Presidential Protection is Theme of Upcoming Secret Service Game
Presidential Protection is Theme of Upcoming Secret Service Game
October 11, 2008
Life as a Secret Service agent must be very high pressure existence, indeed. When things go well, no one notices. When things go badly, the entire world is transfixed.
Activision will give players a chance to try on the agent's typical dark glasses, earpiece, and lapel pin in Secret Service, an upcoming, first-person title for Xbox 360, PS2 and PC.
The mission, of course, is presidential protection. From IGN's write-up:
Secret Service takes place on Inauguration Day in Washington D.C. An extremist assault has been launched against the capitol - security has been compromised and it is unclear who is friend or foe. There is no time for negotiation as you are thrust out of the shadows and into the line of fire in order to protect the nation's leaders. The action takes place among famous landmarks and everywhere in between, including both Marine One and Air Force One.
GP: Depending upon how it is presented, Secret Service could end up being a rather controversial game. There are those who will argue that presidential assassination scenarios should not be trivialized by turning them into a game.
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Posted 11/20/08 at 10:03pm
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PHX Corp: ok, I get it now, no need to repeat it
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Posted 11/20/08 at 09:22pm
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Posted 11/20/08 at 09:16pm
sqlrob: @PHX: What does DTV have to do with video games? A console doesn't care, and most people are on cable
sqlrob: @PHX: What does DTV have to do with video games? A console doesn't care, and most people are on cable
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PHX Corp: Do you think the Video game industry is already aware of the DTV transistion
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d.vel.oper: @sql: Ah. How's the performance? Looking for a quantifiable sum, btw.
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sqlrob: when it hits the server. The server doesn't know anything happened
sqlrob: when it hits the server. The server doesn't know anything happened
Posted 11/20/08 at 07:03pm
sqlrob: @d: The endpoint doesn't see the change. It's compressed (and other optimizations) between client and hardware, then normal
sqlrob: @d: The endpoint doesn't see the change. It's compressed (and other optimizations) between client and hardware, then normal
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sqlrob: ..., needs the proper network backend hardware for most features, but not all
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d.vel.oper: @sqlrob: What product(s) do you actually work on, if you're not all NDAized, that is.
d.vel.oper: @sqlrob: What product(s) do you actually work on, if you're not all NDAized, that is.
Posted 11/20/08 at 06:56pm
PHX Corp: If things go well the Republicans may have to go libertaian if all else fails
PHX Corp: If things go well the Republicans may have to go libertaian if all else fails
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I would counter the trivialization argument with America's Army. If the military can "trivialize" war, why can't we make a game about the secret service?
Sounds like fun. I just hope they don't use the game for some sort of lame social commentary and let it be politically neutral.
Sounds like some people at Activision have been watching alot of movies like 'Vantage Point'.
Assuming they aren't just going for shock value and are actually putting some thought and effort into this I think this could end up being a pretty good game. Based on the rather brief description I'm thinking it would play kinda like a combonation of Condemned, Deus Ex and Ico. I guess as long as they don't turn the whole game into one huge escort mission from GoldenEye it'll be fine...I swear sometimes I think Natalya wanted to die.
This sounds like the anti-JFK reloaded, what's the likelyhood of this either having a mode or getting a mod to let you try to take out the President. Also 360 needs a 0 point 'Traitor' achievement, especially if the president is a Bush lookalike
Why is it when something is protrayed in a video game it always becomes "trivial"?
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"On the 360, PS2 and PC" means it's not going to be amazing. The PS2 version is basically going to be ported up (with better graphics obviously) to the other two platforms, meaning that the limitations of whatever engine they use will still be present.
"Secret Service takes place on Inauguration Day in Washington D.C. An extremist assault has been launched against the capitol - security has been compromised and it is unclear who is friend or foe."
I already know its going to be a shitty game.
I disagree with the publishing of this game because it trivializes the Secret Service's other mission: stopping counterfieting.
Remember SWAT? In that game, you also played the role of the SWAT, and there was a mission in it, if I remember correctly, that had you save the president.
Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President?
That's what this games needs, Ninjas dressed in blue!
Didn't they already do a Secret Service game?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_(computer_game)
It was rather lame, though it did have some high points. I don't expect much about this.
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