Comments on: Death To Spies(!)

By: James T

James T — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:21:09 +0000

“Alright, I’ll have the black bean beef and hokkien noodles.”

I acquired the demo of the first one today, and, while it’s definitely not perfect (could stand to take a few lessons from good ole Commandos and Splinter Cell; and, by the by, someone should probably tell them that you are permitted to depict Nazis and swastikas throughout preeeetty much the entire English-speaking market), I found it very rewarding. They’ve got my money! (although to be fair, that trailer’s a bit plain, isn’t it — “Sneak behind guards… sneak behind officers! Sneak on your own, with a surgical mask on. Carry the dead and infirm! Watch Nazis salute!”)

I wonder which engine underlies it; having just finished Mafia, and had a blessedly brief punt at Hidden & Dangerous 2, I notice some unusual similarities in the details.

By: Xander77

Xander77 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:59:31 +0000

Just in case anyone cares:
Death to spies is Smersh – the bad guys from several Bond novels.
Moment of Truth was a “realistic” historic fiction hit, latter remade into a movie.

A translation of the heroe’s noir musings:
A meeting with me has turned out to be the last meeting he’ll ever have for yet another man. Yet another victim of (No idea here. The guitar is too loud) How many more dirty bastards who have sold out the motherland will I deal with?

At the end of the trailer:
The menu is ready. Waiting.

By: Alex May

Alex May — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:05:39 +0000

1C :bow

By: Nikica

Nikica — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:22:00 +0000

Yeah, the first one was really great can’t wait for this one.

By: RobotLiberationArmy

RobotLiberationArmy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:30:45 +0000

Those Nazis should learn to spycheck!

“spy’s sappin’ ma fascism!”

The possibilities are endless!

“guys, do we have any chefs on our team?”

Okay, I’ll stop.

By: Tess

Tess — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:40:19 +0000

Just in case you were wondering how to spot it – if the overview doesn’t tell you, you can click the individual developers in the credits to see if they have worked on games before (e.g. Metropolies ones). In this case, they all seem shiny new to the industry.

As for the first game: nice and exciting, but incredibly tedious picking off enemies one by one. Some levels took me near four hours.

By: Chris R

Chris R — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:37:15 +0000

The stiff animations led to some funny scenes in that trailer. I think my favorite was where the 4 officers/generals looking at the map on the wall spin around and act surprised as one of their buddies gets stabbed in the throat (or slapped… it was hard to tell). I chuckled out loud at that scene.

By: fluffy bunny

fluffy bunny — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:58:54 +0000

The original Death to Spies was apparently pretty good, though also very difficult (which is why I haven’t tried it myself). Some reviews:

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages4/933169.asp

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:42:10 +0000

Yes, I did have a quick look on there, but I wasn’t able to figure out whether Haggard were definitely not related to Metropolis Software.

By: Tess

Tess — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:05:20 +0000

Jim, try using MobyGames.com as extended memory to quickly verify development studios and such.

By: moa

moa — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:13:04 +0000

gorky series was made by polish studio metropolis, now part of cdprojekt red (witcher).
moment of truth is an expansion/sequel to the death to spies game both by the russian studio haggard games.

By: Chuper

Chuper — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:57:31 +0000

i played a demo – didnt get past tutorial – i dont quite know what i thought was wrong with it… It might have been too slow (even for a “sneaky sneaky” game) or the interaction/combat system, but it was mostly the overall fealing of it was made me stop :P