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jayco · 02-Jun-2007, 09:05

The new SPY MMO from SOE for the Ps3.

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one · 02-Jun-2007, 09:28

It's PC/PS3, developed on UE3. Funny it's developed by ex-Microsoft developers who did Mythica.

cthellis42 · 02-Jun-2007, 09:39

Looks interesting, conceptually, but will probably be hard to put together and be faithful and compelling to the genre while being in MMORPG form.

One to keep an eye on, tho. ^_^

Shifty Geezer · 02-Jun-2007, 09:56

An MMO where everyone's a spy? doesn't that kinda blow out the whole secret identity thing? "There's a characterwith a name over their head - must be a spy!"

nico1982 · 02-Jun-2007, 10:37

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Originally Posted by Shifty Geezer

An MMO where everyone's a spy? doesn't that kinda blow out the whole secret identity thing? "There's a characterwith a name over their head - must be a spy!"

Spies, usually, don't wear a latex/leather suit and don't carry a G36 like the chick in the picture, either :P
If the game is a mission and team based, third/first person shooter mmo, where you have to infiltrate an installation surveilled by npc, sabotage it and/or recover something (think of some sort of Mercenaries Online, or DDO with modern settings), while avoiding being detected or kill innocent bystanders, it could be an intresting game. Somewhat fresh at least.

Fu3lFr3nzy · 02-Jun-2007, 11:43

I personally think consoles should have more mmo's to choose from, and glad to see titles like this being made

cthellis42 · 02-Jun-2007, 17:09

I dunno. I think we could use a good fantasy-themed MMO...

Kittonwy · 04-Jun-2007, 05:28

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Originally Posted by one

It's PC/PS3, developed on UE3. Funny it's developed by ex-Microsoft developers who did Mythica.

Are these the ex-Fireant people who became SOE Seattle?

deepbrown · 04-Jun-2007, 10:26

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Originally Posted by cthellis42

I dunno. I think we could use a good fantasy-themed MMO...

They are making that too.. They are making two MMO's: other is yet to be revealed.

Cheezdoodles · 04-Jun-2007, 10:33

I lost all belief in SOE making MMO's after what they managed to do with Star Wars Galaxies.

Bobbler · 04-Jun-2007, 18:28

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Originally Posted by Ostepop

I lost all belief in SOE making MMO's after what they managed to do with Star Wars Galaxies.

The guy in charge of that project doesn't even work there anymore... Much of the silly design was his mastermind (which is completely odd, because the guy wrote some books on game design that weren't bad at all from what I recall).

And apparently EQ2 is quite a good MMO now days (from what I've heard from a lot of people lately)... of course it took a bit to get there, but SOE is still capable of doing good things. Whether or not they do it is another story though.

cthellis42 · 04-Jun-2007, 22:53

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Originally Posted by deepbrown

They are making that too.. They are making two MMO's: other is yet to be revealed.

Well my comment was purely dripping with sarcasm, and if SOE is actively working on ANOTHER fantasy-themed MMO while running EQ and EQ2 concurrently and pulling Vanguard all the way into the fold... (The only saving grace is if they got a "no-fail" francise, but I don't see that being the case. We'd have heard news already.)

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Originally Posted by Ostepop

I lost all belief in SOE making MMO's after what they managed to do with Star Wars Galaxies.

To be fair, I think the impetus for those huge changes was coming more from the Lucas side than internally. Koster and company had plenty of problems to overcome through their design, but I certainly think they'd want to stick with it and continue tweaking, balancing, and trying to pull in more interesting ideas than make a move that would disenfranchise their base with no assurance of pulling in a new audience.

It might have come from the bean counters above him, too. Sort of a "we at Lucas are annoyed that your game is losing so hands-down with our wildly popular universe, so it must be because you designed it like crap. Change it all, and we'll toss some money into advertising from our phat movie checks to bring in all the little newbies who love Jar-Jar."

(Ok, so maybe the conversation didn't go PRECISELY like that...

)

wco81 · 07-Jun-2007, 14:00

I would never pay $15 a month for an MMO.

But UE, isn't that a step up from the current MMOs?

Anyways, the discussion we had about an online portion of Assasin's Creed could apply here, with targets not knowing who is assigned to take them out.

-tkf- · 07-Jun-2007, 14:11

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Originally Posted by Ostepop

I lost all belief in SOE making MMO's after what they managed to do with Star Wars Galaxies.

This is typical for todays view on things, no matter how many things you do right it´s your own fault that follows you for the rest of your life.

Did you become a Jedi before you quit SWG? or how far did you actually get?

Diamond.G · 07-Jun-2007, 15:04

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Originally Posted by wco81

I would never pay $15 a month for an MMO.

But UE, isn't that a step up from the current MMOs?

Anyways, the discussion we had about an online portion of Assasin's Creed could apply here, with targets not knowing who is assigned to take them out.

It may be the first UE3 game, assuming Huxley doesn't come out before then.

inefficient · 07-Jun-2007, 16:10

I'm almost wishing this was straight up single player action game. It sounds like it has a fun concept and has cool art direction. But as a MMO It just sounds impossibly ambitions and difficult to pull off.

Arwin · 14-Jul-2007, 22:42

There wasn't any news on this during E3, was there? There are so many things hidden still ... gaming is going to be awesome in the coming years, just really coming onto a next level.

betan · 14-Jul-2007, 23:40

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Originally Posted by Arwin

There wasn't any news on this during E3, was there? There are so many things hidden still ... gaming is going to be awesome in the coming years, just really coming onto a next level.

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/804/804427p1.html

Skrying · 15-Jul-2007, 01:22

Cant' say I'm very excited. I mean, these are pushed out by Sony without much care these days, just venture to station.com..... that's a really sad site of MMO gaming.

"Nerve-Damage" · 11-Jan-2008, 04:35

PT 1: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29501.html

PT 2: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29500.html

PT 3: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29483.html

Fu3lFr3nzy · 11-Jan-2008, 04:56

Yeah, I watched that 2 days ago and it completely changed my perception of the game, and to think theyre only in pre-alpha! (ok, the final product might not be "omgaz teh crysus!1!" but they'll still be visual improvements

)

Reminds me of No One Lives Forever and Team Fortress 2. *puts game under radar*

Daozang · 11-Jan-2008, 15:56

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Originally Posted by Fu3lFr3nzy

Reminds me of No One Lives Forever and Team Fortress 2. *puts game under radar*

Exactly what I thought!
I'm not into MMOs, but a third/first person MMO with twitchy(sp?) controls is something I would definately consider getting into.
I've read somewhere that a headshot in the game IS a head shot. And I'm beggining to like it more and more!

Arwin · 11-Jan-2008, 16:58

Is it me, or is The Agency sharing a LOT of code with Home? I mean ... it's gotta be. They probably share some designers, even.

DJ12 · 11-Jan-2008, 17:09

Home is being done in London, that guy in the video's is American as are SOE I believe.

archangelmorph · 11-Jan-2008, 17:14

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Originally Posted by Arwin

Is it me, or is The Agency sharing a LOT of code with Home? I mean ... it's gotta be. They probably share some designers, even.

I didn't know you can "see" code by looking at a video of a game being played?

That's a pretty amzing talent u got there Arwin..

(Maybe you should be on that TV series Heroes..)

02-Jun-2007, 09:05	#1
jayco Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 489	The Agency - PS3 MMO. The new SPY MMO from SOE for the Ps3. Link

02-Jun-2007, 09:39	#3
cthellis42 Hoopy Frood Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Out of my gourd Posts: 5,894	Looks interesting, conceptually, but will probably be hard to put together and be faithful and compelling to the genre while being in MMORPG form. One to keep an eye on, tho. ^_^ __________________ Everyone is someone else's weirdo.

02-Jun-2007, 09:56	#4
Shifty Geezer uber-Troll! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Under my bridge Posts: 26,477	An MMO where everyone's a spy? doesn't that kinda blow out the whole secret identity thing? "There's a characterwith a name over their head - must be a spy!" __________________ Shifty Geezer ... Tolerance for internet moronism is exhausted. Anyone talking about people's attitudes in the Console fora, rather than games and technology, will feel my wrath. Read the FAQ to remind yourself how to behave and avoid unsightly incidents.

02-Jun-2007, 11:43	#6
Fu3lFr3nzy Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SoCal USA Posts: 843	I personally think consoles should have more mmo's to choose from, and glad to see titles like this being made __________________ Nitrous is like a hot girl with STD's. You know you wanna hit it, but you're afraid of the consequences! - anonymous

02-Jun-2007, 17:09	#7
cthellis42 Hoopy Frood Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Out of my gourd Posts: 5,894	I dunno. I think we could use a good fantasy-themed MMO... __________________ Everyone is someone else's weirdo.

02-Jun-2007, 09:28	#2
one Unruly Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo Posts: 4,705	It's PC/PS3, developed on UE3. Funny it's developed by ex-Microsoft developers who did Mythica.

04-Jun-2007, 10:33	#10
Cheezdoodles + 1 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,924	I lost all belief in SOE making MMO's after what they managed to do with Star Wars Galaxies. __________________ "I'm going to get rich when i figure out how to stab people over the internet"

07-Jun-2007, 14:00	#13
wco81 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Coast Posts: 4,442	I would never pay $15 a month for an MMO. But UE, isn't that a step up from the current MMOs? Anyways, the discussion we had about an online portion of Assasin's Creed could apply here, with targets not knowing who is assigned to take them out.

07-Jun-2007, 16:10	#16
inefficient Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tokyo Posts: 2,120	I'm almost wishing this was straight up single player action game. It sounds like it has a fun concept and has cool art direction. But as a MMO It just sounds impossibly ambitions and difficult to pull off.

14-Jul-2007, 22:42	#17
Arwin Now Officially a Top 10 Poster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maastricht, The Netherlands Posts: 13,244	There wasn't any news on this during E3, was there? There are so many things hidden still ... gaming is going to be awesome in the coming years, just really coming onto a next level.

15-Jul-2007, 01:22	#19
Skrying S K R Y I N G Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,815	Cant' say I'm very excited. I mean, these are pushed out by Sony without much care these days, just venture to station.com..... that's a really sad site of MMO gaming.

11-Jan-2008, 04:35	#20
"Nerve-Damage" Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 809	I really want this now.... PT 1: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29501.html PT 2: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29500.html PT 3: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/29483.html

11-Jan-2008, 04:56	#21
Fu3lFr3nzy Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SoCal USA Posts: 843	Yeah, I watched that 2 days ago and it completely changed my perception of the game, and to think theyre only in pre-alpha! (ok, the final product might not be "omgaz teh crysus!1!" but they'll still be visual improvements ) Reminds me of No One Lives Forever and Team Fortress 2. puts game under radar __________________ Nitrous is like a hot girl with STD's. You know you wanna hit it, but you're afraid of the consequences! - anonymous

11-Jan-2008, 16:58	#23
Arwin Now Officially a Top 10 Poster Join Date: May 2006 Location: Maastricht, The Netherlands Posts: 13,244	Is it me, or is The Agency sharing a LOT of code with Home? I mean ... it's gotta be. They probably share some designers, even.

11-Jan-2008, 17:09	#24
DJ12 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,288	Home is being done in London, that guy in the video's is American as are SOE I believe.

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