Up until now, we’ve heard very little about Sony’s Espionage MMO. Now, we finally get an official title, some cool concept art and a limited preview. The game sounds like it has real potential to be something unique. Often it’s hard to make these unique titles turn out as fun and exciting as they sound on paper, but regardless, I can’t wait to see more!
Do these concept pieces remind anyone else of Shadowrun? Is it just all the talk about Microsoft’s Shadowrun game that has that on my mind or do these pictures genuinely remind anyone else of the classic pen and paper RPG? The punk influenced aesthetic, the futuristic industrial setting run by huge corporations, the technology and gadgets, the exotic weapons, and the stealth? All that’s missing is the magic and the trolls and shaman. Really, those pictures look like they were taken directly from the old Shadowrun manual.
They have the cyberpunk look down pat. I’m really excited about this one.
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Written by: Darrin
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#1 by Annie on June 8th, 2007 [ 0 Points ]
Hmm. I dunno. There’s lots of fiction out there talking about how the future has lots of big corps and everything. Though it is a coincidence that this is coming out now with all the hype about Shadowrun going on…
#2 by bobeotm on June 9th, 2007
This sounds nothing like the current Microsoft Shadowrun game to me. Maybe in the original rpg’s premise, but the connection there is thin to me. For one, there is no magical powers, and the “cyberpunk look” as you call it looks like pretty much every other futuristic shooter in recent memory. Even gears of war has a similar look, lots of gear and guns, no helmets. Although unlike gears and many other shooters, this seems to have a variety of character types to choose from.
#3 by Darrin on June 9th, 2007 [ 15187 Points ]
Sure, Gears, Haze, and tons of other games and fiction are set in a hi-tech future with big corporations.
But none of those are centered around small mercenary teams running stealth missions (aka shadowruns). That’s the heart of what Shadowrun is about. This game looks like it has the RPG elements, the mercenary + espionage elements, and hopefully this will have the rigging (vehicle and drone modification and control) as well.
bobeotm, I’m definitely referring to the pen+paper RPG and not the recent Shadowrun video game (which have very little to do with each other)