New Hellraid Vlog Swings Sharp Things At Your Face

Developer Techland of Dead Island and Call of Juarez fame, have just released another vlog for their upcoming first-person medieval slasher, Hellraid, which will pit players against some really challenging and monstrous foes, all while remaining as fun to play as possible.

In this video, the developers team up with ARMA services, in order to provide the gamers with a realistic but satisfying sword-play action. They also talk about what challenges they faced with the animation in game and why they had to avoid the motion capture route.

One thing that stood out to me was how he mentioned third person games having great sword combat animations (Witcher 2 comes to mind), while there genuinely aren’t many first person games where you’ve got fluid and responsive looking melee attack animations. I truly hope that Hell Raid will provide for an accurate, responsive and fun combat experience when it comes out this year on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360!