Interview Questions for Developers

[Corporal Hicks]

We're going to be getting the opportunity to chat to some of the developers who worked on Concrete Jungle soon. We'll be talking to Tim Browne (Designer), Kev Harrison (Designer) and John Whiston (Project Manager). You know the drill. Any questions, throw them below and we'll try to ask things we don't already plan to cover.

[The Cruentus]

Wait what? Concrete Jungle? Its being remade?

[Corporal Hicks]

worked on * rather than working on. It's a retrospective discussion.

[The Cruentus]

Ah, pity I loved that game. Not a fan of some of plot but for the most part, loved that game.

I guess that gives me my question, would it be possible to either have a remaster or another similar game made in the future? especially since a lot of old titles are getting remastered i.e The Thing, Tomb Raider and Soul Reaver.

Predator: Hunting grounds is fun and all but there isn't much plot. 

[BlueMarsalis79]

Anything you wanted to do differently? Can you contact Nightdive about a hypothetical remaster (NOT REMAKE)  or might you like to be on one if they approached you?

[Mr.Turok]

Ooohhhh I have some!

- Lore wise, it's been a mystery for sometime to see how Hunter Borgia managed to get his hands on alien eggs and grow a hive for MOTHER's protection. It's been speculated that Hunter found the Queen from the AVP 2004 film, as he probably wondered how did his old friend Charles Bishop Weyland disappeared and went looking for him. How did Hunter Borgia get his hands on the alien eggs?

- If you had a chance to make a PCJ sequel, what kind of direction you would have for the gameplay? I always seen the Batman Arkham series as such a nice base of reference whenever I imagine a hypothetical sequel.

- Me and some friends of mine talk about how the Nemesis System would greatly be beneficial to a Predator game. If you had the chance to use the Nemesis System for a Predator game, how you'd envision in using it for the gameplay?

- You think the world is ready for a new single player open world Predator game? I know I am, and have my wallet ready for it.

- What if your favorite Predator costume from the game? My all time favorite is the Dark Blade Clan armor, due to it's unique dark tribal futurism look that I haven't seen in any other.

Cheers! 

[The Necronoir]

As someone who played this to death when it first came out, I'd be interested to hear their reflections on any of the lore deep cuts, such as the police riot units appearing to be manned by precursors of the androids we see in the Alien movies (including white blood), and early pulse rifles being used by some enemies. When the final alien cameo was revealed, it was mind-blowing at the time. Was Fox generally permissive regarding this kind of 'cross-fertilization' between the franchises (presumably riding on the success of the AVP movie)?

[CANNON]

Wait what? Concrete Jungle? Its being remade?

I wish

[PREDMINATOR]

I hope for some Predator Concrete Jungle sequel and remaster news on Alien Day!!!!!!!

[Corporal Hicks]

The recording is scheduled for later this week. Just giving this a last chance bump.

[Stitch]

Were the aliens always going to be included?

Is or was Concrete Jungle supposed to be canon?

Why was the title Concrete Jungle in the first place? Was the storyline originally an adaptation of the comic/novel?

[CANNON]

With all the Predator hype surrounding Badlands and the animated film are there any plans for a remaster? Or maybe a word on a re-release for current consoles?

[DarthJoker45]

Were there any plans to for the players to control Scarface during his exile on the unnamed planet? Also, were those creatures in the cutscene any relation to the Xenomorphs?

[Komenja]

We know the game has concepts from other expanded universe material such as Predator blood granting Hunter and Lucretia Borgia expanded lifespans, and the term 'Bad Blood' being adopted from the comic of the same name, not to mention the name of the game itself. Were there any other ideas from other Predator or AvP books/comics/etc that inspired or influenced aspects of Concrete Jungle, including ones that were planned or considered but didn't make it into the final game?

Somewhat related: Scarface has an awesome arsenal featuring almost every Predator gadget from the movies up to that point, including new toys like the Maul, as well as a bunch of costumes based on the movie Preds as well as original designs. Were there any other weapons or costumes planned for the game that had to be cut?

[Oasis Nadrama]

The idea of humans stealing superior, alien technology that will gravely impact the political, economical, criminal power balance in our societies is now critical in pop culture. We see it everywhere. We see it in the 2011 web serial Worm, we see it in the 2017 movie Spider-man Homecoming, and today we even see it in IDW Sonic comics!

But two decades ago, this concept was rare, almost unheard of beyond hard scifi literature (Roadside Picnic etc). How did the idea came to your team? Did you have specific inspirations? Did you consider pushing the idea further?