According to a CVG report, Electronic Arts is getting set to announce a new version of the classic Syndicate series.
While there are no details on this supposed project, it's interesting to note that it was announced that Starbreeze were working with EA to resurrect a classic franchise. With the last game, Syndicate Wars, released in 1996, this certainly would fit the "classic" bill.
The Syndicate series was a fixed-view isometric real-time tactics title set in a cyberpunk universe. If Starbreeze -- best known for their recent work on first-person shooter titles like Chronicles of Riddick and The Darkness -- are working on the title, we'd expect an updated Fallout 3-style re-working of the series. But that's just a guess; it could be more like Road Rash for all we know.
Only time will tell if this rumor pans out into reality, and who will actually be working on the title. Syndicate fans -- does this potential title excite or scare you?
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2:09 PM on 10.17.2008
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MOAR SYNDICATE!!!
I even have a siggy on an old forum somewhere asking for a sequal or remake.
One of my fav games of all time.
@sporelink... or it was someone fishing for interest?!?
that is awesome news. it be great if the revived bullfrog too.
You could still have the joy of building up your fortune and moding your agents with newer and cooler gear. Plus it would be a way to bring the series up to bat with the newer generation while at the same time keeping true to the spirit of the original game.
Control and play like R6V but give it a bit more openess like CrackDown. Not open world mind but remember how the stages were all just like small sections of a larger city?
You could decide exactly how you want to cary out your missions. Like Deus Ex.
Gosh I just got giddy as a school girl over this rumor. I hope I'm not setting my self up for disapointment with my dreams. More likly it will be a real bad POS that looks and controls like pure shit with dated PS2 grafix. Like the Spider Man 3 game.
If they had to do it, then something like what Blue Ryd3r said would be fine - more of a squad based customisable Deus Ex.
You can fuck off with that 1st person horseshit though. Do not want that.
I want them to keep the 3rd person isometric view (well maybe they do not have to have it strictly isometric) and everything I liked about the original but just update it and expand on the gfx and story whilst leaving the core mechanics of it alone.
To the guy who wrote this piece: why did you have to go and mention Fallout 3, favourably? Must all old games be revived as shooters? Go play your console cra, and when posting news, leave your asinine comments out of it.
To the guy who wrote this piece: why did you have to go and mention Fallout 3, favourably? Must all old games be revived as shooters? Go play your console crap, and when posting news, leave your asinine comments out of it.