First Details of Rockstar's Agent Revealed

During in interview with Eurogamer, Take-Two's Ben Feder discussed some minor details about Rockstar's upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive: Agent. During Sony's press conference the only announcement made was that the game was, indeed, going to be made with the Sony system in mind, but it was mysteriously without images or the slightest of details. The logo itself is as appealing as it could be, but it left gamers wanting more, and didn't really come off as the important megaton announcement it would have been if they provided a little insight into what we should be expecting. During the interview, said insight was given, and little bits of information are slowly coming together.
Ben said that the series is its own franchise entirely, which is something that led to the decision to make it a platform exclusive. They wanted to make sure it got users' attention - a promise that an exclusive title certainly carries. When asked about the initial comparisons to Grand Theft Auto, his answer was a bit more cryptic.
"It's a completely different storyline, there is completely different character development. It's a game about espionage, set in the 1970s. GTA is obviously more about an urban experience, a typically rags to riches experience. Very, very different storylines, very different character development. It's going to be very fresh for gamers."
It sounds like he's dodging the question a bit, and saying that the game has a different story than Grand Theft Auto isn't in any way saying that the game will play differently. It wouldn't come as a surprise to me at all that Rockstar is a bit sick of bowing to Microsoft's system's inadequacies and is anxious to see what they can do when they push the cell processor to its limits. Seeing as they're all wearing money-hats purchased by Microsoft's GTA DLC money, starting a new franchise might be the only way.
Then again, it could just be that early that they're not even sure exactly how it's going to play. What do you think? Excited for Agent, or waiting for more information?
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they had me sold on the spy during the 70s reveal at the E3 presser... anything else they reveal is just icing on the cake.
00.19
Wed, 24 June 2009 02:09PM
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they had me sold on rockstar
jeffers242
Wed, 24 June 2009 04:00PM
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I'm definitely excited for this one. Made by Rockstar and using the GTA4 engine so it can't be a bad thing IMO. It will be nice to get something other than the rags to riches we always get from GTA games. This is the same reason I'm really looking forward to Red Dead Redemption...it's basically a western that plays like GTA from what I can tell. Can't wait! That game engine is so good they can recycle it as many times as they want...special agent, western, anything else they come up with...it should all be good stuff.
Smitty
Mon, 29 June 2009 01:00PM
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