But while triple - A studios
like Eidos Montréal and the Sega - backed Amplitude will always be in a position to contemplate new fidelity standards, the conversation must be slightly different for smaller indie teams and one - person studios.
While the proof will be in the pummel pudding whenever the game gets released, it's actually looking
like Eidos» words about the game being «close to perfect» are predictions from the future.
Not exact matches
The game feels
like developer
Eidos Montreal was really hoping to make a trilogy and Mankind Divided is a middle chapter that's mostly setup.
Then,
like an augmented super-spy,
Eidos crept out of nowhere to announce it would be handling development of a brand new Deus Ex: Human Revolution out of its Montreal studio.
Unfortunately, the reorganization will cause some former
Eidos employees to lose their jobs, making this seem
like as much a cost cutting measure as it is a marketing strategy.
- Lastly,
Eidos Montreal is trying to create an atmosphere that,
like Bioshock and System Shock, sets the game apart immediately.
Koji Taguchi, a senior executive officer at Square Enix Holdings, posted the following at Twitter on the final day of the show: «Because we merged with
Eidos and had games
like Tomb Raider, Deus and Hitman, as a company we were able to keep face.
It felt
like another game that had an amazing campaign delivers a sub-par multiplayer to produce longevity to the experience, it was even developed by
Eidos Montreal meaning Crystal Dynamics didn't have many hands on the creation.
The latest title from
Eidos Montreal is taking gamers by storm
like a thief in the night (sorry, couldn't help myself).
Our team are gaming veterans with backgrounds at industry leaders
like Rovio, Gameloft, Digital Chocolate,
Eidos, EA, PopCap and Xbox.
Update:
Eidos - Montreal just put up a tease on their Vine account with a date of June 5, 2013, looks
like that's when we'll see this in action:
Developer:
Eidos Publisher: Square Enix Singleplayer: Yes Splitscreen: No Multiplayer: No PEGI: 15 + (I'd
like to thank Square Enix for providing this title free of charge for review) Before I get into this review and start going on about how good Deus Ex: Human Revolution -LSB-...]
As the City expanded though, I wished that
Eidos had realized that modern games have things
like fast travel points and maps that are actually helpful.
Its launch roster featured over 20 names — games
like Volition's Summoner, Rockstar's Midnight Club, or
Eidos» TimeSplitters.
Rebooting a game that has such a strong, cult
like following is even trickier, and
Eidos Montreal seems to
like these types of challenges.
Eidos Montreal has said that the upcoming Deus Ex 3 is going to draw heavily from games
like BioShock.
The first «teaser» the world got for a new Deus Ex game ended up being an April Fool's joke by the
Eidos Montreal team, but this looks
like it could be something real.
As Ian Livingstone, a founder of the publisher
Eidos, puts it: «Men
like her because she's athletic, sexy, intelligent, independent and adventurous, and women
like her because she's... athletic, sexy, intelligent, independent and adventurous.»
Eidos, the company that fathered the hugely popular Ms Croft, looks
like becoming the latest high - profile British computer games company to be bought by a foreign competitor after receiving a takeover approach from its French rival Infogrames.