When you hear the name Insomnic Games, your immediate thought are to games, Resistance, Ratchet and Clank and Spyro, so when the Arcade asked me if I was available not only to play the new game FUSE but to interview the CEO of Insomniac Games, Ted Price… telling you I was excited would be gross understatement!
Rarely do you get the chance to talk to someone who feels so passionately about the work that they create but that is exactly how Price talks about his work and FUSE, Insomniac’s first venture into multi-platform development.
FUSE is a 4 person, co-op story driven, action packed game that invites us players to experience team-work in a way that is unique to any other. Using the game’s LEAP feature, we encounter four very different and individual characters whose distinctive abilities we can utilise to complete the mission before you.
The game easily draws you in with an incredible story and landscape as well as one-of-a-kind weaponry that are quite fun to play around with. The cooperative element, while initially a concern, is a philosophy that is driven home in this game as the characters work together in a strong way, even when the character is an AI. Playing showed me that this game is a strong and detailed piece of work that operates well in times when social gaming is becoming more commonplace. But don’t take my word for it, play yourself and you’ll know what I’m talking about.
