These Saboteur Screens & Preview.

[PrototypeMike]

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That shot of Sean in his race car is probably the most color I've seen in any one screenshot for Pandemic's The Saboteur. It sort of gives you an idea of what you're fighting for in the game, restoring color and life to Paris by liberating it from Nazi occupation during World War II. Sure, it's still just a next-gen de Blob, but there isn't anything wrong with that.

Saboteur separates itself from the pack of WWII games out of the gate with its story. Whereas the majority of WWII games cast you in the role of a soldier fighting in the Allied forces, Saboteur casts you as an average Irish dude named Sean. Though the war is a bummer for those in Europe, Sean was basically OK with it until a fateful day when friends of his were murdered by German forces. However, the tragic events don't inspire the rough-and-ready Irishman to enlist and become part of the war effort. Turns out, Sean's motivations are a bit more "focused." Rather than try and do his part to take down the Axis forces, Sean's goal in the game is to take revenge on the Germans who took out his friends. One in particular seems destined for a special kind of murdering when the time comes.

* Electronic Arts
* Pandemic Studios
* Historic Action Adventure
* Release: Dec 8, 2009 » 360

[BreakingBacks]

The Saboteur

Platform: Windows PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Rating: Mature
Content descriptors: Blood, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Themes, Strong Language
Rating summary:

In this "open-world" third-person shooter, players control an Irish racing mechanic who seeks revenge against Nazis in German-occupied Paris during the 1940s. Players engage in hand-to-hand combat, perform "stealth kills," shoot guns, and plant and set off explosives to destroy Nazi targets. Stealth kills usually involve breaking the necks of Nazi soldiers or stabbing them from behind; gun attacks can include carjacking an enemy in a vehicle—players shoot the driver and throw out the body before getting into the car—and shooting soldiers or civilians while they're on the ground (i.e., postmortem damage). Most of these attacks are accompanied by depictions of blood: the blood sprays out of targets and may pool on the ground or stain surrounding walls. In the free-roaming context, players have the ability to approach any character and use machine guns, rocket launchers, and flamethrowers against him; the cries of pain and screaming from these characters may be unsettling (though players are penalized for killing civilians via the point system). And in districts where the Nazi presence is strong (i.e., the "Will-to-Fight" is low), players may witness civilians in the background getting executed by enemy soldiers.

The game contains sexual themes and nudity. Female dancers inside a Parisian cabaret are depicted topless, wearing thong-style underwear that expose their *. Inside a French brothel, women walk around with very little clothing on—essentially, topless with the exception of "pasties" as coverings. German soldiers are sometimes shown groping and fondling prostitutes, dancers, and waitresses; prostitutes can be seen walking the streets of Paris, though sexual acts are only mentioned, never depicted. Characters also reference sex/sexuality in the dialogue (e.g., "A girl should always carry protection," "Laying on your back all day gives one perspective on life," and "We're hitting the brothels later. Want to come?"). The dialogue drives much of the storyline, and those who deliver it use profanity (e.g., "f**k," "sh*t," "c**," and "a*shole") in no uncertain terms.

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