I got a chance to play FireFall at PAX East back in March. It feels extremely tight and polished already, and was tons of fun (and this is coming from the one who is stricken with perpetual shooter fatigue). Granted, I only was able to get my hands on the PvP deathmatch side of things, as their PvE–perhaps the more compelling aspect of the package–wasn’t on display. Anyways, a new PvP trailer showcasing deathmatch mode on a new map entitled Sunken Harbor.

For those of you unfamiliar with this property, it is being billed as a co-operative shooter with some pseudo-MMO and Role-Playing trappings. It feels a bit like a hybridization of Team Fortress 2 and Tribes. Each player takes on a class role, each bearing set weapons with multiple firing modes as well as an array of class abilities. This, alongside its arcade-like pace and feel, helps to differentiate it a little bit from the plethora of other class-based shooters on the market right now. Even so, the developers at Red5 have been very quiet about the co-operative PvE portion of the game, save for a video they released earlier last year. As this trailer illustrates, the competitive play is very much a game of team death match, and any amount of added depth and complexity will not change that simple fact. I’m still looking forward to this game regardless. As I mentioned before, even if it is basically just another class-based team shooter it’s very fun.

(Image found here since Red5′s site doesn’t have any savable images)