Syndicate: Loards for cheap, Orikae's calling it now - GOTY 2012.

Melding

So Syndicate is coming out soon, there is a Co-op demo out today. been mucking with it for the past half an hour. Controls aren't what i expected, but it seems okay.

Is out for Xbox 360 and PS3, so let's get some people together and play this demo. Cause it's hard as fuck by yourself.

Give me a name and i will add you to the list of people playing

Live:
Melding - Melding
Iron Weasel - Tanith 6227.

Other:

Plot stuff i guess?

Spoiler:

2069: No longer governed by politicians, the developed world is divided up into regions controlled by mega-corporations known as syndicates. These syndicates have revolutionized how the consumer interacts with the digital world. Since the consumer requires a device to access the world's data and control technology, they can do this in the blink of an eye via neural chip implant.

Civilians flocked to be "Chip'd" and enjoy all that their selected syndicate has to offer: housing, medical, banking, insurance, education, entertainment and jobs. One complete package. One complete lifestyle. In return, the syndicates gained unprecedented insights, and control, over the individual and their behavior. With little government oversight, business has become war. The syndicates will stop at nothing for ultimate market dominance.

At the first line of this war are the agents, the syndicate's bio-engineered and chip-augmented enforcers. They can breach anything in the wired dataverse, including their enemies, their weapons and the environment that surrounds them, making them the most efficient and deadly technological weapons in the world. Take on the role of Miles Kilo, EuroCorp's latest prototype agent, and embark on a brutal action adventure of corruption and revenge

It's a fucking FPS. It looks okay, you should come play the demo with me, it is less then a gig.

Buttlord

What is Syndicate

Karl

Wait, you can play it by yourself? Like you're totally on your own or they fill the other 3 players with bots?

Melding

it's a game from the 90s.

Karl wrote:

Wait, you can play it by yourself? Like you're totally on your own or they fill the other 3 players with bots?

All by your god damn self.

ObiFett

That video is worthless

time to google up some gameplay...

edit:


That awful bullshit moving HUD is a deal breaker.

Melding

ObiFett wrote:

That video is worthless

time to google up some gameplay...

Iron Weasel

I will be downloading this to my 360. My GT is Tanith 6227.

Dichotomy

kinda reminds me of brin-

now I'm crying and inconsolable

Melding

play the demo with me dich. Cause i don't care about your shitty game being shit.

Gumpy

That HUD would do my head in over a long period of time

and why does everyone from the future look like a punk rocker

ObiFett

Yeah, Brink had so much potential. Got it day one, and it just ... wasnt good. Really bummed me out and I think its made me gunshy about games like this.

I want this to be good.

But damn that HUD is straight out of a nightmare.

CorporateLogo

They look like matrix rejects in that title image

Melding

because it's a cyber punk game.

That's what cyber punk looks like.

that's why it's that.

ObiFett

Wouldn't Matrix rejects be good, though?

I'm digging the style and look of it.

Weaver

Dichotomy wrote:

kinda reminds me of brin-

now I'm crying and inconsolable

I thought the same damn thing.

CorporateLogo

ObiFett wrote:

Wouldn't Matrix rejects be good, though?

I'm digging the style and look of it.

From the terrible sequels, though

Melding

i picked that image because "yes, this is the right amount of ridiculousness. add some dubstep and this is an excellent OP.

Jasconius

It's a shame this game has nothing to do with what it's named after other than that it is in the future and has guns

LTM

Well its got a pounding Dubstep soundtrack.

Now it just needs a revolutionary new parkour engine.

Darmak

I fucking love everything I've seen of this game so far, the hud, style, weapons, everything. Too bad there isn't a demo out for the PC but whatever, I can wait for the full game.

Gumpy

Dystopia

Dystopia was some good cyberpunk. That was an awesome half life 2 mod

ObiFett

LTM

stop it

Brink has brought too much sadness already

Edcrab

No PC demo? Boooo

I wanted to be a puppet of the corporate overlords

ObiFett

@Darmak, you like that constantly moving and completely unreadable HUD?!?

I get what they are trying to do and its a cool concept, but ugh, it gave me a headache within minutes just watching the video.

Yukira

This might be neat to try out.

Melding

Jasconius wrote:

It's a shame this game has nothing to do with what it's named after other than that it is in the future and has guns

it's a reboot. the co-op game is directly based on the original game. 9 of the 14 missions are taken from it.

It's probably the most graceful thing someone could ask for other then a big well known strategy game company coming in and making a new strategy game out of it.

But what are the odds of that?

Iron Weasel

Jasconius wrote:

It's a shame this game has nothing to do with what it's named after other than that it is in the future and has guns

I dunno - it's got a bunch of gun-wielding lunatics running around slaughtering everything in sight at the behest of their shadowy corporate masters. It's not that far off, is it?

Yukira

Melding wrote:

Jasconius wrote:

It's a shame this game has nothing to do with what it's named after other than that it is in the future and has guns

it's a reboot. the co-op game is directly based on the original game. 9 of the 14 missions are taken from it.

It's probably the most graceful thing someone could ask for other then a big well known strategy game company coming in and making a new strategy game out of it.

But what are the odds of that?

Final Fantasy Tactics: Syndicate.

curly haired boy

no PC demo booo

Melding

their reason for no pc demo is kinda dumb, but oh well.

curly haired boy

Melding wrote:

their reason for no pc demo is kinda dumb, but oh well.

i figure i'll have ME3 co-op to tide me over

but co-op demos are the best kind

Hullis

Overlards

Stale

I remember when this was a big "eyes only" kind of secret in development.


I knew it would be crap even then. Hey look, I was right.

Darmak

Gumpy wrote:

Dystopia

Dystopia was some good cyberpunk. That was an awesome half life 2 mod

God I loved Dystopia so much. I spent so much time using the SWT.

ObiFett wrote:

@Darmak, you like that constantly moving and completely unreadable HUD?!?

I get what they are trying to do and its a cool concept, but ugh, it gave me a headache within minutes just watching the video.

Yeah, I like the hud. It's readable for me and looks cool too.

Edcrab

Melding wrote:

their reason for no pc demo is kinda dumb, but oh well.

"We make bad decisions!" strikes me as a remarkably honest and frank admission, actually

chiasaur11

Melding wrote:

because it's a cyber punk game.

That's what cyber punk looks like.

that's why it's that.

But you work for The Man.

The Man wears nice suits in cyberpunk unless he lives in a vat barely surviving.

It's how you know he's evil.

Of course, my favorite cyberpunk picture is Brandon Graham's depiction of Neuromancer

Spoiler:

Chops out all the traditional cyberpunk visuals. Nifty looking.

CorporateLogo

Brandon Graham is a wizard and a gentleman

LTM

chiasaur11 wrote:

Melding wrote:

because it's a cyber punk game.

That's what cyber punk looks like.

that's why it's that.

Of course, my favorite cyberpunk picture is Brandon Graham's depiction of Neuromancer

Spoiler:

Chops out all the traditional cyberpunk visuals. Nifty looking.

Seems very...Transmet/The Filth

chiasaur11

CorporateLogo wrote:

Brandon Graham is a wizard and a gentleman

Found it in an interview with him for something or other.

Saved it immediately. I just noticed that Case and Molly are in the picture at normal scale if you look close. Pretty neat.

I Win Swordfights

we wub wubin in here

Melding

I Win Swordfights wrote:

we wub wubin in here

We wubbing so hard.

Also getting used to the controls. seems alright.

Still hard as fuck to get much done solo, but i made it to a check point, found a belt fed shotgun.