Stealth action with a heavy dose of adrenaline bullet-time
It’s nice to see developers Edge of Reality taking a chance and just cracking on a with title using their own funding… surely the creative juices must flow a bit easier if you haven’t got a corporate money-man breathing down your neck all the time, pushing for a release as he eyes up the mounting cost of development? That said, you could argue that a lack of external bucks might result in a rushed game released before it’s ready in a bid to try and claw back some of the cash invested in it…Well, looking at these latest screens for Cipher Complex, you’ve got admit that it’s looks very tasty. This PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 title is set for release in late 2007/early 2008 and, according to Edge of Reality, it’s best categorized as Aggressive Infiltration… so I guess that means you stealth it as long as possible and then turn the enemy into meaty chunks when he finds you…
Click for larger imageYou’ll be able to take tactical control of the flow of time in the game through adrenaline powered mechanics; moments where the player moves so fast that time stands still. This will let you unleash powerful dashing attacks in the blink of an eye, faster than the enemy can respond, and then move in with adrenaline powered attacks that knock enemies flying with devastatingly effective sweeps of the player’s combat knife.
Click for larger imageBut what about the story? Hmm, well, when a decommissioned Russian missile complex off the unforgiving coast of Siberia is assaulted by a mysterious militant faction and subsequent diplomatic inquires to Russia fail, Cipher (that’s you) is sent in to investigate. And so the crisis begins… ooh, enigmatic…
