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faulty_fork · Jan 17, 2012

EA just put up a new trailer for a Syndicate demo that should arrive soon. I've seen no date mentioned, but it should be available somewhere between now and the release date on February 21.

Demo Trailer
Video walkthrough of the first part of the demo (IGN)

Looks like it's one of the nine co-op levels that we'll get to try in the demo and probably no single player. It's been awfully quiet about the game even though it is going to get released real soon, so I'm looking forward to check out how it plays.

Update: The demo will be available on both Xbox Live and PlayStation Network at the end of January

Update 2: Demo is up on XBL Marketplace!
Download Link XBOX360

glaurung · Jan 17, 2012

Wow, this came outta nowhere.

2012 is a good year for demos so far.

Edit: the GUI looks busy as hell. Also, Sergeant Wang.

Noisepurge · Jan 17, 2012

i need more data on screen!

going up this week on PSN&XBL?

edit: hot damn, a new track from Flux Pavilion! They get all the hottest breaks/dubstep artist on this...

AgentOtaku · Jan 17, 2012

YYYYYEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

(^____^)

subversus · Jan 17, 2012

no PC demo, I presume?

Spoo · Jan 17, 2012

Game is gonna be hot. No doubt about it.

edit: Also, holy FUCK at their soundtrack for this shit, I swear. So good.

Net_Wrecker · Jan 17, 2012

I still say that HUD is eyeball hell. I mean holy crap, the amount of info on the screen is kinda crazy.

Flux Pavilion track's a plus though.

glaurung · Jan 17, 2012

Net_Wrecker said:
I still say that HUD is eyeball hell. I mean holy crap, the amount of info on the screen is kinda crazy.

Flux Pavillion track's a plus though.

Yeah, but that's the co-op GUI. I suppose the SP experience would be toned down a lot.

Noisepurge · Jan 17, 2012

i dunno, if all the information is important i don't mind, its on par with Deus Ex etc. and still far from MMO hell

glaurung · Jan 17, 2012

A bad GUI can work if the game itself is solid. Right now this reminds me of that Bronk game.

Dark Stalkers · Jan 17, 2012

What song is that?

subversus · Jan 17, 2012

I see, no demo for PC then. Me and my friend can try this on PS3 though.

faulty_fork · Jan 17, 2012

Dark Stalkers said:
What song is that?

It's a remix done by Flux Pavillion of the original Syndicate theme. They have the whole track up on the official Syndicate website.

http://www.ea.com/syndicate

I agree about the busy HUD, having the status of all the agents constantly at the top seem a bit unecessary. Usually stuff like that doesn't bother me when I'm actually playing though.

Spoo · Jan 17, 2012

Kinda weird they'd launch a trailer for their demo and not, like, give a date. The game is, what, 5 weeks away?

BladeRunner12 · Jan 17, 2012

It's coming at end of this month.

I'm really looking forward to Syndicate, going to download the demo for sure.

sixteen-bit · Jan 17, 2012

Will give it a try. Not to thrilled about the reboot though.

NHale · Jan 17, 2012

I'm excited to try the demo but that HUD is a mess, I can barely see the environment. Maybe they will have a option to customize the HUD.

The Nature Roy · Jan 17, 2012

Any word on if this title (not the demo) is going to hit Steam or no?

subversus · Jan 17, 2012

The Nature Roy said:
Any word on if this title (not the demo) is going to to hit Steam or no?

it won't.

but this will hit GOG this Thursday

AgentOtaku · Jan 17, 2012

Awesome!

g0tm1lk · Jan 17, 2012

subversus said:
it won't.

EA Games amirite?

subversus · Jan 17, 2012

g0tm1lk said:
EA Games amirite?

yes and PC demo for Kingdom of Amalur is out today.

tci · Jan 17, 2012

No PC demo means crappy port. Will stay away then.

faulty_fork · Jan 17, 2012

IGN have a video walkthrough up now which shows the first part of the demo:
Demo walkthrough

Second scope on the side of the gun is both silly and awesome

AndyMoogle · Jan 17, 2012

subversus said:
it won't.

but this will hit GOG this Thursday

Fuck yes.

maus · Jan 17, 2012

glaurung said:

lol

Data West · Jan 17, 2012

Lots of demos this month. This is something EA does that I can get behind

maus · Jan 17, 2012

just laminated and put that pic into the coffin of the fps genre.

Semblance · Jan 17, 2012

That UI is gross. What were they thinking?

Expectations are low, but I'll keep an open mind.

.la1n · Jan 17, 2012

I have been looking forward to this game so much, great news!

OG Kush · Jan 17, 2012

extremely annoying UI.

Double D · Jan 17, 2012

Totally forgot this game existed. And it's coming out soon? I guess there's another game I can add to my '12 games in 2012' list.

Tokubetsu · Jan 17, 2012

Can't wait. Looks and sounds awesome.

Sleepy Buddha · Jan 17, 2012

Looking forward to this game. More Blade Runner-esque, cyberpunk type games is fine by me.

That sort of setting is severely underused in games compared to others IMO *cough*fantasy*cough*. The future in games is generally depicted as a fucking wasteland after some apocalyptic event.

One of the main reasons why I loved Deus Ex: HR was the feeling I got exploring Heng-Sha and Tai Yong Medical. Made me feel as if I was infiltrating something like Tyrell Corp.

ii Stryker · Jan 17, 2012

Never played the original games so the premise seems interesting.

The gameplay videos aren't that impressive though. Too much shit on the HUD and the environments and enemies look like perfect dark zero.

Any idea on how long the co-op campaign is?

FStop7 · Jan 17, 2012

subversus said:
it won't.

but this will hit GOG this Thursday

SELECTED.

normalmode · Jan 18, 2012

Here's a 2+ minute clip of direct feed of co-op from a recent demo visit at EA:

http://youtu.be/PGlVM1l-82M?hd=1

LegatoB · Jan 18, 2012

normalmode said:
Here's a 2+ minute clip of direct feed of co-op from a recent demo visit at EA:

http://youtu.be/PGlVM1l-82M?hd=1

Why does the UI start flying all over the place any time the player moves?

Deleted member 81567 · Jan 18, 2012

Sounds food.

AwesomeSauce · Jan 18, 2012

normalmode said:
Here's a 2+ minute clip of direct feed of co-op from a recent demo visit at EA:

http://youtu.be/PGlVM1l-82M?hd=1

Sweet PS3 footage!

This game is going to scratch that 4 player co-op itch I've had since finishing up Dead Island with some buddies.

Gawny · Jan 18, 2012

Demo on January 31 (Xbox LIVE) and February 1 (PlayStation Network) [European dates]

Saty · Jan 18, 2012

LegatoB said:
Why does the UI start flying all over the place any time the player moves?

Because it's the most horrendous HUD that ever graced my eyes.

Neuromancer · Jan 24, 2012

Gawny said:
Demo on January 31 (Xbox LIVE) and February 1 (PlayStation Network) [European dates]

Hooray!

Jenga · Jan 24, 2012

so is there a blimp in the skies at all times or what

Castor Krieg · Jan 24, 2012

A re-imagining of a PC classic doesn't get a PC demo? Day 100 for 75% off.

Jenga · Jan 24, 2012

this game better end with milos kilos doing whatever generic action finale shit and then it just turned out he was doing a killing run for an exec and he gets kill-switched at the end for bonus bleak ending kudos

dragonelite · Jan 24, 2012

Castor Krieg said:
A re-imagining of a PC classic doesn't get a PC demo? Day 100 for 75% off.

haha same thing why no pc demo doesn't bode well.

LiquidMetal14 · Jan 24, 2012

No PC demo. Not day 100 but day I don't know. Let's hope I have a PS3 back soon so I can try it.

Confidence Man · Jan 24, 2012

Jesus

Neuromancer · Jan 24, 2012

I think they're purposely making the HUD crazy. Like, it's in the future and with all your implants and software there's an information overload.

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