"I loved the 1930s-1950s atmosphere of BioShock: the lovely Art Deco visuals and the audio that worked especially well. Overall the whole game was beautifully executed, but the gameplay itself was not 'next-gen'," Frontier Developments boss David Braben said in a recent interview.
Braben made his comments when he discussed his new project, The Outsider, which he believes will be one of the first proper examples of fifth generation gaming on the market. For him, a next-gen game means giving you the tools to change the outcome of a story much more dynamically than by choosing good or evil paths.
"I found Halo 3 great fun, too, but also a little disappointing - as although there were a few nice touches and improved graphical fidelity, it hadn't really moved on much from Halo 2 in terms of the gameplay," he added.
"I am reassured; I think Outsider more than stands up to them, and I still think Outsider will be one of the first 'next-gen' games"
The Outsider was announced back in 2005 as a game that would bring around the same sort of freedom as Braben's other famous creation, Elite.
The Outsider will be released for "new consoles including the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360" but no release dates have yet been announced.
