That's pretty much what most open world games did so far, GTA, Fallout, Just Cause, just to mention a few.

Jerykk wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 23:08:
Ideally, games would let you decide if you actually care about the story.

But it would be pretty darned cool if that were the case. I don't so much mind some things being a bit scripted in order to move the plot along. At the end of the day it's still a game. IMO no game will ever have that full "suspension of belief" because other wise how do you have a narrative if nothing is ever scripted at all?

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 22:41:

Prez wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 22:17:
Nah, I would hate that. There's nothing fun about missing a critical tidbit because you were too late. Just give me the illusion that I was just in time, then script away.

Or have a time-out period - you have a certain length of time to trigger an event, otherwise it occurs anyway.

Prez wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 22:17:
Nah, I would hate that. There's nothing fun about missing a critical tidbit because you were too late. Just give me the illusion that I was just in time, then script away.

As mentioned, I'd like to see events happening in the world regardless of whether you're there. Why not let the player miss part of the phone call? If the phone call is that important they could always put a bit of fluff at the beginning to pad it out. Pressing hack and triggering a scripted sequence just isn't as compelling.

theyarecomingforyou wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 21:45:

RollinThundr wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 18:57:
More than just 1 other player, when they zoom out at the end of the presentation there's player markers in a few spots on the world. This game has potential to be pretty innovative if the MP plays out like it appears to.

I'd be surprised if the game had the sort of multiplayer features you're talking about. It's just as likely that the other characters are AI controlled and do their own thing and that you switch between them.

As mentioned, I'd like to see events happening in the world regardless of whether you're there. Why not let the player miss part of the phone call? If the phone call is that important they could always put a bit of fluff at the beginning to pad it out. Pressing hack and triggering a scripted sequence just isn't as compelling.

RollinThundr wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 18:57:
More than just 1 other player, when they zoom out at the end of the presentation there's player markers in a few spots on the world. This game has potential to be pretty innovative if the MP plays out like it appears to.

Quboid wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 18:40:
I took the 10 seconds to be them getting out of the car, but also dealing with the shock of the impact. Still, fair points - I hadn't considered how paranoid they'd be, but presumably the conked guard had been found and they'd been notified. It's still a bit forced IMHO, but not unreasonably so.

It would be ideal if you could miss 5 seconds of the call - or all of the call - but have enough other clues to get the plot: intercepted emails, comms between security guards, etc.

jacobvandy wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 18:28:
I assumed it was just another segment of the single-player game; it wouldn't be the first time you're bouncing between several characters throughout a story campaign. You're right though, that would make for some interesting multiplayer.

Wildone wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 19:57:
Betting this will never see the light of day. Or will be deeply consolized/sodomized by release. Mark my wordsssss

Dirwulf wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 19:13:
Kind of reminds me of Person of Interest.

Titus wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 18:43:

jacobvandy wrote on Jun 5, 2012, 18:28:
I assumed it was just another segment of the single-player game; it wouldn't be the first time you're bouncing between several characters throughout a story campaign. You're right though, that would make for some interesting multiplayer.

If you look at the cut to the presentation itself, there's a new player in the spotlights as well, so two in total on the stage. Also, the interface for the second player says 'New Group Objective', and when zooming out to the map before the closing title, there's multiple name arrows all over the city map,in the same style and color of the minimap player icons.

Also, the 'Everything's Connected' catchphrase would make much more sense. The hacking stuff itself isn't that novel, and has been done before (though not to such extent) in games like DE, DE:HR and even the Syndicate FPS. Such multiplayer would be though.