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GP: Saboteur is based on the real life actions of William Grover-Williams, a racing driver who assisted the French Resistance during World War 2. Was the design of Saboteur built around this character from the outset, or did you come up with the concept of a WW2 sabotage theme, and then decide to place this historical figure in it?
Today Pandemic Studios announced that its open-world sandbox action game The Saboteur will be available worldwide on December 8, 2009.
The Saboteur has recently won various art awards, including Best of E3 2009 for Artistic Design for Xbox 360 by IGN.com.
Inspired by a true story, The Saboteur stars Sean Devlin, a street-tough Irish race car driver trapped behind enemy lines in 1940s Nazi-occupied France. Motivated by personal revenge, Sean fights, climbs, and races through open-world Paris, sneaking into the heart of the Nazi operations and sabotaging their every move.
One of the most interesting and character filled games I've seen around E3 so far has to be The Saboteur.
The game set in Nazi-occupied Paris offers gamers a real treat, a sandbox environment in which to cause havoc. According to lead designer Tom French (could he have a more appropriate name?), the team developing the game went at it with a 'quiet in, loud out' ethos. This mechanic allows players to satisfy two inherently different play styles, stealth sneakery and the all-guns-blazing approach. Sneak up and break an enemies' neck, steal his uniform and infiltrate? Or use a rocket-launcher to demolish a blimp? It's up to you.
The character of this revenge twinged storyline is an Irishman named Shaun, who's out to knock off some pesky Nazis in his own, ever-so-cool manner. After all, he is a race car driver when he's not busy with the ladies of the Red Light District. A 1940's rockstar approach has been taken with Shaun's character, which is reflected in the cover system used in the game. Shaun glides and ducks smoothly next to walls and behind crates, French was careful to outline his intention to make Shaun seem cool under fire, rather than a flailing slapstick joke. Completed a big mission? Shaun effortlessly flicks his zippo across a cigarette, leaving a cloud for anyone in his trail. Very swish.
Probably the most memorable thing from today’s Microsoft press conference was the reveal of the Natal, the motion sensitive device that Microsoft has been working on. Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux said it will revolutionise the gaming industry, and it has the backing of Hollywood director Steven Spielberg.
While it’s true that Molyneux has a bit of a reputation for talking things up before they’ve reached gamers’ hands, if Natal really works as Microsoft showed doing, it could be pretty impressive by the time it's unleashed upon the world.
During today’s demo of Natal, a woman on stage knocked down blocks and kicked back balls, stacked up against a wall, all by jumping up and down, and waving her head, arms and legs around. In another demo, a man used a virtual painting program, where he gestured as if he was throwing paint on a canvas, to make an African scene complete with baby elephant (created through the use of two people and a couple of pillows).
This is new, but ex shelf stock so is not sealed and may have slight wear and tear on the packaging.
Pandemic Studios invites you to experience the ultimate open-world action/adventure-as The Saboteur. Fight, climb, and race your way through a uniquely stylized version of Nazi-occupied France, and hunt down your sworn enemies who have taken everything from you. Enter the seedy underground world of a saboteur living in 1940s Paris, where the women are sexy, the missions are epic, and the revenge is satisfying.
Play as Sean Devlin, a street-tough Irish racing mechanic seeking personal redemption in the first open-world action game set in Nazi-occupied Europe. Now, it's time for payback-with the help of the French Resistance, British intelligence, an arsenal of weaponry, and your own street smarts and brawn, you must exact revenge on those who aimed to destroy your life. Motivated by retribution and armed with tactics of sabotage, blow up zeppelins, derail trains, implode bridges, destroy armored tanks, and level enemy facilities in the name of vengeance.
Features:
- Live the resistance in an open-world Paris - Fight and sabotage your way through a stylized open-world 1940s Paris - from the top of the Eiffel Tower, to the riverbanks of the Seine, the cathedral of Notre Dame or the prestigious Champs-Élysées.
- Be the Saboteur -Use a broad range of weapons and explosives to perform your blockbuster sabotage as you single-handedly hunt-down your enemies to dismantle and destroy the Nazi occupation.
- Quiet In, Loud Out - Use gameplay systems like Climbing, Sneaking, and Stealth Kills to infiltrate the Nazi occupation to perform acts of Sabotage Once you've blown your target to pieces, leverage the intuitive cover system and assortment of weapons to blast your way to freedom.
- Vertical World - This version of Paris was designed to leverage the unique abilities of The Saboteur. Being a Saboteur is all about surprise attacks and Paris' rooftops are the perfect path for your secret operations.
- Will to Fight - The Saboteur introduces a innovative new feature that is both an iconic visual style, and a compelling gameplay element. See and feel Paris change around you as you progress through the game. Go from a dark and oppressed black and white policed state, to a bright and inspired world where the citizens fight back..
- Hijack any vehicle - From high performance racecars to military vehicles, as the Saboteur, you can drive any vehicle that comes along to escape your pursuers.
