EA to revive Syndicate?

Kimberley Ellis · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:29 pm�� Post subject: EA to revive Syndicate?

EA to revive Syndicate? by Kimberley

PC Rumour: Rumour does the rounds again.

Darkar · Status: Offline Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 66 $poons: 6.80

OMG WOW!!!
this is amazing i was expecting them to make a new syndicate in the last few months.

I played it ages and and this year, Awesome game for its time ( i think peter monylex made it ? )

GREAT NEWS! i was expecting this so now im happy

Mr Waffle · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:59 pm�� Post subject:

All I can think is...

"Please don't ruin my childhood. Please don't ruin my childhood. Please don't ruin my childhood."

I have very fond memories of those games. Please don't destroy the goodwill you've built up with me, EA!

Darkar · Status: Offline Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 66 $poons: 6.80

Well if u wikipedia it , it says that peter ( or someone dev ) wanted to remake it and its been an idea for awhile.

But yeah i dont see them making this good, but WHO KNOWS! ( pesaudertron FTW!! )

mattstep · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 10:42 pm�� Post subject:

Hmm, I've never played a Syndicate game, I know, it's shameful! However this may well prompt me to go back and track down a copy.
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bobboblaw · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:12 pm�� Post subject:

I have no idea what game Syndicate is, but Starbreeze being involved has my interest piqued.
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Benc82 · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:17 pm�� Post subject:

Two of my fave games ever. Hope this is true! (and they dont balls it up)

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Darkar · Status: Offline Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 66 $poons: 6.80

^

No.2 looks more futuristic
Ill give a run down for newbies

Cyberpunkish Future
You have a squad of people, and you research various upgrades armour/weapons , and you implemnt chips , and other metalic things into your teammates.

You go around killing people and getting money, good thing was that it wasnt 100% linear ( robbing banks anyone? )

You could even brain wash people to follow u and make them pick up guns and fight ( i rmbr getting like 200 people into a cab "bigD" )

sortius_nod · Status: Offline Joined: 24 May 2007 Posts: 56 $poons: 3.80

If Riddick or The Darkness are anything to go by, this is going to be one of the worst games ever.

I hate you EA, with so much passion it's not funny. You are ruining all our childhoods.
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rankodour · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:17 am�� Post subject:

Loved Syndicate on the Amiga 500 back in the day.

If they can do a new Syndicate like a cyberpunk GTA without the overlong cutscenes and repetitive gameplay, I'd be very chuffed.

x7h3CUREx · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:10 am�� Post subject:

^yeah syndicate on the 500 was great back in the day. and i remember playing it with four players on the ps1 years ago too.

Skiller · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:53 am�� Post subject:

Oh god please not another FPS/3PS franchise crapfest like shadowrun, I really hope they keep the original gameplay.

Matt Bassos · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:55 pm�� Post subject:

Nice, always thought this was due for a revival.

ObsoletE · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:26 pm�� Post subject:

i was always surprised this series died out.

i mean, maybe we were weird, but pretty much everyone i knew with a PC at the time had Syndicate, and Syndicate Wars, so they always felt pretty popular, and then nothing?

(i suppose Bullfrog disappearing had a lot to do with that?)
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grim-one · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:39 pm�� Post subject:

A sequel to Syndicate is something I've been hoping for a long, long time.

I hope they don't can the research side of things to make it more mainstream. I envision it being fleshed out a lot more. Perhaps a Risk style campaign with ongoing research, robberies, assassinations and persuasion of populations. You'd need to maintain the tactical squad based excursions of course. And the destruction of 3D buildings and terrain (from Syndicate Wars), that was just pure awesome. More big mecha spiders are all good too

Knowing the trends lately, it'll get made into an FPS with little to no over-arching strategy just so that it will appeal to the unwashed console masses =\
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Karai Pantsu · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:41 pm�� Post subject:

RIP Bullfrog, we still miss you.

So long as they take the foundation of Syndicate Wars (very early terrain deformation FTW!) and keep the singleplayer squad based gameplay, without turning it into another 'rogue agent against the world' style shooter, then it'll be on my radar. Starbreeze is a good sign! This only being a rumor though? Not so good.

Confirmation PLZ!
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Darkar · Status: Offline Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 66 $poons: 6.80

Well the response seems good so the rumor looks healthly.

I honestly dont know how they could remake this and please everyone, :/ tho im hoping for the best.

Snixtor · Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:07 pm�� Post subject:

The one thing that does worry me a bit about this rumour is the suggestion of a console version. Now I certainly do enjoy console gaming, no mistaking that. But Syndicate was a style of strategy game that only reasonably lent itself to the PC. Console versions back in the day were ports trying to mimic the PC version. A simultaneous release would more likely mean certain "compromises" in the design.

It was only yesterday though that I was wondering if a Synidcate game could work on a console by having left analogue control movement, and right analogue control direction of fire. Meanwhile the PC version keeps the original point and click.

Zarnoss · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:29 am�� Post subject:

EA+SYNDICATE = RUINED.(full stop for extra effect)
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