Syndicate to get a franchise reboot?

[HeartsOfFire]

The Escapist is reporting that Electronic Arts has filed to renew their trademark to the Syndicate franchise from the mid 90's. Possible reboot in the works?

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...-Registrations

I was a huge fan of Syndicate when it was released. I was but of a lad in my teens then and setting 2D sprites on fire with the flamethrower was gigglefit inspiring.

Fast forward a good 15 years. Technology has changed. Syndicate was epic back in the day, it can be just as epic today, especially with what games like Bioshock have shown us in terms of character augmentations.

I'm just going out on a limb here, but I'm envisioning a first person shooter with optional drop-in co-op. Player controls a cyborg agent tasked with completing various objectives chronologically. How he completes those objectives is entirely up to him, like in Hitman. You can go through the front door, guns blazing, or you can sneak silently around the back and complete your objective without anyone ever knowing you were even there. The ends always justify the means. It doesn't matter if you leave a bloody mess behind, as long as the objective gets completed.

The idea of controlling a virtually indestructible cybernetic with matrix-like powers makes me giddy. One mission going through an entire office building to kill a rival CEO, entirely in an adrenaline fueled bullet-time high... the next mission swapping in his stealth augments and infiltrating a military base with cloaking capabilities, immaculate hand-to-hand prowess...

My standards are probably pretty high. Nonetheless, I remain optimistic.

[yads]

Exciting, but the fact that it will likely be a first person shooter is putting me off. There was something really cool about managing a team of agents from a distance and augmenting them between missions.

[Jimmy Stang]

Damn. I almost forgot about that game. I wonder if the disc is still at my folks' place and if I could run it on an emulator.

[dissentowner]

I misread the title as Syndicate to get a franchise robot? I am now very disappointed with the contents of this thread.

[sclitheroe]

It is EA. Nobody should have high hopes of anything, other than being $69.99 poorer.

Which is regrettable, as Syndicate was a pretty awesome game.

[sclitheroe]

Originally Posted by HeartsOfFire

The Escapist is reporting that Electronic Arts has filed to renew their trademark to the Syndicate franchise from the mid 90's. Possible reboot in the works?

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...-Registrations

I was a huge fan of Syndicate when it was released. I was but of a lad in my teens then and setting 2D sprites on fire with the flamethrower was gigglefit inspiring.

Fast forward a good 15 years. Technology has changed. Syndicate was epic back in the day, it can be just as epic today, especially with what games like Bioshock have shown us in terms of character augmentations.

I'm just going out on a limb here, but I'm envisioning a first person shooter with optional drop-in co-op. Player controls a cyborg agent tasked with completing various objectives chronologically. How he completes those objectives is entirely up to him, like in Hitman. You can go through the front door, guns blazing, or you can sneak silently around the back and complete your objective without anyone ever knowing you were even there. The ends always justify the means. It doesn't matter if you leave a bloody mess behind, as long as the objective gets completed.

The idea of controlling a virtually indestructible cybernetic with matrix-like powers makes me giddy. One mission going through an entire office building to kill a rival CEO, entirely in an adrenaline fueled bullet-time high... the next mission swapping in his stealth augments and infiltrating a military base with cloaking capabilities, immaculate hand-to-hand prowess...

My standards are probably pretty high. Nonetheless, I remain optimistic.

Rather than a first person shooter as you’ve suggested, I’d like to see a renewed Syndicate retain the tactical view. Combine that with a huge, persistent map of a future megalopolis inhabited by multiple corporations rather than levels like the old one, add some strong online multiplayer where various corps do battle on that big map, and I think you’d have a winner.

Oh and the miniguns were far cooler than the flamethrowers

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by sclitheroe

Oh and the miniguns were far cooler than the flamethrowers

I don't disagree, but with the flamethrowers you could hear the enemy scream. No matter what I used, I would always try to take out as many of those hovering cars as I could.

[Coys1882]

wow - what a blast from the past. This kind of game would be a brilliant Itouch port.

That and Xwing vs. Tie fighter... and X-COM UFO Defense.

[cKy]

Originally Posted by Coys1882

wow - what a blast from the past. This kind of game would be a brilliant Itouch port.

That and Xwing vs. Tie fighter... and X-COM UFO Defense.

Good call, EA has been making a lot of iPod games as of late aswell.

Wouldn't be surprised if that is why they are re-registering the name

[Hack&Lube]

Lets hope that it remains in an isometric view and not another GTA/Mafia or it doesn't get turned into something wierd like an FPS like the new XCOM