{"id":14008,"date":"2011-09-13T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"starbreeze-defends-syndicate-fps-time-has-moved-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/14008-starbreeze-defends-syndicate-fps-time-has-moved-on","title":{"rendered":"Starbreeze defends Syndicate FPS: \u201cTime has moved on\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s official confirmation of Starbreeze’s Syndicate reboot<\/a> has, predictably enough, resulted in a veritable cataclysm of controversy because it’s an FPS, and not an isometric strategy game like previous titles in the series.<\/p>\n

Well, deal with it – another isometric strategy game was never happening, anyway.<\/p>\n

“It was always going to be an FPS,” game director Neil McEwan told OXM<\/a>. “The original nub of the idea was to take that viewpoint from the original game and zoom into the Agent’s head, and play that part. A closer experience – to become one of those Agents.”<\/p>\n

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He does, however, also confirm that the Persuadatron is back in business, and reassures disgruntled fans that the game is an authentic Syndicate experience, even if it’s something a bit different.<\/p>\n

“We’re big fans of the original Syndicate, and we’re definitely paying as much homage to it as we can – bringing across the essence of the world, the core essence of what it is to be an Agent,” he explained.<\/p>\n

“That sounds wanky but it’s true – we’re taking the Persuadatron and evolving it in different ways, the weapons and brutality. On both facets of the game, the co-op and the single player, it’s very key to stay true to it.”<\/p>\n

“I think the game speaks for itself. We’ve been very lucky to work with a great, original world, and create another facet of it really. I would love them to like it. You’re never going to please everyone. I don’t want people to stop playing the old games, but time has moved on,” McEwan concluded.<\/p>\n

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Starbreeze defends Syndicate FPS: “Time has moved on”<\/strong><\/a> << Comments and views<\/span><\/p>\n

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