The Saboteur Interview

  • By shaunmc, GameSpot
  • Posted May 11, 2009 2:05 pm PT

A couple weeks ago, we posted our first new look at The Saboteur since the game was first shown back in 2007. In this free-roaming WWII game, you play as Sean Devlin, an Irish race car driver on a vengeance quest to sabotage the Nazi stranglehold on Paris. Last week we had the chance to chat with...

A couple weeks ago, we posted our first new look at The Saboteur since the game was first shown back in 2007. In this free-roaming WWII game, you play as Sean Devlin, an Irish race car driver on a vengeance quest to sabotage the Nazi stranglehold on Paris. Last week we had the chance to chat with lead designer Tom French about the game.



You'll want to take a look at the video above because Tom's got quite a few interesting things to say about his project, including some of the locations you'll visit aside from Paris, how they built the city, and the inspiration behind Sean's story. As for what we saw, there was a promising amount of character to the game. Cruising around the city in Sean's racecar leading up to the mission, there was a nice ambience around us, and the way color collides with black and white looks really nice in motion. With any luck, the final game will focus more on the city, its characters, and making you feel like a part of the underground resistance rather than gunning it out at full force. We're quite eager to see more of it, which should happen right around the corner at E3.

92 Comments

  • melisa06

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 8:13 pm PT

    Very nice haha cool!
    sesli sohbet
    sesli chat

  • BlueApe

    Posted Jun 6, 2009 8:05 am PT

    i always welcome creative games it looks great i hope the plot will not disappoint.

  • Holy_Terra

    Posted May 31, 2009 4:59 am PT

    hehe cant wait to bash a nazi again been too long

  • Nibbles37

    Posted May 21, 2009 5:10 am PT

    Looks like Andy Dick in "Dude Wheres My Car".

  • tafferboy21

    Posted May 19, 2009 1:58 pm PT

    Looks good, but I'm not going to speculate. Show me some gameplay and we'll see. Of late, sandbox style games have not been good to our friends at Pandemic.

  • sam4life8

    Posted May 19, 2009 11:24 am PT

    kool

  • yotamos1

    Posted May 19, 2009 3:36 am PT

    looks promising

  • gauntlets91

    Posted May 19, 2009 3:02 am PT

    hey, nice beard....

  • SickleNotSycthe

    Posted May 18, 2009 6:22 pm PT

    The decision to go with the Sin City style graphics is a mistake. Not only has it been done, it was simply never that effect in its first envisioning. While it may place emphasis where needed in key instances, overall it exudes pedantic styling. Strong action sequences could save the overall game, assuming it isn't simply Splinter Cell with an Alfo Romeo

  • ib3l

    Posted May 18, 2009 2:40 am PT

    nice progress.. n i hope its will be the amazing n full action game... i'm wait for the relise

  • Rolaeo

    Posted May 17, 2009 10:44 pm PT

    Heh, reminds me of De Blob just more serious: NICE.

  • Boomkins

    Posted May 17, 2009 11:27 am PT

    I'm going to keep my eye on this one.

  • adamt2828

    Posted May 17, 2009 8:13 am PT

    looks promising

  • deeper_crust

    Posted May 17, 2009 7:52 am PT

    A unique concept indeed! Looking forward to this game.

  • boodz86

    Posted May 16, 2009 8:28 pm PT

    looks like a good concept, hopefully it wont be boring, need to see how the big sabotages are animated

  • Shadowboro

    Posted May 16, 2009 5:27 pm PT

    @ Pavski Yeah, I remember Discworld Noir (i liked it the most out of the 3 Discworld games that were made. though in terms of graphics I prefered the hand-drawn 2D style of the first 2 as opposed to the 3D style used in Discworld Noir), one of the best adventure game I've played and with an original setting (though given the great quality of the Discworld novels written by Terry Pratchett, the quality of any Discworld games would have to be above average).
    This game by Pandemic indeed looks promising, though when I first read the title I thought someone had finally thought to attempt a remake of one of my favorite Spectrum games, "Saboteur" made by Durell Software (man, that one kept me up many a night). I consider it to be somewhat one of the "forefathers" of the stealth genre and I would really love to see a remake of the game with current technology. Oh well, guess this will have to do for now.

  • Pavski

    Posted May 16, 2009 1:06 pm PT

    Down with the Nazi!
    I like the originality. Seems to me like a Tomb Raider sort of thing.
    Anyone remember Discworld Noir? The game atmosphere reminds me of that. I like it

  • mep69

    Posted May 15, 2009 4:05 am PT

    Looks good, i like the Sin City black and white thing where it adds colour to curtain things.
    Hope there will be a demo.

  • mondoblasto

    Posted May 14, 2009 4:44 pm PT

    It sounds cool, undermining the Nazi pigs

  • FlashCharge

    Posted May 14, 2009 1:23 pm PT

    Interesting approach to a WWII game, hope its better than Velvet Assassin.

  • Johnny-Boyy

    Posted May 14, 2009 1:01 pm PT

    Nice Idea

  • augustocf

    Posted May 14, 2009 7:41 am PT

    Looks will be a new way of play

  • BabyFacedMoFo

    Posted May 14, 2009 1:52 am PT

    Looks Quality

  • EX10TION

    Posted May 13, 2009 8:11 pm PT

    so basicly he's a "terrorist" in WW II, if u know wat i mean, he's exactly like todayz hezballah/hamas

    P.S. i belive the term "terrorist" lost its meaning by now.

  • garcia_jx

    Posted May 13, 2009 7:54 pm PT

    charles Manson anybody?

  • zev_1

    Posted May 13, 2009 6:26 pm PT

    "I had the pleasure of play testing the game before I did some voice-over for it, and it was amazing! The whole look of the game is stunning! As a gamer, I can honestly say, that it will blow your socks away." ~Zev Esquenazi

  • DEWMAN08

    Posted May 13, 2009 4:14 pm PT

    Looks tight.

  • TheMercMaster

    Posted May 13, 2009 3:51 pm PT

    Nice beard... _ _ + ()

  • 5011704dc

    Posted May 13, 2009 2:56 pm PT

    The fact that our not actually a soilder is cool because ww2 has been done so many times nice to see a fresh take on it

  • sub-raid

    Posted May 13, 2009 12:12 pm PT

    Nice idea about the color thing

  • Hentheden

    Posted May 13, 2009 12:02 pm PT

    looks good

  • mr0806

    Posted May 13, 2009 10:58 am PT

    sounds pretty cool...

  • UFO2012

    Posted May 13, 2009 10:15 am PT

    The color thing sounds cool.

  • mhaed

    Posted May 13, 2009 9:47 am PT

    Looks promising. I love the artwork.

  • blem16

    Posted May 13, 2009 8:30 am PT

    kool, curious to see more at E3

  • Assassin--

    Posted May 13, 2009 7:47 am PT

    Pandemic RULES!!! anything from them is LEET.... This just makes me love them even more.

  • QOSMSTR

    Posted May 13, 2009 7:08 am PT

    velvet assassin is beast and perfect. if it had b/w theme it would be kind of lame...

  • sqwarb

    Posted May 13, 2009 7:05 am PT

    That man has a beard.

  • pongley

    Posted May 13, 2009 5:22 am PT

    I wish Velvet Assassin had taken the black/white theme. Burning orange HDR into your retina gets old pretty quick

  • hoossy1

    Posted May 13, 2009 5:19 am PT

    "filmboy85
    Posted May 13, 2009 12:27 am GMT

    Might be interesting, although I'll have to see more before I develop a full opinion (after all, we don't know much about it yet, and, at this stage, it could be excellent or complete crap.)"

    thank you Captain Obvious!

    who the hell knows what this game will be like, i only choose to be optimistic

  • angelkadaj

    Posted May 13, 2009 4:59 am PT

    nice idea

  • reign_man01

    Posted May 13, 2009 4:41 am PT

    some nice ideas, ill keep an eye on this one

  • ShortCutToHell

    Posted May 13, 2009 3:05 am PT

    Very cool game. Can't wait to play it.

  • kartik24

    Posted May 13, 2009 2:05 am PT

    very good idea!!!!yummy

  • Ivory-Dynamite

    Posted May 12, 2009 9:12 pm PT

    Looks cool

  • yoyo5454

    Posted May 12, 2009 5:34 pm PT

    Looks like the guy is working hard on his playoff beard :p

  • zmbi_gmr

    Posted May 12, 2009 5:20 pm PT

    I have been interested in this game since Gamepro did a preview about a year ago. The whole Black/White --> Color scheme will be very eye pleasing if done well. The game footage in this video looked a little choppy, but it's still early. i'm excited, but slightly skeptical yet.

  • filmboy85

    Posted May 12, 2009 4:27 pm PT

    Might be interesting, although I'll have to see more before I develop a full opinion (after all, we don't know much about it yet, and, at this stage, it could be excellent or complete crap.)

  • 7Deuce

    Posted May 12, 2009 2:02 pm PT

    The concept might seem strange to some....but to be fair nobody can talk any trash until they play it.

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