Playlogic and Metropolis Software have announced Diabolique: License to Sin. Diabolique puts you in charge of Dark Eaville, a super spy with all of the Double-Oh-So-Smoothness of James Bond and all the evil demon-ness of Hellboy. (But he's cute like Sean Connery, too.) This is stealth-action mixed with some dark horror: Imagine Sam Fisher meets Soul Reaver. Published by Dutch publisher Playlogic, and developed by Polish design house Metropolis Software, Diabolique: License to Sin looks on first glance like a title US gamers should keep an eye on for import.
As always, here's the official list of features:
[list] [*]Never seen before Protagonist. On one hand Dark Eaville is trained secret agent equipped with luxury cars and hi-tech gadgets. On the other hand, he is a beast with fire in hands and a berserk lust.
[*]Graphics created with the latest technologies such as:
- Intensive use of the latest GPUs
- Shader model 3.0 where available
- Normal mapping technique for extremely detailed characters
- Full-screen Postprocessing Effects (FSE) for movie like looks
- Realtime, physically correct soft shadows.
[*]Enormous number of details and tasteful design ? the whole creation's concept was to imitate the reality of the character as best as possible: rich interiors of expensive restaurants, the lights of big cities, Alpine village, medieval castle and many other places.
[*]RenderWare Physics engine responsible for realistic depiction of how objects and characters behave in the environment.
[*]The environment. Clever and well trained opponents use the environment in unique way. The environment also influences Dark Eaville and changes the way you play
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