Press
Here is what the magazines and sites wrote about our game so far. Click on the Logo to go directly to the article on their site - if it is an online magazine.
Justgamers.de (German Website) 6th September 2002
Preview
"The big thing on the Y-Project is the clever mix of the action parts - �which could easily compete with other compeditors - and some adventure and RPG elements."
"Next summer should be marked in your calendar, because an excellent titel with be released."
Duga.be (Belgian Website) 3rd September 2002
Preview
"Prepare for a revolutionary 3D shooter combining the Unreal Warfare engine and a gen-tech based storyline."
"Starship Troopers is a childs game after you experience the world of the
�Y-Project."
Loadedinc.com (US Website) 2nd September 2002
Preview
"This was definitely one of my top games of this years ECTS and looks one of the most interesting action titles still to be released."
"The characters and models were highly impressive and Westka have made use of a special bump mapping technique to make all the characters as lifelike as possible..."
Gamesweb.com (German Website) 31th August 2002
Preview
"The graphics, ideas and features shown give an excellent impression of the game. "
"We could not encounter that often such a high Gameplay potential and such a great technical performance."
BeyondUnreal.com (US Website) 30th August 2002
Preview and Q&A
"Y Project will be a hit with the fans"
"On the tech side Y Project offers everything that you expect from an advanced Unreal engine game, and more"
Blueyonder.co.uk (UK Website) 30th August 2002
Preview
"The monsters were already eye-catching and strangely worrying."
"The game will live up to our expectations!"
Eurogamer.net (UK Website) 29th August 2002
Preview
"...it should prove to be another great looking and innovative European action game"
"The scenery was spectacular to say the least, taking full advantage of the Unreal technology."
Actionvault.com (US Website) 2nd August 2002
Q&A
"If the team at Westka Interactive can effectively capture the potential in the intriguing cross-genre concept upon which The Y-Project is being developed, then it is a veritable certainty that gamers will find it to be tremendous fun."
Computerandvideogames.com (UK Website) 9th July 2002
Preview + Q&A
"...allowed the developer to incorporate a number of interesting gameplay mechanics. "
"It's pretty impressive stuff."
PC Games (German Print) 08/2002
3 Page Previes
"Adventure, RPG and FPS elements, two different storylines and brilliant
technology. Sounds like Doom 3 and Unreal 2 will face some fierce
competition!"
"The level designers are in polygon heaven - anything remotely looking like
a square or cube won't have a chance to creep into the levels."
Gamestar (German Print) �08/2002
Preview
"First impression: Very good"
"It would be a shame to just rush through the amazingly detailed levels shooting everything in sight. But thanks to the game's innovative concept, you wouldn't want to do that anyway."
PC Gamer (US Magazine) 07/2002
Preview
"There ll be 18 different insect models, raging from towering Starship Troopers-esque warriors to winged-attackers to acid-spurking pillbugs."
"It s heartening to see that Ion Storm isnt the only developer who isnt afraid to blend gaming genres."
FrictionlessInsight (US Website) 16th June 2002
Preview
"With gameplay that figures to fall somewhere alongside the System Shock / Deus Ex part of the genre continuum, plus better graphics and even greater player choice, The Y-Project could develop into a truly special gaming experience."
Gamesmania.de (German Website) 6th June 2002
3 pages preview + "Hit Alert" Award
"The quality of the graphics is already very convincing indeed"
"Finally a blockbuster from Germany? We think so!"
IGN.com (US Website) 3rd June �2002
3 pages preview
"What we've seen of the game's environments are truly impressive visually."
" Free to move about the entire city with no stupid red key to open the stupid red door, players can go wherever they want, do whatever they can, and engage in all manner of sub quests."
"Enormous, pricey, ambitious, open-ended...The Y-Project is certainly ambitious. "
XBN (US XBox Magazine) 05/2002
4 pages preview
"Y-Project is already one of the most visually stunning games we have seen."
"Characters are exquisitely rendered and minutely detailed..."
Gamespot.com (US Website) 29th May 2002
E3 preview
"The Y-Project, an impressive-looking first person action adventure game."
"The Y-Project is in development for release next year, and what we've seen so far is very promising indeed."
Gamespy.com (US Website) 26th May 2002
2 pages E3 preview
"The textures on all surfaces are intricate and many indicator lights atmospherically light the futuristic interiors. "
"...most amazing visual!"
Gamblexx (German PC Magazine) 05/2002
5 pages preview
"The first results are very impressive!"
"Finest technics, stunning particle-effects, dynamic light and animations."
PC Gamer (English PC Magazine) 03/2002
2 pages preview
"Westka want you to feel fully integrated into the cinematic experience the Unreal engine is allowing them to portray."
"...falling somewhere in the gaming spectrum between "Project Eden" and "Unreal II"."
PC Action (German PC Magazine) 03/2002
3 pages preview
"The developers have enough ideas for a stunning gameplay."
"If everything is going the right way, "The Y-Project" could line up with the few numbers of top games marked "Made in Germany"!"
Gamespot.com (US Website) 6th Feb. 2002
2 pages preview
"All this is combined with environments that boast impressive dynamic lighting, procedurally generated clouds, wind that blows cloth and smoke in the same direction, fog that parts and twists when an object passes through it, and a robust physics engine that causes objects to realistically tumble down stairs and collide with their surroundings in a realistic manner."
"...the designers at Westka can certainly talk the talk, and the graphic technology that they've been able to put together for the game is very impressive."
EDGE (English Multiformat Magazine) 03/2002
2 pages preview
"...consistent with a wider policy of Westka, to hire specialists from outside the industry wherever it`s useful to do so, a considered move from a company who seems determined to evolve the FPS."
PC Gameplay (English PC Magazine) 03/2002
4 pages preview
"The Y-Project is undoubtedly going to look fantastic..."
"Your first tantalising glimpse of a promising-looking new 3D shooter from Germany."
Gamestar (German PC Magazine) 03/2002
Preview
"First Impression: very good"
"During the first presentation of the early levels in our office, the spectacular graphics impressed us, but as in terms of Gameplay there is much innovative stuff to come!"
PC Games (German PC Magazine) 03/2002
2 pages preview
"Highly detailed! The buildings were designed with architects, and even the door mechanisms were build with much effort."
"...sounds extremely promising und could compete
surely with Deus Ex. We keep you updated!"
If you are an editor or journalists, and like to know more about Y-Project and Westka, please contact our Head of Marketing & �PR Ingo Horn