PAX South 2015: Motiga goes Gigantic in Texas

<p>The inaugral PAX South gaming convention is under way in San Antonio&comma; TX&period; Clearly in its infancy stages&comma; the smaller of the PAXes is predominately made up of lesser known developers&period; That is not to say there aren&&num;8217&semi;t some indies here playing the role of say the larger triple A companies&period; Case in point with Seattle-based Motiga Games&period; Last year&comma; in their backyard at PAX Prime 2014&comma; Motiga revealed for the first time&comma; Gigantic&comma; a team-based action PC title&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here in San Antonio&comma; the general public is now getting their hands-on with Gigantic for the first time&period; The Motiga team have a large presence on the show floor as well as a home base on the second floor where they&&num;8217&semi;re conducting many community panels&comma; press events&comma; and other social gatherings&period; Quite impressive for a small indie developer with a relatively&comma; to-date&comma; unknown title&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;05042105&sol;gigantic02&lowbar;bagogames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-71651 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;01&sol;05042105&sol;gigantic02&lowbar;bagogames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"gigantic02&lowbar;bagogames" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gigantic is a team action 5v5 game where players battle it out on an objective-based map while fighting alongside a larger-than-life guardian&period; With bright vibrant colors that pop off the screen&comma; Gigantic is a game that appeals to your senses immediately&period; However&comma; it is more than just a pretty game with a bold title&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game features a diverse set of characters that range from the heavy-duty juggernaut by the name of HK-206 to the acrobatic stealth character named Tripp&period; This weekend they have also announced two new characters&colon; Mozo &&num;8220&semi;a mischievous&comma; wand-wielding magician&&num;8221&semi; and the old sage&comma; summoner Griselma&period; By the looks of their videos&comma; the game also features lush battlegrounds for many a battle to take place&period; During our playthrough&comma; we were introduced to the newly revealed Canyon map&period; With many paths and ledges to take aim from&comma; the Canyon map was a natural fit for the turret-like abilities of HK-206&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The developers are quick to point out that Gigantic is quick to pick-up but difficult to master&period; With normal WASD controls and many hot-keys to fire power-ups&comma; the game controlled very-well&comma; even for a game in a closed alpha state&period; The action was fast-paced with a strong emphasis on team-based tactics&period; Players will have the ability to level up their characters on the fly&comma; which will let them adjust their abilities to suite them better for the current maps and objectives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While PAX South might not be brimming with many of the usual Triple A titles one would expect from a gaming convention of this size and price&comma; Motiga Games is proving that indie developers can bring the muscle too&period; At first what appears to be a lot of eye-candy and sizzle&comma; Gigantic is a deeper game with a wide variety of characters&comma; earned abilities&comma; and objective-based maps&period; The team at Motiga certainly appears to be throwing a boat-load of man-power and cash into getting their title out to the masses&comma; the question will be does their game offer enough to seperate themselves from others in the genre&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;