icemann on 6/6/2011 at 08:06
With a persuadatron next time
N'Al on 11/9/2011 at 08:31
I guess by now it won't be a surprise to anyone that the new Syndicate being worked on by Starbreeze studios is going to be an FPS. (
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444322) Some new information about it has now been leaked:
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Syndicate is the re-imagination of a cult classic franchise from 1993 - a unique action shooter set in a not too distant future, where Business is War.
2069 – No longer governed by politicians, the developed world is divided up into regions controlled by megacorporations known as Syndicates. These Syndicates have revolutionized how the consumer interacts with the digital world. No longer does the consumer require a device to access the world¡¦s data and control their technology, they can do this at the blink of an eye via neural chip implant. Civilians flocked to be ¡§chip¡¦d¡¨ and enjoy all that their selected Syndicate has to offer; housing, medical, banking, insurance, education, entertainment and jobs. One complete package. One complete lifestyle. In return, the Syndicates gained unprecedented insights, and control, over the individual and their behaviour. With little governmental oversight, business has become war. The Syndicates will stop at nothing for ultimate market dominance. At the front line of this war are the Agents, the Syndicate¡¦s bio-engineered and chip-augmented enforcers. They can breach anything in the wired world including their enemies, their weapons and the environment that surrounds them, making them the most efficient and deadly technological weapons in the world.
Take on the role of Miles Kilo, Eurocorp¡¦s latest prototype agent, and embark on a brutal action adventure of corruption and revenge.
• Chip Enhanced Gameplay: Slow down time, see through walls, and breach your enemy and everything digital in the world with Dart vision – A neural DART6 chip implant that allows you to interface directly with the Dataverse.
• 4-Player Online Co-op: Assemble your Syndicate for global domination. A 4-player, online co-op experience like no other, with chip enhanced gameplay and 9 missions re-imagined from the original Syndicate.
• Visceral FPS Experience: Utilize an upgradable arsenal of futuristic weapons, armor and gear to annihilate your enemies and harvest their chip technology for personal advancement and sinister corporate greed.
• Sci-Fi Fiction: Immerse yourself in the world of Syndicate 2069, with a world-class sci-fi story experience, written by bestselling author Richard Morgan.
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Whilst I'm not particularly a big fan of the current industry trend to turn every franchise into an FPS I'm still willing to give this one a chance, based on the fact that it's being developed by Starbreeze. I was a big fan of their Riddick and Darkness games.
Discuss.
N'Al on 11/9/2011 at 08:43
Existing thread from 2008.
Ah well, if people want to use that one instead I can just repost this stuff there.
EvaUnit02 on 11/9/2011 at 08:56
Which was active as recently as June 2011.
N'Al on 11/9/2011 at 08:57
Primarily with a chat about fast food.
Digital Nightfall on 11/9/2011 at 09:11
It's not the same team, though. The core people from Darkness/Riddick left Starbreeze for Machine Games.
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But are these comments fair? The response Galt can't give, either out of professional courtesy or because he isn't aware, is that Starbreeze today is an almost entirely different company than it was when it developed The Darkness, and asking for it to work on [Darkness II] today is comparable to asking for a new team to make it.
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http://www.1up.com/features/starbreeze-secret-history)
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Established in 2009 by the founding members of Starbreeze Studios, the creative team behind the award-winning title, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher's Bay (Metacritic score: 90) and the highly-regarded game.....
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http://www.machinegames.com/pub/index.php5)
icemann on 11/9/2011 at 09:18
Makes you wonder how the discussions went in the board room for what direction to take the game.
EvaUnit02 on 11/9/2011 at 09:26
Hopefully we don't end up with a game akin to Project Snowblind.
Matthew on 11/9/2011 at 10:59
Ehhhh. I was 90% convinced that Yet Another FPS was going to be the route taken for this, but it's disappointing to see it even so.