Quick Look: CounterSpy

WE'RE EARTHLINGS, LET'S BLOW UP EARTH THINGS

Man, if only this could come out on steam instead of a bunch of PS platforms I don't own. what a shame its published by sony

I like the CBS logo in the game.

Such a sucker for stealth in sidescrollers since Mark of the Ninja and Gunpoint, so I'm all over this.

Every time I hear that default UDK menu blip in games it drives me crazy. Hopefully they have a different menu blip sound to complement all of the excellent audio in the rest of the game. This thing looks super cool. Can't wait to check it out.

Brad is wrong - Defcon 1 = nuclear war is imminent, Defcon 5 = lowest state of alert.

32:13

Jeff: SPY SHIT

lol

You know, I could go for a kind of low-impact game with such great presentation. Looks like it would be a great mission or two before bed game.

This game's art style is amazing and I'm good with it being light on gameplay although it's hard to discern how one can be stealthy without just killing everyone in your way anyway. It's definitely not the full on mobility + vision cone thing that Mark of the Ninja did so well.

The only thing I would ask is that if they're not going to do much to establish the character I would like a gender choice at the beginning Costume Quest style.

Think of the mod hair you could have had while doing ill spy business.

Damn, this game looks great. Too bad it's only on ps4/vita.

Maybe they'll port it to PC in like two years...

Game looks fun. I'll definitely be checking it out now.

This games needs some music or more ambient sound or something more during the levels.

Also, nuke the moon.

A lot of elements of this game are reminding me of Evil Genius which is totally fine with me. This looks neat, I might have to pick it up... and play more Evil Genius again sometime.

I like this game so far. The vita version stutters a bit, but doesn't hinder it too much. Im sure the ps4 version runs and looks better.

Seems like a good vita game :)

This looks like just my game. I hope it comes out on Steam some time soon.

Yea I was jonesing for some Evil Genius by the end of this.

This doesn't seem like a very good stealth game when the best response to any given situation is to use the fully automatic weapons.

I'm loving the game. It just has some buggy collision with guard corpses. I pulled someone off a ledge and they clipped through the floor and alerted guards a floor below me.

@meatsim:

Good thing I keep Evil Genius installed at all times.

Although very cool looking, the gameplay doesn't seem to have legs. For spying fun, I am more curious about Klei's Invisible, Inc. It came out yesterday on Steam as Early Access.

The Incredibles is the first thing I thought of the second that intro kicked off.

@zelnox said:

I've had some version of alpha or beta or something of Invisible, Inc for a few months now. I liked it a good bit at the time in spite of how sparse it was, but haven't checked up on it for a little bit now... wonder how its changed.

That's not stealth?

Only played through three missions so far, and I love it. Don't really get the Mark of the ninja comparisons, they play nothing alike.

I got to the last mission today and had 2 things happen that have really soured me on it, after quite enjoying it up until that point: 1) if you hit a point where the countdown starts, the game may start you (after a death) so far back that it's near impossible to actually make it to the computer, and 2) if you fail and the Game Over screen comes up, don't say "no" to "Continue?" It erases your game and considers that a completed effort and adds up your score. I wanted to take a break and assumed "No" meant dump back to the main menu, but there is no confirmation that you are losing all your mission progress.

I can't believe they've never released a sequel, or even just an HD remake of that game. Making bases was so goddamn fun.

The IP is owned by Rebellion now, aka the "Sniper Elite" people.

Evil Genius had a similar theme

This looks kind of cool. I'd probably be all over it if it ever came to PC.

I don't know why this game received so many bad reviews but I purchased it and it is fun.

The art style is amazing and fun for the price. I would like to see more of these games coming, I know a lot of people hate that PS4 is full of indies but it gives you variety and also makes up for these whole months without any AAA games.

Been playing it since the PSN and XBL went back online (thanks for nothing as usual hackers); liking the game a lot. Only problem I seem to have is getting into cover when I'm trying to roll instead. Could just be me fumbling around though.

Looks really cool and a bit weird. Might actually play it... Oh no, it's not on PC. Too bad.