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Rainbow 6: Patriots retains gritty story after team change

Jessica Conditt — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:15:00 EST

When Ubisoft confirmed that the creative director of Rainbow 6: Patriots, David Sears, had been replaced by Jean-Sebastien Decant, natural assumption was that it was over the title's morally ambiguous storyline. That's not quite the case, Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat told Game Informer.

Sears' departure was a mutual decision, Mallat said, and Ubisoft is "evolving the vision that came from David's initial input." Sears, narrative director Richard Rouse III, lead designer Philippe Therien and animation director Brent George have left Team Rainbow, Mallat confirmed. Sears at least is still employed by Ubisoft Montreal. Mallat said he's been moved on to a "major project for a major brand."

Rainbow 6: Patriots is still set to launch in 2013, Mallat said.

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inFamous 2 trailers show off the moral dichotomy of destruction

Griffin McElroy — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:20:00 EST

For all its strengths, inFamous's black-and-white morality system left more than a few players feeling fairly cold. Developer Sucker Punch is taking those criticisms to heart for the sequel, making the players' decisions affect their world and their missions in more clear-cut ways. PlayStation Blog recently showed off a pair of videos, one showing the "Good" way to handle a rescue mission (save some cops, and let them take care of it), and the other showing the "Not So Good" method (hijack an explosive-filled streetcar and drive it into the enemy hideout).

Check out these two trailers posted after the jump. Even if you're still not sold on inFamous 2's moral dichotomy, you can still watch Cole totally wreck shop for three whole minutes. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that.

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Infamous 2's morality system embodied by Kuo and Nix

Andrew Yoon — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:45:00 EST

Subtlety is, perhaps, not Infamous 2's strength. Can you guess which of these two represents Cole's "good" side, and which one represents the "bad" one? The answer (and a new trailer and screenshots) is after the break!

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Actions of BioShock protagonist debated by characters in sequel

Griffin McElroy — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST

Considering the dichotomy of the moral decisions (see: good or evil) offered to the silent hero of the original BioShock, many have wondered how the upcoming undersea adventure, BioShock 2, would take his actions in the first installment into account. Without a save game import feature (ala Mass Effect 2), how could the sequel register the player's decisions in the original? The answer was recently revealed by Bioshock 2's creative director, Jordan Thomas: Ambiguity, my dear Watson.

Speaking to MTV, Thomas explained that, "the things that he did are being fiercely debated by the splicers, because we wanted to support any of the choices the player could have made in the first game." He later added, "It's become kind of a religious question; what he did at the end of BioShock 1." This plot device is probably for the best -- if the splicers in Bioshock 2 knew about our actions in the first game, all they'd debate about is why we spent ten hours wandering aimlessly around the city, desperately hunting for audio cassettes.

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Philosony: You can listen, but you can't HEAR Big Daddy

Kylie Prymus — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST

Filed under: Rants

Thanks entirely to this recent second Christmas of a deal I finally picked up Bioshock and am giving it a play through. Now you, Inconstant Reader, probably expect me to launch into some pseudo-thought-provoking analysis of the moral conundrum involving the Little Sisters, or to give the reigns to my inner philosopher who wants to debate the pros and cons of a Randian worldview. Though it may take all the will I can muster, I shall refrain from doing so. You can find a plethora of views on these subjects out there on the interwebs without my adding to the cacophony. Instead I'm going to discuss what's interesting about coming to the game having already navigated said cacophony.

No real spoilers, but some talk about what spoilers - like honey - don't spoil. Wrap your head around that one.

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