E3 09: High Voltage interview part one: The Grinder

Jesus Christ,The Grinderlooks awesome.

I’m not a big fan of the FPS genre, but when a game brings this much to the table, it doesn’t matter what genre it’s in.The Grindercombines the knowingly over-the-top horror/comedy ofHouse of the Dead: Overkillwith kick-ass controls ofThe Conduitand the co-op survival ofLeft 4 Dead, with a littleMonster Squadthrown in for good measure. It will be very hard for High Voltage to screw up a game with this much going for it. My only complaint about the game at the moment is that the backgrounds look a little wonky, but I’m not worried, as the game’s E3 09 build was only 6 1/2 weeks into development. Crazy, right? I still can’t believe how well the game looked and played considering it had only been around for two months.

Hit the jump for the full video interview, where David Pellas from High Voltage talks about the game’s influences, theLeft 4 Deadcomparisons, and the game’s chances of being brought to the PS3/360.