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Ice Nine Impressions

Bam Entertainment gives us a look at its PS2 first-person shooter at E3.

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As CIA trainee Tom Carter, you won't know who to trust in Ice Nine, a first-person shooter in development at Torus Games. The game starts off with a series of training levels, but soon enough what seems to be ordinary training takes an odd turn. This won't be the last plot twist, and there are even a series of branching story choices to make that can have you side with the good guys or the bad guys, if you can tell one from the other. The game takes its name from the next step in high-tech calamities: a virus that travels through power lines and destroys every electrical system it encounters. Not only do you have a chance to stop this menace, but certain decisions may also lead you to insights about the mysterious death of Carter's father.

Ice Nine would appear to play just like a conventional first-person shooter in a modern-day setting, except that there are a number of stealth elements normally reserved for third-person games. Picking up or dragging bodies to hide them can be key to success. Even more interesting is the ability to disguise yourself as any character in the game--if you take the person out subtly so as not to ruin his or her clothing with bullet holes or bloodstains. And while we just saw a series of assault sequences, the final game will have a variety of mission objectives for you, including infiltration, demolition, and sniping.

An unusual feature is that Ice Nine will work with a USB headset, either the one that comes with SOCOM or the other models that are appearing on the market. The headset support is meant to emulate the earpiece that operatives wear, and you'll not only hear directions and intel as you proceed through the missions, but also the occasional enemy transmission. Ice Nine is scheduled for release in October.

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