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So how would you like to play a GTA style game that takes place in Nazi-occupied Paris during WW2 in which the central character is a race car driver (whose career has been put on hold) and now works for The Resistance?

How come I'd never heard of this game.

EA will be publishing it - and it's going to cost the full $49.99

Check out this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buj7dR5AdKY
 
Looks good, BUT not going to pre-order this, has a lot of potential for maximum repetition factor a la Assassin's Creed. Will wait for reviews.
 
Oh I'm definitely waiting for the reviews.

I noticed at the end of the video that the streets of Paris were completely deserted. Things like that hint of a low budget title that wants to be a big budget title. I'll keep an open mind though. After Risen, I suppose anything is possible - you just have to keep an open mind.

Still, there's something about this game that kind of has the word 'turkey' written all over it. I can't quite put my finger on it.
 
It's funny how the cost of something has an influence on what you think about it.

Had this game been listed at $29.99 then I would've thought, right away, that is probably going to be cheese. But because it's going to be selling for the full triple-A price of $49.99 I'm more inclined to keep 'an open mind' about it. LOL!

Anyway, I'd never even heard about it, until today.
 
Velvet Assassin had my attention until it actually came out. This needs to be better than that, but yes, I would like a game like this if it's good.

I didn't know anything about this game until just now. Thanks for the heads up. :)
 
I'm surprised this is being released in December. The fact that it's been pretty under-the-radar until now is a little disconcerting.
 
I played it briefly at E3 this year, and had a little time with the developers walking me through a brief level. From what I saw it was very impressive and seemed like it will be one to watch for when it releases :)
 
lol well then your radar must be lower then mine because ive never heard of it.. :p

game looks good in the youtube video.. might wait for it to drop in price just because im having to penny pinch right now with christmas coming up..
 
I watched a mission trailer, and it looks like basically a TC mod for Assassin's Creed.

I'm not saying that is what it is, but that is the impression I got from it.
 
sirmonkey1985 said:
lol well then your radar must be lower then mine because ive never heard of it.. :p

game looks good in the youtube video.. might wait for it to drop in price just because im having to penny pinch right now with christmas coming up..
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I mean it hasn't been hyped as much as it could be, I def. agree on that, but it has been out there.

I'll get some screens this afternoon/tonight.
 
first i've heard of it and it looks pretty good. i might have to pick this up for the PS3.
 
I didn't know about this game until Wabe had put this thread up. I stand by my original concern: Velvet Assassin sounded great on paper and that game really could have been something special. It's a disaster.

PLEASE gaming gods...PLEASE don't let this be another VA style letdown.
 
I actually have been waiting for this game for a long time. The WWII genre of games/movies/books will never die in my book. A lot of stories untold are out there. Far too many heroes to honor and far too many nazis to shoot.

Hopefully this will be up to par with Hitman, Splinter Cell etc. They really need to make another HItman...

ANND UPDATE:
I just watched the video as well...I wasnt that impressed either. I was really expecting more stealth ops. :( MEH...lets see how it releases. I was more excited for Velvet Assassin when the videos came out.
 
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GiantBomb has a Quick LookEX of the game on their site. A dev from Pandemic (RIP) is talking about the game with the GB guys while someone else is playing.
 
I really like the premise of this game. However my two primary concerns from watching the video was that the city seemed kind of empty and the actual action seemed a little bland. The gunplay did feel satisfying at all, sort of a detached.
 
RX3 said:
I actually have been waiting for this game for a long time. The WWII genre of games/movies/books will never die in my book. A lot of stories untold are out there. Far too many heroes to honor and far too many nazis to shoot.

Hopefully this will be up to par with Hitman, Splinter Cell etc. They really need to make another HItman...
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You should totally check out the Death to Spies games if you havent already. They ARE Hitman in WW2. They use the same engine/interface. I have both and love them. Rock hard but that adds to the atmosphere imo.

This game looks pretty cool but i'm gonna wait for a demo before i decide. If there is one that is. Seems more and more publishers are not bothering releasing demos coz they can hurt sales of a shit game.:D
 
Skirrow said:
You should totally check out the Death to Spies games if you havent already. They ARE Hitman in WW2. They use the same engine/interface. I have both and love them. Rock hard but that adds to the atmosphere imo.
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Same here!
 
It looked better previously than that video.

I was expecting a mix of Commandos, Hitman and Assassins Creed. Instead it looked like an average 3rd person shooter with some WW2 GTA thrown in. I think they'd be better served making it more realistic and difficult.

In a game like that shooting should be a last resort to stealth or spy tactics.
 
What? Where did you buy this game? It's not supposed to be released for another week?
 
WabeWalker said:
Oh I'm definitely waiting for the reviews.

I noticed at the end of the video that the streets of Paris were completely deserted.
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Thats part of the game, when its Nazi occupied people arent out. Once you "liberate" areas people come out and will join the resistance even. Check out the video in the first post to understand more about how the game works. Its pretty impressive actually.
 
Tantrix said:
Who gives a damn how he got the game...
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Actually, I give a damn.

Because I care about my hobby and I don't like seeing companies like Iron Lore going out of business because people ripped them off by pirating their software.

I haven't accused anybody here of pirating, because I haven't got any evidence. But this game doesn't release until next week. This person, when asked if he pirated the game, is being coy, and not answering the question. And yet here he is posting screenshots.

Doesn't seem kosher to me.
 
No demo is a deal breaker. Not going to blow $50 on something that can easily turn out to be total crap. Games that don't have demos are like an instant red flag.
 
Thuleman said:
No demo is a deal breaker. Not going to blow $50 on something that can easily turn out to be total crap. Games that don't have demos are like an instant red flag.
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I agree.

Dragon Age = no demo = crap.
 
You hear about stores breaking street date all the time. It's not that hard to believe a reseller could receive an early shipment and maybe sell some under the table copies.

Innocent until proven guilty :)

I think people just like grabbing their pitch forks and flaming torches for a good ol' lynching lol
 
mr_zen256 said:
You hear about stores breaking street date all the time. It's not that hard to believe a reseller could receive an early shipment and maybe sell some under the table copies.

Innocent until proven guilty :)

I think people just like grabbing their pitch forks and flaming torches for a good ol' lynching lol
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Shes a witch! Burn her!!
 
Guitarrasdeamor said:
And I hate liberals.



Because I won't give up where or who I got it from. That would be comprising my source, and why would I want to do that when they were already good to me and getting it to me early?

Hey, I've got a challenge for you: let me know when copying something, IE a company not losing anything whatsoever, steals from a company. Tell me...how many businesses have gone out of business because something they've made has been copied?

But let's get back to the real topic at hand. You want to discuss this any further, take it to a PM.



Yes, the version I have has a bit of freezing/crashing. For instance, after I got out of the first cutscene, the game ended up freezing- the screen stood still, and sort of jittered, but you could still hear sound an all. I closed the process, loaded it back up (as admin), didn't have the crash, and thought it was fixed. Has happened a few more times since then, thankfully not when I've been in high danger areas however. When it does freeze, now it seems to be more on the menu, and what I can do is Ctrl+Alt+Del out of the game, bring up task manager, and go back into the game, and it is usually unfrozen.

I'll play more when I get home. I still hold the opinion this one might be better on the console(s) though.
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It's easily solved. Post a picture of your gamebox. :)
 
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