Gaming News - June 2002
New York, NY (June 18, 2002) - Codemasters today released details
regarding the multiplayer aspect of its upcoming FPS action game, IGI2: Covert
Strike.
From Codemasters:
IGI2: Covert Strike will deliver a full team-oriented multiplayer mode, with
squads of up to eight players on both sides. Gameplay pits IGI operatives
against terrorist groups from around the globe. The varied multi-objective based
gameplay will include hacking data satellites to launching space shuttles,
bombing oil refineries and escorting convoys. Reconnaissance elements provide
for a new style of FPS multiplayer gaming, blending stealth and surveillance
with action and gunplay.
The game will contain a series of multiplayer maps utilizing an advanced
version of Innerloop's proprietary engine, which delivers excellent indoor
locations and expansive outdoor environments. Throughout the locations,
surveillance cameras can spot players and relay locations – sneaking past these
will not always be easy. Teams will strive to establish control over vital
elements such as remote sentry guns and electronic doors and shutters in order
to reign supreme.
Each player will have access to a cash reserve. However, buying a new weapon
from the game’s arsenal of 30 realistic arms isn't the only way to spend the
cash. Players will have the option to purchase a specialist kit and pay to
re-enter the game if killed. The cost for players to buy themselves back into
the game decreases over time to zero. This presents players with the tactical
choice of spending all their cash on a quick re-entry and buying little
hardware, or waiting for the time to expire and rejoining play tooled up – but
that could be too late. Once the cash has been paid, the location where a player
opts to be respawned adds a further tactical element.
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