GamesRadar has posted a preview of Pandemic Studios' upcoming open-world action game, The Saboteur.
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What Devlin does do, is provide the means to interact with this place of gothic spires and looming iron art-towers. He has a repertoire of skills that sprawls far beyond open-world games’ traditional shoot/jump/drive/punch. He’s a man of stealth, a baby Agent 47: sneaking, silent, hiding until trouble passes, and even borrowing uniforms from his victims. Vast swathes of The Saboteur can be conquered without engaging in a direct firefight – it’s a game that wants you to play as you choose. You’ll win stealth-specific upgrades for going consistently unnoticed, for instance.
Note: The official website has the release date listed as 12/8/2009 for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
Don't forget the developers have already been canned, and all profits go to EA + no ongoing support = no buy.
I don't know what it is, but I get this nagging feeling that EA is just kicking this out the door to be over and finished with Pandemic. All they really wanted was Bioware, anyway.
Don't forget the developers have already been canned, and all profits go to EA + no ongoing support = no buy.
Many of the people who lost their jobs at Pandemic need to find a new job. Don't you think it would be to their advantage if the last title they worked was a commercial success that got good reviews?
I completely disagree with the Splinter Cell comment posted above. I think the series is going in a really good direction, though I hope we haven't seen the last of the kind of gameplay we saw in the first couple games.
Anyway, I'm so excited for this game, but I hope those 'upgrades' they mention (for playing stealthily etc) aren't missable. I would hate to have to choose between rewards as opposed to eventually being able to get them all in a single playthrough.
