E3 2009: The Agency in-game footage
by Shawn Schuster 
Jun 3rd 2009 at 7:00AM
Filed under: Video, Events, real-world, MMO industry, New titles, Previews, The Agency, News items, Massively meta, Spy, Massively Interviews
Click through after the jump to see the game's lead producer, Lorien Gremore, show us around a bit with combat, stealth, minigames and even a bit of female persuasion tactics*.
* Not from Lorien
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pitty Hammerfist said on 8:00AM 6-03-2009
Nice something original anyway for a mmo.
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Psychotic Storm said on 8:17AM 6-03-2009
MMO? doesn't look like that.
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interitus said on 1:43PM 6-03-2009
It's because there was only two people in the entire world. Of course it's not going to feel like an MMO. Imagine showing two characters going through a dungeon killing things, it would ook like any generic rpg. The hall was also a public space, while currently populated with NPC's, after release other people would also be there.
Can't wait, this looks so good.
Dacool561 said on 8:28AM 6-03-2009
Love it, been waiting for this game since it was announced
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Deck said on 6:15PM 6-03-2009
Really liking how this is turning out. I know they've said they may not release it on both the PS3 and PC at the same time, but I hope they do. Though I have heard the PS3 version is not running nearly as good right now. I would like to play it on the PS3 if I could, (just because its more powerful than my PC) but if its really bad on that or doesn't come out on PS3 at the same time, I guess the PC is what I will be sticking to.
This really is looking good!
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redrinn said on 9:09AM 6-04-2009
I'm actually shocked! Stealth play and fps elements all in an MMO? I really liked that you can get better rewards for completing the mission more thoroughly as well. This game is looking really good.
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surfpenguin said on 1:11AM 6-05-2009
I had my doubts with the extended dev time and all, but I gotta admit that this game is looking seriously good. It'll be a refreshing change of pace from the usual 'kill monsters and take their stuff' drek we've had shoved down our throats for the past few years.
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Rayingri said on 11:22AM 6-04-2009
It seems like BF:Heroes , but a little sneakier..The game system is probably the same as BF:Heroes, I mean, like ..matches with lobbys/servers and you level up which grants you the possibility to buy some new equips and abilities but theres actually no persistent world.. well, you know what I mean.
Cheers
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CCon99 said on 11:24AM 6-04-2009
Looks like this game will be more like a Guild Wars or a DDO type of game, with the players interacting and forming teams with each other in "hub" like areas, then going into instances to do the actual missions. Most MMO's I would be totally against that, but a spy themed MMO it was probably the best choice.
Now the important question will be, like all games that rely heavily on scripted instances, will this game have replay value after the first or second time you go through it?
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UE 007 said on 8:53PM 6-04-2009
To clarify for all you out there it is a persistent world and you don't just meet in a central hub.....do some reading about this game it is going to be amazing.....and no you don't just form instances you can have your own Agency. Don't base what you see of a live demo as the whole game they were just showing you a sample mission.
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