French indie developer Streum on Studio is still working on E.Y.E., an FPS/RPG hybrid built with the innards of the Source engine. A little bit Deus Ex with a splash of System Shock and perhaps even F.E.A.R., the title aims to please those with an appetite for experience points, destruction and covert action. And just to be clear, this isn’t a mod -- despite being small, the studio’s plans for E.Y.E. are gargantuan.
As of the release of the press materials -- which are rather dated -- we’re seeing plans for a full-featured game led by an outlandish sci-fi narrative. Players are to assume control of an elite monk warrior charged with uncovering a traitor while two warring factions do their, you know, warring thing. This elite monk warrior won’t be fighting with his hands, by the way -- he’ll have access to over 25 guns, cybernetic implants, and even skills.
As players progress, these skills are enhanced.
The above video (don't mind the date, it was just delayed until, possibly the end of the year) and the images below should give you a better sense of the game, although its official Web site is a great supplement if you’re intrigued.
In addition to having a simple campaign mode, plans are in place for E.Y.E. to be supplement by three cooperative modes: a traditional two-player variant, an eight-player variant, and perhaps something of an adversarial mode where players race and fight each other to fulfill a “series of objectives.”
Sounds big, and it is. But that isn’t the end of it. Streum is creating a psychological trauma component, a karma component, a research and development component, and a dynamic mission system with random AI squad spawns.
It’s out there, but E.Y.E. looks good for an indie videogame. We’ll be keeping our EYES on this one. Heh. Heh.
E.Y.E. doesn't have a solid release, but it could hit before the end of this year on the PC. Streum wants to release it on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as well.
Interesting. The official site mentions that the multiplayer will directly effect solo play. Between this and Dust 514's promises of universal continuity, it looks we're going into a phase of gaming where we're asking for more integration and meaning alongside our usual "kill everything that moves" multiplayer objectives. I look forward to seeing if Eye can back up it's claims.
Anyway, I hope more and more indie devs make FPS games - they usually turn out to be really good (or at least decent) like Gravity Bone, TECNO, Zeno Clash or Penumbra.
Oh yea, Doom RPG, came out on a phone platform, how odd. A shame it didn't come out any other platforms.
And no, I don't have a PS3, so I thought Valkyrie Chronicles was some Strategy RPG game with some action thrown in it. Still thinking whether or not to buy the psp version though.
@otikik I speak a nice amount of French and that language seemed like a made up language using french as a base, or possibly just Latin. It could possibly be an obscure dialect. The narrator used "Tu" many times for you and "qui" for who a few times. If anyone knows if they speak a real language or not I would like to know also.
As for the game, it looks really nice. Anything that says it's in the likeness of Deus Ex I come running.:)
WANT. SOLD. DAY ONE etc etc. This game sounds like a wet dream. There is no such thing as too many cyberpunk FPSRPGs. Now all I need is the Deus Ex 3 developers to release just a scrap of info.
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Anyway, I hope more and more indie devs make FPS games - they usually turn out to be really good (or at least decent) like Gravity Bone, TECNO, Zeno Clash or Penumbra.
And no, I don't have a PS3, so I thought Valkyrie Chronicles was some Strategy RPG game with some action thrown in it. Still thinking whether or not to buy the psp version though.
As for the game, it looks really nice. Anything that says it's in the likeness of Deus Ex I come running.:)