Syndicate

You know, I really had concerns over this title. I loved Syndicate when I was younger and I was worried when I heard this was going to be a First Person Shooter styled thing, but after watching that vid, I think I'm going to have to keep my eyes open for more on this.

yeh some people have said there is to much going on on screen with the hacking and all that but i think its got a totally different aspect to a FPS game which makes it interesting

Meh, It's no busier than any other shooters. I like the fact that you can move cover out of the way, infiltrate minds, etc.

I kind of hope that you can work for any of the 3 corps and the games changes some what depending on the choices you make. I also hope that they try and keep the flavour of the original missions as well.

yeh the mind infiltration looks like a really good feature like that alot. its abit similar to the game "mind jack" the walking animation seems a little weird but i didnt notice it after the first few seconds. graphics from the video so far look alright but then again you can never tell properly from the net whay there going to be like. but yeh overall ill be keeping an eye on this game most def. it nice to actually have a conversation about a game lol at console army i posted some game up and they got like 40+ views but no one commented

looks cool, but don't think i would get this.

Cool stuff. So from the Vid I get the fact that there is some co-op/mp action going on there. This is starting to look more and more interesting.

Yeh same here. Im getting more interest with more info/videos that are released.

I love the matrix style cloaks that the players are wearing. stylish.

Its certainly got a great style to the game. Love the idea of the chips you take from other people been able to upgrade your skill and the hack things i cool too

brings a whole different way to playing. Do i just gun that guy down, or do I try to take his chip so that I can get better. Great choices.

Yeh its certainly different. Love the idea you can hacker people too and make them kill people too. Hopefully there will be a demo

Woah! Bad news on the Syndicate front for you Aussie guys.

"Starbreeze's upcoming Syndicate reboot has been refused classification (RC) by the Australian Classification Board.

The Classification Board's website lists the game as RC. Pending any successful appeal, this means the game will be effectively banned.

An update on the decision and EA's next move will follow as soon as we track down the answers.

Early last month the Australian video game industry welcomed the revised, proposed guidelines for an R18+ category for video games but, for now, the highest rating for video games in Australia remains MA15+. Games that cannot be accommodated within the MA15+ rating are refused classification.

Unanimous, in-principle support for the introduction of an R18+ category for games was finally reached this year after around decade of debate. However, at a recent roundtable held at Sydney's Macquarie University, attended by IGN AU, the Classification Board's David Emery admitted the process still may take a "couple of years.""

Man, the Au Clasification Board are a bunch of frigging pansies. I still can't believe that they refuse to give games an R18 rating.

There are times when I'm glad I live in NZ and our games come through the UK, not Australia.

EA has responded today to the Australian Classification Boards RC of Syndicate.

"EA Australia has now officially responded to its upcoming shooter Syndicate being refused classification by the Australian Classification Board. The company will not be distributing the game in Australia.

The game was refused classification (rated RC) and banned from sale in Australia yesterday.

"It's regrettable that government policy in Australia is denying adults the right to play Syndicate," said an EA spokesperson in the response we received this morning. "The game will be not be available in Australia despite its enthusiastic response from fans."

"We were encouraged by the government's recent agreement to adopt an 18+ age rating for games. We urge policy makers to take swift action to implement an updated policy that reflects today's market and gives its millions of adult consumers the right to make their own content choices."

According to the Classification Board report, the fact that enemies and corpses "can be explicitly dismembered, decapitated or bisected by the force of the gunfire" was a major problem.

Civilians can be targeted also, but cannot be dismembered. The report did, however, note that in cooperative gameplay "points are awarded for civilian casualties."

The report concludes:

"In the opinion of the Board, the game contains intense sequences of violence which include detailed depictions of decaptitation and dismemberment that are high in playing impact. The game also contains the ability to inflict repeated and realistic post mortem damage which exceeds strong in playing impact. It is therefore unsuitable for a minor to see or play and should be Refused Classification pursuant to item 1(d) of the computer games table of the Code."

The last game refused classification in Australia was The House of the Dead: Overkill for PS3, but Sega successfully appealed the decision and the rating was lowered to MA15+."

So sorry guys, no Syndicate will be played by Australian Gamers. Shame. I'm thinking about getting this game for the co-op.

Damn you guys in australia get it hard

Here is a new 8 minute co-op vid for syndicate entitled "New England".

Well damn this just makes me wanna buy this game right now Im so looking forward to this game now. I cant wait for it. Hopefully your getting this cas because we need to hit some co op on this baby

after watching that vid, this'll likely be my first game of the new year since it comes out in febuary.

Man this just keeps getting better and better.

I know doesnt it just i seriously cant wait for it and depending how good it is it may take over my bfbc2 play time

Yeah. Feb 21 can't come round fast enough. though I'm not sure what the release date is here in NZ maybe a couple of days later I think.

Yeah that has never made sense to me release on differet dates in different country obviously with the timezones but this just weird....