Syndicate Demo Skipping PC, But Original Coming to GOG on Thursday
Syndicate Demo Skipping PC, But Original Coming to GOG on Thursday
Posted 01/18/2012 at 1:01am
| by Nathan Grayson
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There's a hilariously fitting story about dystopian futures and the consequences of corporate expansion somewhere in Syndicate's evolution from brainy blast-from-the-past to, well, lots of blasting, but it's quite a lengthy (not to mention depressing) tale. Unfortunately, however, we've now got an epilogue, and it's not exactly all cybernetic bunnies and artificially generated rainbows. While console players are getting a co-op demo of Syndicate's FPS reboot later this month, EA's officially gone on record saying that "There are no current plans for a PC demo." But at least we're not coming away completely empty handed. GOG.com – being the wondrous conglomerate of time-manipulating wizards that is it – is removing the original Syndicate from cryostasis and stocking its virtual shelves. Sounds like a win in our book.
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m-p-3
January 18, 2012 at 11:24am
Come on, with services like OnLive it should be way much easier to provide a timed demo without having to prepare two sets of files.
Svetty Parabols
January 18, 2012 at 7:52am
This type of bitch move should be expected from EA by now.
praack
January 18, 2012 at 6:38am
well announcemnets like this tell me that syndicate on PC would be another console port.
another case where dev is held back by consoles using tech from 2005/6, if we get lucky they will slap some code on it for a bit better graphics but maybe not-
we can just pray we don't get stopped by the famous:
Press the Start Key to continue message on the load screen!
AntonioGarrison
January 18, 2012 at 6:23am
This game seems promising, but I get the feeling it's just going to end up being a Deus Ex clone.
Holly Golightly
January 18, 2012 at 2:54am
Man... Cryostasis is one of the best games out there. And it comes without DRM. As for a PC demo... I am not really stressing it. As long as I can get my insane sales from GamersGate or Amazon Digital... I am all good.
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