Syndicate Gameplay Trailer Turns Up the Heat
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I have to admit that the music took me, however briefly, to my happy place.
Now if only the Agent had opened his trench coat and whipped out a minigun...
Now if only the Agent had opened his trench coat and whipped out a minigun...
I get that the setting may be similar to Deus Ex (judging by the trailers, I never played either game) but they don't even seem to try to differentiate a bit. This is basically a trailer for DE:HR complete with a guy with induced suicide, abstract shapes swirling around, general theme and even the girl at the end holding the guns looks like the girl from the DE:HR trailer, and both girls are dual wielding guns. All it lacks is the yellow. Hmm.
As in "Escape from Butcher Bay" Starbreeze. The game that was better than both Riddick Movies combined?Irridium said:
Looks okay, but there's one thing I want to know; can we run around using the Persuadertron on every single fucker we see to build ourselves an army of human shields?
The trailer sells it well. I gotta admit the part where he jumped on a guy, pushed him over the stairs and (supposedly) landed on him looked extremely cool and fun. And yeah, it looks a lot like Deus Ex. But it's not like the original Deus Ex and the original Syndicate were miles apart in terms of story and setting.
I kinda think the tagline should be "Nothing personal; just good business", but otherwise, not looking too bad. Still, the entire premise revolves around shooting people with guns, as if I can't do that anywhere else, so I'm not convinced in the slightest.
Recall that Syndicate came out in '93. A good portion of gamers today have probably never heard of it. I mean, if I were to say I'm playing Sword of the Samurai, would you think I was talking about the 1983 action and strategy DOS game, or the European 2003 release of Kengo 2?azzxl said:
Ooh, looky here a new shooter. Nice to meet you too.
But seriously, If I want to play a good shooter I rather go for Mass Effect, thanks for asking. Why not name yourself "Call of Duty: Battlefied 2069" and all those "shooter enthusiasts" would probably throw wads of money at you. But this isn't Syndicate, at least not the Syndicate I remember playing when I was a kid... Just be a good boy and try again just to make daddy and the corporation proud...
But seriously, If I want to play a good shooter I rather go for Mass Effect, thanks for asking. Why not name yourself "Call of Duty: Battlefied 2069" and all those "shooter enthusiasts" would probably throw wads of money at you. But this isn't Syndicate, at least not the Syndicate I remember playing when I was a kid... Just be a good boy and try again just to make daddy and the corporation proud...
Uhm ... excuse me if I'm about as excited as a macaque in a hot spring. This looks like any other bland sci-fi shooter, and neither is it original in that it is based off a retro franchise that evokes nostalgia in a generation of gamers.
Syndicate was about squad managment and quick decision-making. It was also about sacrificing squadmembers for the mission and replacing them, as well as some minor economy managment between missions.
I understand that this game is simply in the same setting, but why now? Reviving a 10+ yo franchise for some free hype?
I mean, creating your very own hard-boiled cyberpunk setting takes about half-an-hour with a pen and paper -- the clichés and framework are so incredibly genre-specific that it's easy as pie.
And if it somehow should tie in with the original Syndicate, why a generic shooter?
Syndicate was about squad managment and quick decision-making. It was also about sacrificing squadmembers for the mission and replacing them, as well as some minor economy managment between missions.
I understand that this game is simply in the same setting, but why now? Reviving a 10+ yo franchise for some free hype?
I mean, creating your very own hard-boiled cyberpunk setting takes about half-an-hour with a pen and paper -- the clichés and framework are so incredibly genre-specific that it's easy as pie.
And if it somehow should tie in with the original Syndicate, why a generic shooter?
