Yeah, it is the concept art. No actual in game footage has been released.

[Neil]

The creators said the game is meant to scare the player by atmosphere and not by bloodlust or violence

Just like the French movie Ils (Them) which has killing but only a few die that you actually see then the rest of it is just 2 people running from the kids and trying to escape but eventually they get caught by them aswell, which is more scary than seeing a mutilated body

[Neversoft]

Just like the French movie Ils (Them) which has killing but only a few die that you actually see then the rest of it is just 2 people running from the kids and trying to escape but eventually they get caught by them aswell, which is more scary than seeing a mutilated body

Exactly. Some horror games/movies have the right idea, but the majority go off in the wrong direction.

Just found some other information.


Sadness will have 10 different endings.
2 Characters will be playable; a 30-something woman and her young narcoleptic son.
The main story features around the woman, who is of Polish-Hungarian origin and spent her childhood in England.
Utilizing your surrounds is extremely important since your character have an inventory full of weapons.
The game will feature no load times and include around 20 hours of gameplay.
There will be eighteen different species of monsters that according to your chosen path will determine which ones you see, if any.
Friendly monsters will also make an appearence, which are expected to help you on your journey.


This game is unique, because the way you play can’t be done on any other console. E.g. If there's a burglar in your home, you can pick up a shard of glass and slash his throat by swinging the Wii remote. You can use it to aim flashlights and throw ropes etc.

[Neil]

Exactly. Some horror games/movies have the right idea, but the majority go off in the wrong direction.

Just found some other information.


Sadness will have 10 different endings.
2 Characters will be playable; a 30-something woman and her young narcoleptic son.
The main story features around the woman, who is of Polish-Hungarian origin and spent her childhood in England.
Utilizing your surrounds is extremely important since your character have an inventory full of weapons.
The game will feature no load times and include around 20 hours of gameplay.
There will be eighteen different species of monsters that according to your chosen path will determine which ones you see, if any.
Friendly monsters will also make an appearence, which are expected to help you on your journey.


This game is unique, because the way you play can’t be done on any other console. E.g. If there's a burglar in your home, you can pick up a shard of glass and slash his throat by swinging the Wii remote. You can use it to aim flashlights and throw ropes etc.

Sounds good, they're defintly using the best of the wiis abilities, lets hope they don't ruin it and throw in some rubbish multiplayer like The Darkness did ;)

[graffiti]

Is it for the Wii? Doesn't look like much of a game.
you can't really say that if you aint got a wii
please go back to the sony section :eusa_clap

[Hatake Kakashi]

I'd love to see this game released but the outlook is looking bleak. According to the features which the game is suppose to have, either the game production will be cancelled or UK will refuse to stock it. (Another case of manhunt perhaps?)

[Neversoft]

I'd love to see this game released but the outlook is looking bleak. According to the features which the game is suppose to have, either the game production will be cancelled or UK will refuse to stock it. (Another case of manhunt perhaps?)

Yeah, I was wondering if it would follow Manhunt. If it does get banned in the UK, I'm willing to get my Wii chipped or whatever it is these days just for Sadness. :P But lets hope that won't happen.

Nibris are still alive and well and working on Sadness though, so the future is bright.
http://www.wiids.co.uk/2007/11/03/sadness-cries-out-in-2009/

[Neil]

I was just reading the features again and notice he save thing and thought "well that's stupid.." they shouldn't hide the fact the game is saving because if you need to go out how do you know if it's saved? xD

[Neversoft]

I was just reading the features again and notice he save thing and thought "well that's stupid.." they shouldn't hide the fact the game is saving because if you need to go out how do you know if it's saved? xD

Well if you have to go out then tough luck. :P

I think its a really good feature. Everything you do in the game leads to something else. So if you turn it off and it hasn't saved, you won't have to do the same thing again when you come back to play it because it changes depending on what you do. It will definitely keep the feeling of reality.

[Jam]

If it was released on 360 then another company selling out lol

Edit - I think the black and white images may just be concept art? xD

Yeah, if it was on Wii, they'd actually have to downscale the graphics :P.

[Blue]

Looks an awesome game, Ill be too scared to play it though :P

[Neversoft]

Yeah, if it was on Wii, they'd actually have to downscale the graphics :P.

Erm, what the hell are you on about? It's always been for the Wii, no other console. Nibris (the company making the game) only make Wii games...

Take a look at the Monster Hunter 3 trailer for Wii and tell me them graphics suck. I'm sick and tired of everyone mocking the Wii's graphics, they're excellent. Maybe more to me because I don't support all this HD crap.

The fact that Sadness is in black and white gives them the oppotunity to improve the graphics even more since colour isnt involved. Sadness will be the game to shut you guys up.

[PaulMacC]

Have you seen the cut-scene's in Brawl, they look PS3 standard.


Yeah, I was wondering if it would follow Manhunt. If it does get banned in the UK, I'm willing to get my Wii chipped or whatever it is these days just for Sadness. :P But lets hope that won't happen.

Nibris are still alive and well and working on Sadness though, so the future is bright.
http://www.wiids.co.uk/2007/11/03/sadness-cries-out-in-2009/
Freeloader ftw, I've ordered one.

[Neversoft]

Have you seen the cut-scene's in Brawl, they look PS3 standard.


Freeloader ftw, I've ordered one.

I was going to say Brawl but you can't compare Smash Bros graphics to Sadness' realism, so I said Monster Hunter, since the trailer is made of actual Wii footage and looks amazing. :D

[PaulMacC]

Yes but the explosions in Brawl look really good.

[Neversoft]

But still a long way from realism.

[PaulMacC]

It actually looks real :(

[Neversoft]

Ok, look at Brawl's cinematic scenes and tell me the Wii's graphics suck.

Happy now? :D

[Homesrfan]

Ok, look at Brawl's cinematic scenes and tell me the Wii's graphics suck.

Happy now? :D
Brawl's cutscenes are all prerendered and don't use an ingame engine. You can run a PS3-quality cutscene... you just can't play in those graphics.

And also, Sadness is dead guys. Don't get your hopes up. It's gone and it's never coming back. I don't even think it ever really existed. Nibris has shown their fraud over and over again. They don't show up at venues when they say they will be there. They asked Matt C. from Wii IGN to meet up with them at GDC, but they never even showed.

[Neversoft]

Brawl's cutscenes are all prerendered and don't use an ingame engine. You can run a PS3-quality cutscene... you just can't play in those graphics.

And also, Sadness is dead guys. Don't get your hopes up. It's gone and it's never coming back. I don't even think it ever really existed. Nibris has shown their fraud over and over again. They don't show up at venues when they say they will be there. They asked Matt C. from Wii IGN to meet up with them at GDC, but they never even showed.

Yes, I know... thats why I didn't say it in the first place. I only said it then to please Paul. :rolleyes_

Sadness isnt dead, they're still working on it as well as a few other games...
http://www.wiids.co.uk/2007/11/03/sadness-cries-out-in-2009/

I would love to see your face when it comes out. :D

[Homesrfan]

Yes, I know... thats why I didn't say it in the first place. I only said it then to please Paul. :rolleyes_

Sadness isnt dead, they're still working on it as well as a few other games...
http://www.wiids.co.uk/2007/11/03/sadness-cries-out-in-2009/

I would love to see your face when it comes out. :D
There is absolutely no reason to believe that Nibris even exists as a company. I'll remind you that Sadness was supposed to be a 2007 game and now they are pushing it back to 2009... no way this is coming out.
The only thing they've actually shown was some possibly homebrew-quality DS games that haven't been released yet. Nintendo has also said that they've never been contacted by Nibris for anything.

[Neversoft]

Proof please.

If this is true you have ruined my life.

[You]

Interesting.

[Homesrfan]

Proof please.

If this is true you have ruined my life.
Nintendo hasn't heard of Sadness:
http://gonintendo.com/?p=32630

I really hope I'm wrong but I've given up hope.

[Neversoft]

Although after reading that it seems that it never really was a game, I still have hope. If it never does come out, I hope another company will pick up on how big this game actually was when it was a possible release and make it themself.

[Homesrfan]

Although after reading that it seems that it never really was a game, I still have hope. If it never does come out, I hope another company will pick up on how big this game actually was when it was a possible release and make it themself.
Me too! I've even thought about the storyline and have kinda developed my own story for the game, using the art that has been released.
I'm that sad. :P It could make a cool game though.

[Neversoft]

Nah, thats cool. :P If Sadness does actually come out I think it's fair to say it's one of my most anticipated games ever. :O

New leaked screenshot, aparrently in-game.

http://i26.tinypic.com/2dr9ugk.jpg

Some other images I found.

http://bp3.blogger.com/_r307kZx6_70/RhiJcP997AI/AAAAAAAAAPk/Q_mvaze_bBU/s320/untitled.bmp

http://www.anaitgames.com/wp-content/tristeza.jpg

And some of the DS game 'The Children of the Night' Nibris are making.

http://files.nintendic.com/nintendo-ds/the-children-of-the-night/thumbs/children1.jpg http://files.nintendic.com/nintendo-ds/the-children-of-the-night/thumbs/children2.jpg

http://files.nintendic.com/nintendo-ds/the-children-of-the-night/thumbs/children3.jpg

Damn Nibris are so cool.

[Neil]

Nah, thats cool. :P If Sadness does actually come out I think it's fair to say it's one of my most anticipated games ever. :O

New leaked screenshot, aparrently in-game.

http://i26.tinypic.com/2dr9ugk.jpg

Some other images I found.

http://bp3.blogger.com/_r307kZx6_70/RhiJcP997AI/AAAAAAAAAPk/Q_mvaze_bBU/s320/untitled.bmp

http://www.anaitgames.com/wp-content/tristeza.jpg

And some of the DS game 'The Children of the Night' Nibris are making.

http://files.nintendic.com/nintendo-ds/the-children-of-the-night/thumbs/children1.jpg http://files.nintendic.com/nintendo-ds/the-children-of-the-night/thumbs/children2.jpg

http://files.nintendic.com/nintendo-ds/the-children-of-the-night/thumbs/children3.jpg

Damn Nibris are so cool.

That company are a bit messed up xD
They look more like books or something that actual games :S

[Neversoft]

Thats why they're so cool. They're trying something new. :D
No one has ever made a game even close to the ones they have in mind.

[Hatake Kakashi]

Sorry to bump this but recent news has emerged about sadness. Very interesting news at that

It will feature effects deemed impossible for the wii due to the engine being used.

Link: http://www.videogamer.com/news/14-04-2008-8029.html

Guess it is still in production. Can't wait :D

[Neversoft]

It's still in production. Confirmed by the Official Nintendo Magazine. :)

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=176048
http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=4113

[Mario]

looks awesome, i'll definatly get it.