Deathmatch? Deathly boring. Capture the flag? Go capture it yourself. Assault? More like ass-ault. We admit that even we can get a little bored with traditional multiplayer game types. So you can imagine our excitement when the developers of Kane and Lynch said that their brand of online action was so fresh, so radical that they can't believe that no one's thought of it yet.
When playing K&L online (known as Fragile Alliance), you'll be part of a bank heist. Basically, your squad will try to grab as much loot as possible, taking out cops and other security measures all the while. If you notice that a teammate has a sack a bit fuller than yours (or you just want to pad your sack a bit more) you can, as they say on the streets, kill him. But once you do so, the whole team knows, and they likely won't take kindly to it. Even if you do get popped, you're still in the game, reincarnated as a police officer, allowing you to take delicious vengeance on your killer.
We don't know all the ins-and-outs of Fragile Alliance yet, but, suffice it to say that we can't wait to get our hands on it.
Reader Comments (22)
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:33PM Fullmetal Salchemist said
What happens if you die as a cop? Do you get reincarnated as a civilian?
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:34PM Dr Stabbingworth said
Bank robbery simulator! My warped video game mind can't differentiate!
I must sell drugs to buy guns to rob banks!
I must sell drugs to buy guns to rob banks!
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:35PM (Unverified) said
Sounds great, good to see something innovative even if I don't expect K&L to be that good overall. Bravo.
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 4:20PM (Unverified) said
Yeah I'm actually excited as the single player seems to be trying a bit too hard to be HEAT for the younger kids who will never bother to see it. That isn't necessarily a bad thing but it feels like it might try to hard to be edgy.
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Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:50PM whymog said
Didn't I play this eight years ago in Conker's Bad Fur Day? :p
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:59PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
Damn, I was gonna say, "Hey, Conker called. He wants his multiplayer mode back."
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Posted: Oct 9th 2007 1:50PM SoCoolCurt said
always glad to see somebody trying something different. this game wasnt on my radar before but i might give it a rental when it come out now to try the online stuff.
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 2:01PM (Unverified) said
Ooooooh! This game is getting higher and higher on my most wanted list. Anyone know what version of the game is better? PS3 or 360. I will have both for christmas so i want the best version
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 3:42PM sand0789 said
The 360 will typically have marginally better graphics on a multplatform game, but not enough to really matter, for multiplatform games. Both versions will have the same content. The 360 version may be out sooner because they often are, but I don't know for sure.
It really comes down to which system you would rather play it on. Which system do you have more friends that you can play online? Which system has a controller you prefer for an FPS? Do you have a LIVE membership? That's what I'd base the decision on.
Personally, I'd get any and every multiplatform game for 360 just because of LIVE and the fact that I have more friends with 360's to play online. UT3 could be an exception because the PS3 version looks to have more content.
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It really comes down to which system you would rather play it on. Which system do you have more friends that you can play online? Which system has a controller you prefer for an FPS? Do you have a LIVE membership? That's what I'd base the decision on.
Personally, I'd get any and every multiplatform game for 360 just because of LIVE and the fact that I have more friends with 360's to play online. UT3 could be an exception because the PS3 version looks to have more content.
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 2:13PM Buckshot said
City of Villains did it first
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 2:31PM falcomadol said
Is this the same Kane & Lynch that has no online co-op?
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 2:35PM (Unverified) said
Original MP is always cool. I like the Alien vs Predator mode where one player was the predator and everyone else hads to find them. UT2003-4 did something similar.
How does Conkers Bad Fur Day compare? what was in that mode?
How does Conkers Bad Fur Day compare? what was in that mode?
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 3:18PM Altairio said
If you make it all the way to the airport before getting popped in the head by Bishop, you win!
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 3:52PM jorojoserojas said
I can't wait until our good friend Jack Thompson hears about this. Christmas came early for him this year!
Of course, that just means we can laugh at him and his antics in the next Jack Thompson's Legal Comedy Hour.
Of course, that just means we can laugh at him and his antics in the next Jack Thompson's Legal Comedy Hour.
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 3:54PM zartan75 said
I can't wait to reenact my favorite Tarantino sequences!
JEFFREY
(pause)
How do I look?
The gun-shot Mr. Orange looks at the kid's GASHED face and the hole in the side of his head where his ear used to be.
MR. ORANGE
I don't know what to tell you
Jeffrey.
JEFFREY
That f##$@% bastard! That
f@#%@# sick $#@%#$ bastard!
(screaming)
What the $#$@# are they waiting
for? That mother!@#$! cut off my
ear! He slashed my face! I'm
deformed!
JEFFREY
(pause)
How do I look?
The gun-shot Mr. Orange looks at the kid's GASHED face and the hole in the side of his head where his ear used to be.
MR. ORANGE
I don't know what to tell you
Jeffrey.
JEFFREY
That f##$@% bastard! That
f@#%@# sick $#@%#$ bastard!
(screaming)
What the $#$@# are they waiting
for? That mother!@#$! cut off my
ear! He slashed my face! I'm
deformed!
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 4:18PM LuckyEMS said
i was thinking more along the lines of
Mr. Orange: What happens if the manager won't give you the diamonds?
Mr. White: When you're dealing with a store like this, they're insured up the ass. They're not supposed to give you any resistance whatsoever. If you get a customer, or an employee, who thinks he's Charles Bronson, take the butt of your gun and smash their nose in. Everybody jumps. He falls down screaming, blood squirts out of his nose, nobody says fucking shit after that. You might get some bitch talk shit to you, but give her a look like you're gonna smash her in the face next, watch her shut the fuck up. Now if it's a manager, that's a different story. Managers know better than to fuck around, so if you get one that's giving you static, he probably thinks he's a real cowboy, so you gotta break that son of a bitch in two. If you wanna know something and he won't tell you, cut off one of his fingers. The little one. Then tell him his thumb's next. After that he'll tell you if he wears ladies underwear. I'm hungry. Let's get a taco.
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Mr. Orange: What happens if the manager won't give you the diamonds?
Mr. White: When you're dealing with a store like this, they're insured up the ass. They're not supposed to give you any resistance whatsoever. If you get a customer, or an employee, who thinks he's Charles Bronson, take the butt of your gun and smash their nose in. Everybody jumps. He falls down screaming, blood squirts out of his nose, nobody says fucking shit after that. You might get some bitch talk shit to you, but give her a look like you're gonna smash her in the face next, watch her shut the fuck up. Now if it's a manager, that's a different story. Managers know better than to fuck around, so if you get one that's giving you static, he probably thinks he's a real cowboy, so you gotta break that son of a bitch in two. If you wanna know something and he won't tell you, cut off one of his fingers. The little one. Then tell him his thumb's next. After that he'll tell you if he wears ladies underwear. I'm hungry. Let's get a taco.
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 5:38PM hey buddy said
While 'Let's go get a taco' is one of my favorite lines from Harvey Keitel, I was thinking more of the movie 'Heat' when I saw this.
Either way, both are good movies and this game-mode looks promising. Although, who's to stop a group of friends from killing the random xbox-liver that winds up on their team? Sounds like the police force is going to be a bunch of randomly-placed together solo players.
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Either way, both are good movies and this game-mode looks promising. Although, who's to stop a group of friends from killing the random xbox-liver that winds up on their team? Sounds like the police force is going to be a bunch of randomly-placed together solo players.
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 4:55PM (Unverified) said
Isnt Mr orange the old man from Okami?
Posted: Oct 9th 2007 5:17PM djsnug said
sounds like team deathmatch to me...
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