Syndicate will NOT include an online pass!
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Syndicate will NOT include an online pass!
Electronic Arts' upcoming Syndicate won't include an Online Pass despite containing substantial online multiplayer content, the game's developer has revealed. Speaking to Eurogamer, executive producer Jeff Gamon explained that the title's multiplayer mode was given “equal billing” with the single-player campaign, rather than restricted access: “We want as little resistance or barriers to entry as possible.”
While Online Passes are standard-issue for Electronic Arts-built games, the title's development occupies a grey area between internal and outsourced. While coding of the EA-owned IP was overseen by EA Partners, indie studio Starbreeze managed to convince the publisher to bend the rules, Gamon says, “because it didn't have competitive multiplayer and because we wanted as many people as possible to be playing co-op.”
Gamon's hope is that the strategy – together with a decent helping of content – will be rewarded with a high user-retention rate. He estimates that players should take “a good six, seven hours” to see all the game's co-op, with the game containing what he sees as a high replay value: “to progress your character and upgrade a few weapons is a heap of content.”
The game releases Feb 21. We're not going to come right out and suggest you reward EA/Starbreeze's risk by keeping your copy until the day you're buried with it, but we're certainly not going to advise against it either.
While Online Passes are standard-issue for Electronic Arts-built games, the title's development occupies a grey area between internal and outsourced. While coding of the EA-owned IP was overseen by EA Partners, indie studio Starbreeze managed to convince the publisher to bend the rules, Gamon says, “because it didn't have competitive multiplayer and because we wanted as many people as possible to be playing co-op.”
Gamon's hope is that the strategy – together with a decent helping of content – will be rewarded with a high user-retention rate. He estimates that players should take “a good six, seven hours” to see all the game's co-op, with the game containing what he sees as a high replay value: “to progress your character and upgrade a few weapons is a heap of content.”
The game releases Feb 21. We're not going to come right out and suggest you reward EA/Starbreeze's risk by keeping your copy until the day you're buried with it, but we're certainly not going to advise against it either.
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Re: Syndicate will NOT include an online pass!
Nice move, Crytek did the same with Crysis 2 and I wonder how much harm it did total sales? I wonder if they will be planning a fair amount of DLC for it in order to snag income from people who buy preowned copies.
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Re: Syndicate will NOT include an online pass!
I would expect so, Have you given the demo a whirl yet mate? As a fan of the original you'll appreciate it the demo level is a reimagining of the first level
Killswitchmad- Fifth Wall Vet
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Re: Syndicate will NOT include an online pass!
i have set it to download mate but that was late on Tuesday night and my Xbox hasnt been on since. Will try and get it downloaded later as I fancy giving it a go - still need to try the Darkness 2 as well
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