E3: 2011 – This Inversion Trailer Will Make Isaac Newton Turn In His Grave

Namco-Bandai’s latest 3rd-Person shooter looks like a solid mix of inFAMOUS, Prey and Dead Space. You play as Davis Russel, a man whose wife is murdered by an unknown invading force in Vanguard City. Fighting to rescue your daughter, you’ll learn to manipulate gravity to provide cover, attach to ceilings and lift enemies off their feet.

This trailer looks suitably ominous but also… rather generic. Hopefully there’s a solid mixture of sandbox elements (via the gravity powers) and large-scale fixed-events and if it ships with a non-generic storyline this could make Inversion a major new action franchise.

Peruse this feature list and tell me you’re not a little bit excited…

Multiplayer Options:
Play through the compelling story on your own or play with others in either co-op or competitive modes.
Battle with up to 16 friends in gravity defying multiplayer maps and modes.

Breakthrough Gravity-Defying Gameplay:
Learn to maneuver and shoot in an ever-changing state of global gravity, including weightless gameplay in zero gravity.
Control gravitational forces using your Grav link device to either increase or decrease the amount of gravity on a given target.
Command gravity to crush objects in your way, fl oat enemies into range or even pick up cars to use them as mobile cover.

Innovative Cover System:
With bullets flying, seek cover objects in the environment or manipulate objects to create cover for yourself.

Pervasive Environmental Destruction:
INVERSION have been specifically designed to allow for maximum destructibility using the “Havok Destruction” module.
Blast through the environments, target your enemies’ cover blasting it to bits or even knock down overhead objects to crush the enemy below.

Inversion is due for release on PS3 and Xbox on February 10th, 2012.