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Okay - it's a stealth game. Like Hitman. You're a secret agent (spy) Like Metal gear. It's WWII France.

That's it. sounds terrible right? Well, hang on a sec - you may just get more than you bargained for. To be sure there are stupid elements to it, like The detection radius while you're in shadow and Nazis are looking for you is stupid small - and the AI is retarded on occasion (for instance, you can whistle to get the Nazis attention and they will go to investigate. Of course, by then, you will have moved. Now - if they're not in a good position for stabby-stabby, you whistle again to get him to come investigate it again - so he will go investigate the second whistle, and the third, and the fourth, in perpetuity without firing a shot unless, of course, you leave the shadows or they get within the stupid small detection radius.)

The atmosphere of the game is cool, though - there's no radar, you're loathe to use anything but your knife to killy kill with, and the music is amazingly appropriate. The Nazis actually do speak german (Instead of english with a german accent) and the environments are really well done. I don't think this game is a purchase, but definitely rent it, and hopefully look for more in the future - while the game is not ZOMG JAWSOME - it's for sure a really good springboard from which some potentially excellent future titles might launch.

Chardok wrote:To be sure there are stupid elements to it, like The detection radius while you're in shadow and Nazis are looking for you is stupid small - and the AI is retarded on occasion (for instance, you can whistle to get the Nazis attention and they will go to investigate. Of course, by then, you will have moved. Now - if they're not in a good position for stabby-stabby, you whistle again to get him to come investigate it again - so he will go investigate the second whistle, and the third, and the fourth, in perpetuity without firing a shot unless, of course, you leave the shadows or they get within the stupid small detection radius.)

The idea of a single operative sneaking into a fully-staffed enemy fortification and living to tell the tale is pretty unrealistic anyway, so having a few other unrealistic elements to tip things in your favour isn't entirely unwelcome.

I think it's funny that there's two of these "WW2 stealth action games" coming out now (Velvet Assassin and Saboteur). Saboteur looks like it will probably be more enjoyabe, but I'm not sure that either will be up to the level of Hidden and Dangerous 2 or Sniper Elite (yes, it sounds like a budget title, but is probably the best stealth shooter that you'll play).

Hey, does she still have a freakish morphine induced hallucination when she looses all her health and turn into a dress wearing spectre of pure assassination? That shit was totally whack.

Ford Prefect wrote:Hey, does she still have a freakish morphine induced hallucination when she looses all her health and turn into a dress wearing spectre of pure assassination? That shit was totally whack.

No, you actually have to use morphine to start "Morphine Mode" (it's an item you can pick up in the course of playing the game, like a power up) and it is super awesome-weird. I *think* the whole game is a hallucination; unfortunately, not much has been revealed to this point because I cannot get past the 2nd level (The Cathedral) because I keep replaying it to get a perfect score.
(Without using the female SS helper uniform)

Yeah - I'm like THAT.