Velvet Assassin delayed until early 2009

lighten up francis

I think you are talking about the real life Violette Szabo. Replay said it was inspired by her but its an original story. Relax hombre.

Damn, and I haven't had a chance to post my write up on this games PAX presentation…

The gist: You play a female Sam Fisher in World War 2, except that you are actually in a coma, remembering the mission that put you in a coma.

Pros: the game's "morphine effect" (think bullet time, but for super quick neck snaps, this is a stealth game after all) is very pretty. The world basically bleeds away and you take on your 'Coma patient' look during it.

having the option to pull soldier's grenade's pins when they aren't looking is also cute, though no different from a 'context sensitive super kill'

Cons: aside from the morphine effect, the graphics are run of the mill. the game play looks completely scripted and linear and unoriginal and (in some cases) like you could spend a while starting at what you are supposed to do, with no clue how to do it.

seriously, in the demo, the dev ran through this room full of toxic gas, weaving between guards on patrol, exactly to where she needed to go: a box in the corner which she needed to drag out, then climb on top of to reach a catwalk.

Now, from my own playing experience, I don't do so well in games that don't have interactive environments, but sometimes use interactive objects for puzzles. I can only imagine getting more irritated when trying to find these things while avoiding guards etc...