demagogue on 13/12/2024 at 02:22

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Competitive Thievery. Reminds me of the FMs Embracing the Enemy and Burrick's Head Inn, where you're competing with another rival thief on the same job at the same time, and other players are playing the rival thieves. Looks fun although I've been turned off of stylized games for a while now.

Yakoob on 14/12/2024 at 03:43

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This looks like the game Arkane should have made instead of Redfall. I almost thought it had to be them when the trailer started playing, alas.

Twist on 14/12/2024 at 21:25

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I could be wrong, but I'm skeptical this will succeed.

I believe most immersive sim and stealth fans prefer singleplayer games. And surviving as a multiplayer game-as-service franchise appears fraught with peril. Most companies trying to do this just go out of business after capitulating to games like Fortnite and Overwatch.

It's likely there are already competitive stealth games within the Roblox and Fortnite ecosystems. People comfortable and familiar with those ecosystems don't tend to leave their comfort zone for long... if at all. Because of the nature of games-as-service as a paradigm, many of those gamers are literally deeply invested in those ecosystems.

So if a majority of older gamers who know the names Spector and LoPiccolo prefer singleplayer games, and a majority of younger gamers are already entrenched in their existing multiplayer ecosystems and communities... where does the money come from to sustain this project beyond the first few weeks?

Not to mention... if anyone even slightly researches the studio name, they'll come across the humiliating mess of their last release.

Sulphur on 15/12/2024 at 05:03

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My average Splinter Cell co-op experience with Jesh has been me playing it like it's Doom while he plays it like it's Thief. I've had a ball, but he might not describe it in exactly the same terms. Aragami 1 & 2 also let us both sneak around and murder people and did a pretty good job of letting me use the jank to my advantage (which is to say, play it like Tenchu-Doom as much as possible), which also may have caused some amount of exasperation for people watching the hijinx. I enjoyed it immensely, and would recommend it if you, like me, are great at annoying friends who think you're not going to annoy them this time.

This game weaponises that, as far as I can see. Which should be fun, except if it's competitive all the time, it might be annoying to me. I guess I'll deal; but the more important thing is that every game I've mentioned has been a relatively niche experience, especially the multiplayer portions. In no uncertain terms, this will be a niche game too - but the potential for hijinx is what's selling it for me. And I think if they're able to market that well, it just might break through to the general public's awareness. Obviously, there needs to be more innovative stuff than just the competitive fuckery, but there's room for it from what they've shown, and I am intrigued. I've got my fingers crossed for 'em.

taffernicus on 15/12/2024 at 05:28

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i could see how the game would be if you got a thorny teammate

"you stepped on my gas mine , dummy"
"you broke that precious vase with your sword/arrows, my chum"
"mantle down carefully, dawg, you are makin lotta noise"

playing my favorite garret's line " I could learn to hate these guys"