Still unconvinced about Starbreeze and EA's new Syndicate? This whopping new gameplay video - featuring commentary from executive producer Jeff Gamon - should set you right.
The vid shows the first part of a single player mission, with player character Miles Kilo and a fellow Eurocom agent breaking into the headquarters of the Aspari syndicate. The objective: a computer chip buried in the brain of a rival agent. Yep, this is going to be messy.
On-the-fly hacking is shown, Kilo using his own Dart 6 chip to dismantle drone shields, convert turrets to his cause and telepathically induce bouts of civil war among his enemies. Also in evidence: some sexy guns, with fronds of HUD data sprouting from stocks and breeches, the Dart 6's Overload mode, which sharpens your abilities and allows you to see through walls, and a few first-person cutscenes.
Syndicate hits Xbox 360 next year. Check out our first look preview. There's another preview in issue 78 of OXM, out now.
5 comments so far...
Bezza89 on 13 Oct '11 said:
That actually looks alright. Don't know anything about syndicate, is it newcomer friendly?
Thos. on 13 Oct '11 said:
Looked amazing, but I'd love to know if there were multiple methods of carrying out the objective and multiple routes through the building. I've got a bad feeling there aren't.
It looked to me like - press button to hack cop, shoot guards, press button to open vent, watch cutscene, take single path out.
Of course a single playthrough will only show a single route, but if that is the only route, I'm far less interested.
VirtualCynic on 13 Oct '11 said:
Yeah, they're patently going for a rival to Deus Ex, and having watched that video I think they have one. Looks fantastic, but I agree with Thos that we need a more open-world approach to the gameplay. It's certainly not the Syndicate I remember from my twenties, but if unlike DE it's purely an FPS then I will be very interested in buying it.
Baryonyx on 13 Oct '11 said:
Suggesting this is Deus Ex's worst nightmare smacks of cheap journalism. If anything, gamers and developers should praise the success of Deus Ex in re-establishing a niche of sophisticated games with great story and characters, whilst also being incredibly engrossing and fun to play. Syndicate will likely never challenge for the Deus Ex crown, but for anyone looking to enjoy a slice of adult espionage it should be great fun. Even if Syndicate is a competent little brother of Human Revolution I will enjoy it immensely.
More of this sort of thing, please.
kurathefox on 20 Feb '12 said:
have to say i played deus ex and really enjoyed it. my son played the original syndicate and syndicate wars in the 90s and i was interested to see what a modern version would be like. when i say i have played the co-op almost non stop you will know my answer. think this is going to be an awesome game. roll on the weekend so i can start frying some brains....