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Dark Avenger

My idea is called Dark Avenger. It's a sort The Matrix meets Deus Ex. The story is this: They year's 2037. you're Rowan McIverson, a.k.a. Dark Avenger. You were wrongly accused of a crime and sentenced to life in prison without a fair trial. Then a man comes to you and offers you the world: High paying government job, mansion in New England, the girl of your dreams. All this, for a price: You must undergo surgery that will enhance you to become the government's top counter-terrorist operative. Everything goes well at first. Your missions are a breeze with your enhanced body. Your girlfriend is the daughter of the NSA director, and the two of you are madly in love.

Then things go awry. A meeting of the top security advisors from around the world is taken hostage, and the director of the NSA is among them, with his daughter. You do everything you can, but in a heartbeat your love is lost and her killer escapes. At that point you vow to catch him. the NSA is against it, but you go rogue on them, turning you from the Government's top counter-terrorist to the government's most wanted man. the game picks up 4 years later in Chicago. You awake from a haunting nightmare of that night (Which, coincidentally is the first level you have to play out). The government has been taken over by artificial intelligence with little regard for human life. Robots patrol the cities for "law keeping purposes", but they do little, allowing human to kill human without so much as blinking. As Rowan you must make your way through major cities such as Chicago, Illinois; Seattle, Washington; London, England; St. Petersburg, Russia; Mexico City, Mexico; and the Forbidden City in China, trying to find the truth behind your girlfriend's death. The more you uncover, the closer you come to the bizarre truth of the world around you. The game play is nonlinear, and the ending is affected by how you interact with the non-player characters. You're allowed to freely roam the streets of the cities, talking with key NPCs that will help you advance the plot. It's played from the first person, with rendered cinematic sequences that are meant to feel almost like a movie.

Your bionic enhancements will play a key role in how you go about completing various missions. you'll use a cloaking enhancement to sneak past guards undetected. You'll be able to tune into enemy radio transmissions and locate their coordinated on a map. Your legs allow you to jump over a small house. You can lift a Cadillac with one arm. Another key part to the game will be the extensive arsenal. You start off with merely a pair of .50 pistols, but from there on you can acquire weapons different ways, such as from dead enemies or in a pawn shop or weapons dealer. Weapons will include a futuristic MP5 submachine gun, sniper rifles, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, and more. Also included would be a multiplayer function. There'd be an adversarial option allowing for death matching and capture the flag, as well as a unique massively multiplayer mode that allows you and your friends to live through Rowan's adventure in different aspects. Maybe you're one of the cyborgs hunting down Rowan. Maybe you're the shopkeeper who sells Rowan the rocket launcher that blows the Cyborg away. It'll allow a great number of ways for everything to play out. Hmmmm... Other stuff... Let's see...
Your guys site rules! (Hey, it said complimenting the site was allowed! =)

Dark Avenger - The Matrix meets Deus Ex -
Andrew Laine
acklainey@juno.com

Oh yes, complimenting the site is very allowed, we always like that. I haven't played DuesEX a lot, but from what I've seen it was awesome. And Matrix, oh that's my favorite movie so a mix between those could certainly be a good thing.

Idea Reviewer:
-Vegard Aure-


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