General Discussion

While in attendance at E3, MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh had the opportunity to sit down and talk about The Agency with Lead Designer Hal Milton and Studio Manager Matt Wilson.

At this time, The Agency needs little introduction.  It is a Secret Agent / Spy action-based MMORPG.  Lead Designer Hal Milton and Studio Manager Matt Wilson were on hand to talk about the game, and the game's key concepts were reiterated.  “You are what you wear.”  and “A Head shot is still a head shot.”

As I had seen the demos before, I chatted with Hal to see what other information I could get out of him.  He was excited about the current progress of the game, “We'll be in Alpha in summer and that means locking down the future set.  Of course completing Alpha means that we've met exit criteria of Alpha and we're ready for Beta.”

He could, however, speak more on the roles that he had let slip at the Press day held in May.  “You are what you wear.”  is how the roles are defined.  What this phrase really means is that in this game, you create a character, and the role you take is dependent on the outfit you wear.  Careers aren't about classes and skill trees.  Instead, its about outfits and roles.  James Bond didn't wear a wet-suit to a pool party or a speedo to penetrate an armed fortress, neither will you.

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this game looks cool.

I love the art style.

I think it looks cheesy and lacks cohesion

It is one of those console/PC games with a very dumbed down UI.  At best, it will be average because of that.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

It is one of those console/PC games with a very dumbed down UI.  At best, it will be average because of that.

the little we saw doesnt give me that UNREAL3 feeling...

I admittedly am not the sharpest tack in the carpet... but did they ban cameras at E3? A picture says a 1000 words....

Made by SOE-----i'll pass.....

SOE==game starts off good......then goes right to Sh*t once they get their invesment back!!!

After looking up all the E3 info about this game, I have become really excited about this game. It's on top of my list at this moment.

Originally posted by grimfall

 you can check here: 

livewire.ign.com/2008/e3/index.html#

then go to Livewire show archive, click on wednesday, july 16th, then click on The Agency interview.
Lots of info and gameplay footage

I admittedly am not the sharpest tack in the carpet... but did they ban cameras at E3? A picture says a 1000 words....

No diversity. Come on... everyones a spy of some sort. This will get boring REAL quick. No way for a player to be original or stand apart in the game. Sounds like a console game to me.

This is another game im really looking forward to. The idea of a dumbed down ui is funny to me, because really you dont need much on a good ui. I actually dislike the ui in games like wow where you have 42 skills and crap. I suspect alot of others do too since everyone mods there ui.

The graphics look good enough, kinda hard to have spectacular graphics if your going for the tf2 look.