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This is a game by Arkane Studios (the people who did Arx Fatalis) with special guest stars Harvey Smith (of System Shock and Deus Ex fame) and Viktor Antonov (creator of Half-Life 2's City 17). The game is supposed to be a little like Thief mixed with Deus Ex and magic elements.

The time freeze thing is one of the powers the main character, but I think I remember hearing it only lasts a few seconds. There are many apparent skills (including one where you can summon said rats to attack everyone in the shadows) that are supposed to be available for use, and many can be combined together (the example I read was a person summoning some rats, then possesing one of them to scout out an area).

Looking forward to this game..

In this kind of game I wish I could join the establishment. They seem to have a good idea on what they're doing.

That was a spectacular little break. The HalfLife artist is definitely... well... yeah he's obvious. But it's still cool. I for one, like the stilt police people.

"Killing me won't *GURK!*"

I liked that... no BS, no talking, just cut'n'run.

No fifteen minutes of whispering in a man's ear like in Assassin's Creed... that always creeped me out a little.

If this sucks, I will be very, very upset.

dogma wrote:If this sucks, I will be very, very upset.

This.

It looks like a combination of Assassins creed, Thief, Deus ex and a variety of other awesome games.

Assassins Creed was meh, Thief was good, Deus Ex was good, so I'm pleased.

This looks nothing like Deus Ex or Thief.
It's just name-dropping in order to get brownie points.

The guy runs on rooftops, shoots everyone in plain sight, magics around with magic, and make no effort to hide. It's more of a combination of Assassin's Creed and Metal Gear Solid 2.

I know this is only a trailer, but from what it looks like, the main character makes as much of an attempt at stealth as the Assassin's Creed character does. Once revealed, he solves all problems out in the open by killing everyone... like Assassin's Creed.
If this trailer is only like what'd happen in cutscenes and the like, then it's Metal Gear Solid. A lot of pseudoscience goofy anime stuff, boring gameplay, and cutscenes where interesting stuff happens. There's even the steampunk-equivalent of Metal Gears.

It is NOT, in any way, similar to Thief or Deus Ex. At all.

Absolutionis wrote:This looks nothing like Deus Ex or Thief.
It's just name-dropping in order to get brownie points.

The guy runs on rooftops, shoots everyone in plain sight, magics around with magic, and make no effort to hide. It's more of a combination of Assassin's Creed and Metal Gear Solid 2.

I know this is only a trailer, but from what it looks like, the main character makes as much of an attempt at stealth as the Assassin's Creed character does. Once revealed, he solves all problems out in the open by killing everyone... like Assassin's Creed.
If this trailer is only like what'd happen in cutscenes and the like, then it's Metal Gear Solid. A lot of pseudoscience goofy anime stuff, boring gameplay, and cutscenes where interesting stuff happens. There's even the steampunk-equivalent of Metal Gears.

It is NOT, in any way, similar to Thief or Deus Ex. At all.

From what I've seen of the actual game, it is though. So don't worry too much. Very much in the Deus Ex spirit, you can go about solving your problems in a bunch of different ways.

Take in mind, when you're showing off a game in a really cool trailer, the best way is to have some flashy action and make stuff look cool. I'm okay with that.

Five minutes of hiding in the rafters waiting for the guard to fall asleep or go talk to his buddy? I'm okay with that too... just it makes for a really crappy trailer.

@abso, I'd fully agree with you if I hadn't seen actual gameplay. The stealth in the game is very Thief-esque and like Chemical Cutthroat said most scenarios have a variety of solutions.

I have kept my eye on this for the Dickensian setting. Along with Bioshock Infinite, I'm glad that publishers beyond LionsHead are realizing the value of the 18th and 19th centuries.

I'd definitely go to this game's launch.

This looks amazing. Anyone know when its coming out?

I don't think it has a release date yet but I'd guess this year, AAA games don't often release trailers over a year before release.

So this is made by the dev's who made Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, that game was awesome.