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Okay, a Jackass game is pretty obvious to start with – lucrative franchise potential ahoy! I’m not sure if there is a title in development, but as I was out walking the dog I got a little pre-occupied with the idea. May start of as expected, but the on-line aspect (borrowing a clan/interactive structure from MMORPGs) is the main draw, and I’m hoping, the big selling point.
The single player game is where we must start though. You begin as a skate park bum. You’ve got a skate board and must explore the park, practising the skating skills to get noticed and earn your foothold in the world. You can challenge the more experienced CPU controlled skaters to earn respect and cash. You can watch other skaters to get ideas and learn the ropes, careful exploration of the level may even turn up a few surprises… can you find the bunny suit to steal the show? There may even be a rocket powered skate board, port-a-potty on wheels, boat for urban kayaking, and other equipment to help garner respect and attention. Eventually you may be asked to take on the park champ, win the skaters’ respect and you’ve completed the level.
Each level progresses like this. You work through different environments, with better skaters, equipment and more secret items to be found. You perfect tricks and earn more cash with the ultimate goal of becoming a champion professional skater. But where’s the Jackass element? Firstly, the skating isn’t the structured Tony Hawk style rack-up-the-points affair. It borrows from the MSR Kudos system – style is all important. Different skate parks are impressed by different tricks and you can gain boosts by pulling off stunts with the secrete equipment.
Mini-games between the levels also add to the fun. These are inspired by the TV show and the better you complete the task the more cash and respect you earn. For example, we could have a paintball accuracy round where you must tag as many of the other combatants as possible. Another one could be a Party Boy challenge – you must get naked and dance in a hi-fi store while avoiding the security guards. The longer you dance and the more naked you get the higher your score, however as you bare more flesh you attract more attention from security. How about a good old fashioned bash-the-button affair? Go jelly-fish bobbing and the faster you hammer the more pain you can take.
You may be wondering what’s so great about this – it’s basically Tony Hawks with an attitude. And what’s all the cash for? Where the game comes into its own is the multi-player/on-line mode. Basically, the cash and skills you earn in single player can be used to perform and create your own Jackass stunts. Money is needed to buy equipment, both to pull off the stunt and to record it. You are totally free to explore a city with buildings, streets and wasteland to plan out your stunts. Co-operating is essential to get the best results. Alone you can afford a little equipment and enjoy practising, in group play (and if you’ve bought the recording equipment) multiple people can pull off stunts together and record them. Multiple cameramen can be used to record the action and later edit it together into a polished skit (obviously a hard drive would be required in your console to store the recording).
On-line the best players can start their own clans. The top equipment will be expensive (the on-line pocket money given to each player every day they play will look a pittance compared to the purchase price of some items) so only through co-operation can you gain access to the full range of toys. The world will be a larger version of the town described above and everyone will be totally free to explore, watch and chat to other players. You can join clans, the price of which is that you agree to give all your equipment to the clan – but then you get to share in the bounty other players have earned. To become a clan leader you must earn enough cash to buy a building, a clan HQ. The bigger and more luxurious your HQ, the easier it will be to attract other Jackasses to join your team. Massive stunts can be organised where a formation stunt is performed with multiple cameramen capturing the action. The editing process then has more raw materials to work with to come up with killer tapes. These tapes can be shared with other users, possibly charging (the in game virtual cash) to earning even more money for the clan. To try and really up the earning power you can take out advertising; either formal organised stuff like billboards, or through war tactics like running round tagging walls and building with you clan logo. Other users can then visit your clan HQ to buy your tapes and see if they can impress the leadership enough to be allowed to join. The most popular tapes are edited together into a weekly (or monthly or whatever) show by the game’s publishers for all players to download and enjoy. Can your stunts gain such in-game fame? Unknown bands could even get the chance of an audience by having their tunes as the background music for their clan’s videos (because the use of copyrighted tracks would obviously be highly illegal… yup…).
The clan earnings are shared among the members on varying levels (i.e. what was your involvement in the tape?), with some tied into the group to be spent on more equipment. You may then earn enough personal wealth to leave and start your own clan – though to save this you’ll have to stop help your current clan though buying equipment so may be shunned. Another way of earning big bucks for yourself may be in the on-line tournaments. Compete in either a paintball death match or the skating tournaments. Each has an entrance fee and the winners take the cash as a prize.
The Holy Grail? Having a clan big enough and rich enough to organise the planes and helicopters to properly record the ultimate stunt – formation port-a-potty parachuting. Through exploration of the game world and the ever expanding range of equipment (though downloadable updates), plus a little imagination, the range of stunts would be limitless.
I’d buy that for a dollar.
The single player game is where we must start though. You begin as a skate park bum. You’ve got a skate board and must explore the park, practising the skating skills to get noticed and earn your foothold in the world. You can challenge the more experienced CPU controlled skaters to earn respect and cash. You can watch other skaters to get ideas and learn the ropes, careful exploration of the level may even turn up a few surprises… can you find the bunny suit to steal the show? There may even be a rocket powered skate board, port-a-potty on wheels, boat for urban kayaking, and other equipment to help garner respect and attention. Eventually you may be asked to take on the park champ, win the skaters’ respect and you’ve completed the level.
Each level progresses like this. You work through different environments, with better skaters, equipment and more secret items to be found. You perfect tricks and earn more cash with the ultimate goal of becoming a champion professional skater. But where’s the Jackass element? Firstly, the skating isn’t the structured Tony Hawk style rack-up-the-points affair. It borrows from the MSR Kudos system – style is all important. Different skate parks are impressed by different tricks and you can gain boosts by pulling off stunts with the secrete equipment.
Mini-games between the levels also add to the fun. These are inspired by the TV show and the better you complete the task the more cash and respect you earn. For example, we could have a paintball accuracy round where you must tag as many of the other combatants as possible. Another one could be a Party Boy challenge – you must get naked and dance in a hi-fi store while avoiding the security guards. The longer you dance and the more naked you get the higher your score, however as you bare more flesh you attract more attention from security. How about a good old fashioned bash-the-button affair? Go jelly-fish bobbing and the faster you hammer the more pain you can take.
You may be wondering what’s so great about this – it’s basically Tony Hawks with an attitude. And what’s all the cash for? Where the game comes into its own is the multi-player/on-line mode. Basically, the cash and skills you earn in single player can be used to perform and create your own Jackass stunts. Money is needed to buy equipment, both to pull off the stunt and to record it. You are totally free to explore a city with buildings, streets and wasteland to plan out your stunts. Co-operating is essential to get the best results. Alone you can afford a little equipment and enjoy practising, in group play (and if you’ve bought the recording equipment) multiple people can pull off stunts together and record them. Multiple cameramen can be used to record the action and later edit it together into a polished skit (obviously a hard drive would be required in your console to store the recording).
On-line the best players can start their own clans. The top equipment will be expensive (the on-line pocket money given to each player every day they play will look a pittance compared to the purchase price of some items) so only through co-operation can you gain access to the full range of toys. The world will be a larger version of the town described above and everyone will be totally free to explore, watch and chat to other players. You can join clans, the price of which is that you agree to give all your equipment to the clan – but then you get to share in the bounty other players have earned. To become a clan leader you must earn enough cash to buy a building, a clan HQ. The bigger and more luxurious your HQ, the easier it will be to attract other Jackasses to join your team. Massive stunts can be organised where a formation stunt is performed with multiple cameramen capturing the action. The editing process then has more raw materials to work with to come up with killer tapes. These tapes can be shared with other users, possibly charging (the in game virtual cash) to earning even more money for the clan. To try and really up the earning power you can take out advertising; either formal organised stuff like billboards, or through war tactics like running round tagging walls and building with you clan logo. Other users can then visit your clan HQ to buy your tapes and see if they can impress the leadership enough to be allowed to join. The most popular tapes are edited together into a weekly (or monthly or whatever) show by the game’s publishers for all players to download and enjoy. Can your stunts gain such in-game fame? Unknown bands could even get the chance of an audience by having their tunes as the background music for their clan’s videos (because the use of copyrighted tracks would obviously be highly illegal… yup…).
The clan earnings are shared among the members on varying levels (i.e. what was your involvement in the tape?), with some tied into the group to be spent on more equipment. You may then earn enough personal wealth to leave and start your own clan – though to save this you’ll have to stop help your current clan though buying equipment so may be shunned. Another way of earning big bucks for yourself may be in the on-line tournaments. Compete in either a paintball death match or the skating tournaments. Each has an entrance fee and the winners take the cash as a prize.
The Holy Grail? Having a clan big enough and rich enough to organise the planes and helicopters to properly record the ultimate stunt – formation port-a-potty parachuting. Through exploration of the game world and the ever expanding range of equipment (though downloadable updates), plus a little imagination, the range of stunts would be limitless.
I’d buy that for a dollar.
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Okay, a Jackass game is pretty obvious to start with – lucrative franchise potential ahoy! I’m not sure if there is a title in development, but as I was out walking the dog I got a little pre-occupied with the idea. May start of as expected, but the on-line aspect (borrowing a clan/interactive structure from MMORPGs) is the main draw, and I’m hoping, the big selling point.
The single player game is where we must start though. You begin as a skate park bum. You’ve got a skate board and must explore the park, practising the skating skills to get noticed and earn your foothold in the world. You can challenge the more experienced CPU controlled skaters to earn respect and cash. You can watch other skaters to get ideas and learn the ropes, careful exploration of the level may even turn up a few surprises… can you find the bunny suit to steal the show? There may even be a rocket powered skate board, port-a-potty on wheels, boat for urban kayaking, and other equipment to help garner respect and attention. Eventually you may be asked to take on the park champ, win the skaters’ respect and you’ve completed the level.
Each level progresses like this. You work through different environments, with better skaters, equipment and more secret items to be found. You perfect tricks and earn more cash with the ultimate goal of becoming a champion professional skater. But where’s the Jackass element? Firstly, the skating isn’t the structured Tony Hawk style rack-up-the-points affair. It borrows from the MSR Kudos system – style is all important. Different skate parks are impressed by different tricks and you can gain boosts by pulling off stunts with the secrete equipment.
Mini-games between the levels also add to the fun. These are inspired by the TV show and the better you complete the task the more cash and respect you earn. For example, we could have a paintball accuracy round where you must tag as many of the other combatants as possible. Another one could be a Party Boy challenge – you must get naked and dance in a hi-fi store while avoiding the security guards. The longer you dance and the more naked you get the higher your score, however as you bare more flesh you attract more attention from security. How about a good old fashioned bash-the-button affair? Go jelly-fish bobbing and the faster you hammer the more pain you can take.
You may be wondering what’s so great about this – it’s basically Tony Hawks with an attitude. And what’s all the cash for? Where the game comes into its own is the multi-player/on-line mode. Basically, the cash and skills you earn in single player can be used to perform and create your own Jackass stunts. Money is needed to buy equipment, both to pull off the stunt and to record it. You are totally free to explore a city with buildings, streets and wasteland to plan out your stunts. Co-operating is essential to get the best results. Alone you can afford a little equipment and enjoy practising, in group play (and if you’ve bought the recording equipment) multiple people can pull off stunts together and record them. Multiple cameramen can be used to record the action and later edit it together into a polished skit (obviously a hard drive would be required in your console to store the recording).
On-line the best players can start their own clans. The top equipment will be expensive (the on-line pocket money given to each player every day they play will look a pittance compared to the purchase price of some items) so only through co-operation can you gain access to the full range of toys. The world will be a larger version of the town described above and everyone will be totally free to explore, watch and chat to other players. You can join clans, the price of which is that you agree to give all your equipment to the clan – but then you get to share in the bounty other players have earned. To become a clan leader you must earn enough cash to buy a building, a clan HQ. The bigger and more luxurious your HQ, the easier it will be to attract other Jackasses to join your team. Massive stunts can be organised where a formation stunt is performed with multiple cameramen capturing the action. The editing process then has more raw materials to work with to come up with killer tapes. These tapes can be shared with other users, possibly charging (the in game virtual cash) to earning even more money for the clan. To try and really up the earning power you can take out advertising; either formal organised stuff like billboards, or through war tactics like running round tagging walls and building with you clan logo. Other users can then visit your clan HQ to buy your tapes and see if they can impress the leadership enough to be allowed to join. The most popular tapes are edited together into a weekly (or monthly or whatever) show by the game’s publishers for all players to download and enjoy. Can your stunts gain such in-game fame? Unknown bands could even get the chance of an audience by having their tunes as the background music for their clan’s videos (because the use of copyrighted tracks would obviously be highly illegal… yup…).
The clan earnings are shared among the members on varying levels (i.e. what was your involvement in the tape?), with some tied into the group to be spent on more equipment. You may then earn enough personal wealth to leave and start your own clan – though to save this you’ll have to stop help your current clan though buying equipment so may be shunned. Another way of earning big bucks for yourself may be in the on-line tournaments. Compete in either a paintball death match or the skating tournaments. Each has an entrance fee and the winners take the cash as a prize.
The Holy Grail? Having a clan big enough and rich enough to organise the planes and helicopters to properly record the ultimate stunt – formation port-a-potty parachuting. Through exploration of the game world and the ever expanding range of equipment (though downloadable updates), plus a little imagination, the range of stunts would be limitless.
I’d buy that for a dollar.
The single player game is where we must start though. You begin as a skate park bum. You’ve got a skate board and must explore the park, practising the skating skills to get noticed and earn your foothold in the world. You can challenge the more experienced CPU controlled skaters to earn respect and cash. You can watch other skaters to get ideas and learn the ropes, careful exploration of the level may even turn up a few surprises… can you find the bunny suit to steal the show? There may even be a rocket powered skate board, port-a-potty on wheels, boat for urban kayaking, and other equipment to help garner respect and attention. Eventually you may be asked to take on the park champ, win the skaters’ respect and you’ve completed the level.
Each level progresses like this. You work through different environments, with better skaters, equipment and more secret items to be found. You perfect tricks and earn more cash with the ultimate goal of becoming a champion professional skater. But where’s the Jackass element? Firstly, the skating isn’t the structured Tony Hawk style rack-up-the-points affair. It borrows from the MSR Kudos system – style is all important. Different skate parks are impressed by different tricks and you can gain boosts by pulling off stunts with the secrete equipment.
Mini-games between the levels also add to the fun. These are inspired by the TV show and the better you complete the task the more cash and respect you earn. For example, we could have a paintball accuracy round where you must tag as many of the other combatants as possible. Another one could be a Party Boy challenge – you must get naked and dance in a hi-fi store while avoiding the security guards. The longer you dance and the more naked you get the higher your score, however as you bare more flesh you attract more attention from security. How about a good old fashioned bash-the-button affair? Go jelly-fish bobbing and the faster you hammer the more pain you can take.
You may be wondering what’s so great about this – it’s basically Tony Hawks with an attitude. And what’s all the cash for? Where the game comes into its own is the multi-player/on-line mode. Basically, the cash and skills you earn in single player can be used to perform and create your own Jackass stunts. Money is needed to buy equipment, both to pull off the stunt and to record it. You are totally free to explore a city with buildings, streets and wasteland to plan out your stunts. Co-operating is essential to get the best results. Alone you can afford a little equipment and enjoy practising, in group play (and if you’ve bought the recording equipment) multiple people can pull off stunts together and record them. Multiple cameramen can be used to record the action and later edit it together into a polished skit (obviously a hard drive would be required in your console to store the recording).
On-line the best players can start their own clans. The top equipment will be expensive (the on-line pocket money given to each player every day they play will look a pittance compared to the purchase price of some items) so only through co-operation can you gain access to the full range of toys. The world will be a larger version of the town described above and everyone will be totally free to explore, watch and chat to other players. You can join clans, the price of which is that you agree to give all your equipment to the clan – but then you get to share in the bounty other players have earned. To become a clan leader you must earn enough cash to buy a building, a clan HQ. The bigger and more luxurious your HQ, the easier it will be to attract other Jackasses to join your team. Massive stunts can be organised where a formation stunt is performed with multiple cameramen capturing the action. The editing process then has more raw materials to work with to come up with killer tapes. These tapes can be shared with other users, possibly charging (the in game virtual cash) to earning even more money for the clan. To try and really up the earning power you can take out advertising; either formal organised stuff like billboards, or through war tactics like running round tagging walls and building with you clan logo. Other users can then visit your clan HQ to buy your tapes and see if they can impress the leadership enough to be allowed to join. The most popular tapes are edited together into a weekly (or monthly or whatever) show by the game’s publishers for all players to download and enjoy. Can your stunts gain such in-game fame? Unknown bands could even get the chance of an audience by having their tunes as the background music for their clan’s videos (because the use of copyrighted tracks would obviously be highly illegal… yup…).
The clan earnings are shared among the members on varying levels (i.e. what was your involvement in the tape?), with some tied into the group to be spent on more equipment. You may then earn enough personal wealth to leave and start your own clan – though to save this you’ll have to stop help your current clan though buying equipment so may be shunned. Another way of earning big bucks for yourself may be in the on-line tournaments. Compete in either a paintball death match or the skating tournaments. Each has an entrance fee and the winners take the cash as a prize.
The Holy Grail? Having a clan big enough and rich enough to organise the planes and helicopters to properly record the ultimate stunt – formation port-a-potty parachuting. Through exploration of the game world and the ever expanding range of equipment (though downloadable updates), plus a little imagination, the range of stunts would be limitless.
I’d buy that for a dollar.