Aug 26, 2009

Fresh Saboteur Screens

Tags: Pandemic | The Saboteur | World War II

Fresh images of Pandemic’s WWII colour centric action game have just landed for you to ogle at. They mainly show our protagonist Sean Devlin and glimpses of the pièce de résistance, its colour changing scenery. On the subject of resistance, although in a slightly different context, the game is based on actual resistance fighter William Grover-Williams.

Grover-Williams was, as in the game was a Grand Prix motor racer turned Nazi Saboteur for the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Through his work as part of the resistance, he helped initiate the Chestnut network, a group of resistance fighters that operated in and around the Paris region in France. He operated throughout most of the war until his capture and execution in 1943.

The game will undoubtedly draw some unfortunate parallels with Replay Studio’s Velvet Assassin, which was released a few months ago and sunk without a trace after a critical mauling. Both games are set in WWII and have SOE saboteurs as the lead, who are at least based on real life people and events. Velvet Assassin was inspired by Violette Szabo and The Saboteur on Grover-Williams, hopefully that’s where the similarities end.

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.

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.