Bretimus_v2 said:
LinksOcarina said:
um...sorry for insulting?
At least that is the response I was hoping to get, something intelligent back, instead of a few hate mails in my mailbox and snide comments in the post...
And hell, Starbreeze is defending their stance on Syndicate anyway, I don't have the link anymore but someone showed me they made a post about their thoughts on rebooting the franchise and why it will be a good game.
Oh, and Zelda and Mario did have remakes already, thats what Zelda II and Super Mario Bros. are.
If there is something I've learned, it's that you should never expect intelligence, just be pleasantly surprised when you receive it.
Yeah gotta admit, still angry on the approach they made for the game (why a FPS! WHY!) but i may have jumped on the band wagon a little too early, i'm not a kid, i'm an adult. This is still a video game we are talking about!
I AM actually excited that we ARE getting a sequel. Maybe it'll get more people into the franchise instead of ignoring/forgetting it. Still wish it wasn't a FPS though... and that Molyneux, the guy who made the first game possible, still has nothing to say on this.... also that it wasn't a FPS... did i say that already?
Now you see, i planned to make an entire essay on why this syndicate game ( Xcom too i guess) doesn't follow the traditional reboot we've been through these past years (like fallout or Castlevania) but i think, I'll make my first GR blog to explain it more in detail. Tomorow maybe, check the vox box
Anyway! Back on topic! Let's observe with what we got so far on the new syndicate game and compare it to the old (a reason to finally show off how much i am a fan of the franchise, Bout time!).
I can say,
judging by the early info, Starbreeze did their research. Don't know who Richard Morgan is but he made crysis 2 so props to him!
Hey! trench coats and mouth guards! whooho!
The game is set in 2069... This is new to me cause syndicate never had a date! just this weird clock that doesn't make it clear if we were in 2185 or 3185. heck we only knew the last three digits at best, it could of been the year 10000! Either way it confirms it's a prequel (*shudders*). The cover art shows the traditional clothing I've grown and loved. From what i understand, we gonna follow an "Experimental engineered agent" called Miles Kilo. By experimental i'm guessing he's the first "syndicate agent". I'm assuming it's him in on the cover and in the following pic
So far by the logo on his chest i can tell he's Euro corp. Why they pick that generic corporation logo and not the bullfrog is a mystery to me (Bullfrog production may be dead but the rights are still own by E.A. Come on! grow some pairs here!). Now euro corp is the mainly British techno-megalo-corporation that supposedly taken control of the chip market in the sequel, syndicate wars. Remember that in the first game you had to name the corporation you are running, euro corp was just the default name but euro corp became the official name in syndicate wars. Either way, euro corp, in the sequels at least, controlled the space elevator to the moon built in London, stopping the moon in orbit and cause the ocean waves to be still (remember, this is science fiction... not science). Miles here, hardly looks threatening or non-human-like, You know like how the agents are suppose to be! He does share their haircuts but didn't dye it... it was normaly the agent's style in the game (to parody Japanese culture). I was gonna say the lack of trench coats on him in the pic makes me rage but then we got this next one here...
Now beside Starbreeze teasing us with the trademark mini-gun that popularize the franchise, i notice the extra fabrics on his sleeves... could it be the famous trench coats like the one on the cover? And by the way, i have NO idea what those huh... flying scooters are... we had
hover cars that replaced wheels that flew around the city. Those huh... hoverbike seems out of place to me... A nod to Akira maybe?
Now THIS pic... ahh yes... lots of history here. This here proves that starbreeze DID their research and did well. That, my friend, is the last mission of the original syndicate game, the fabled
Atlantic accelerator! THE hardest level of the 90's after the same level on the expansion pack American revolt. That base here isn't an oil ring... oh no, it's the reverse, it's the reason WHY people are wearing those chips:
Ok so in the future, the resource is rare, and i really mean it. No more trees, no more mountains, cities everywhere, people starving, yada yada. This research base is suppose to solve the energy crisis, and it did by turning the entire ocean into oil... let that sink in... With the sea water populated like heck, people found the real world too ugly that they wear those chips
to live in a reality world. And, just like in ghost in the shell (the main inspiration of the game) those chips are easily hacked. That's where these agents steps in to make sure the cattle... huh people stay in control and to take control of the accelerator. The whole game is a war front for all the existing corporation in the entire franchise over the control of the human mind and the minerals of earth. This base IS the purpose of the entire syndicate war!
Yeah, back on the pic, i don't see any oil just normal clean sea water, this definitely confirms a prequel. But i see no tides either... so the space elevator is built?
Now the other pics are what i call... "crappy generic shooter that no one cares about" I swear to god if we have shoulder cover based shooting and the enemies are speaking russian... and i know
the other factions were already based on stereotypes!, still!
Gotta admit, that last pics almost looks like a film... a film i waited 20 years for people to make but noooo... another FPS please! GRRRR!
Anyway, i'm rolling my eyes on all of this but I'm still gonna try the game for the sake of nostalgia. The lack of Japanese touch, the fact it's a FPS and molyneux not being around are bad points. I'm guessing so far the plot is gonna touch "character feelings" and evolve more on how big mega corporation are evil then actually taking the role of an evil mega corporation, like a modern Dungeon keeper. I doubt we'll see the
church of nine or the unguided either. Nevertheless, supposedly the swedish magazine Gamereactor is gonna have more info so I'm gonna keep an open mind as it is now... barely... *throws a dagger on the EA logo on his wall*
Thoughts GR?
