00:00Peggy 18
00:30And what that is exactly is four versus four. We know that much. Can you maybe give us some details
00:35as to how this differs from the Spies vs. Mercs classic, which we've previously shown off?
00:40All right. Well, this is Blacklist Edition. So for starters, we got more people in the game. We're playing four
00:46people versus four people. And in Blacklist mode, it is really about the different relationships between the presets and the
00:53classes and the different loadouts that you can have and carry into the game.
00:57It tends to be a little faster pace with more people as well.
01:00All right. So now how does it work exactly in terms of the general approach to Spies vs. Mercs? I
01:06mean, you know, we've got Spies in third-person perspective. We've got Mercs in first-person. But what does that
01:11exactly mean for the player experience?
01:13Obviously, they're very, very different. So as a mercenary, you're searching the environment. Well, I'm going to die here. Your
01:22job is to use what you're good at, which is shooting and, you know, sort of the insane damage that
01:28you can provide. As a spy, you have the third-person experience so you can see the environment and use
01:33it to your advantage.
01:35Now we're looking at your screen right now. You're in the respawn screen. As you can see, you're about to
01:40come back to life.
01:41I'm coming back in to try to keep my buddy the hacker alive, and obviously that's over.
01:45Yeah, that would be me. I just bit the dust.
01:47You failed me, Zach.
01:48So, what is your preset loadout? Who have you chosen and what's that all about?
01:53Right now, I'm playing as the predator, which means I have the ability to temporarily cloak and become invisible.
01:59Which is useful, because I want these guys to not see me as I move way over here.
02:04But now, you're not obviously completely invisible when you've got your digital ghillie suit intact.
02:10That's correct.
02:11What are the weaknesses when you do use that?
02:13Well, the digital ghillie suit lets me become largely invisible for a short period of time.
02:18And also, if enemies have the disruptor power or anything that affects my electrical abilities at all, they'll be able
02:28to make me visible.
02:30Okay, now we just saw you just initiated the hack.
02:33What are the general philosophies or good quality strategies that you should stick to when you are specifically the hacker?
02:41Uh-oh.
02:42As the hacker, my main thing is I don't want to go near the enemy.
02:45Oh boy!
02:46You know, I only want to engage when absolutely necessary.
02:50And my role is to stay alive inside the zone.
02:55So now, when you are on the spies team, you've initiated the hack.
02:59So when they spot me, like right there, I'm going to try and get out of dodge.
03:06Whereas I've EMP'd these, ah, I almost took out both of them.
03:10I threw an EMP, which disables all electrical equipment.
03:15And then I had the opportunity to try and take them both out, but I was unable to execute.
03:18Right now, they're up above me. I'm using my sonar goggles to kind of know where they are.
03:25There's a third merc coming in, so, ah, somebody just saw me.
03:32So I realize now that this isn't going to be quite as easy as I had hoped as far as
03:36concentrating on the game while interviewing you, Jeff Eleanor, level design director.
03:43But I am going to drop down and kill this merc right here, which you can't see because we're watching
03:48Jeff's screen.
03:49So what we're doing right now is we're trying to support the hacker.
03:53And, ah, you indeed are the hacker still, Jeff.
03:56And you can see at the top of the screen that we are at 88%, upwards at 90%.
04:01And, ah, I could run around as I did as a decoy trying to, you know, generate a little attention
04:07away from the hacker.
04:08Because all you basically need to do, correct me if I'm wrong, is sit pretty until that hack is complete
04:12like is the case.
04:13Exactly. At this point, ah, you know, we got close for a minute there and merc got close to me
04:18and spotted me.
04:19But basically, ah, what I'm doing is not being where he expects me to be.
04:25I'm going to take this guy out using the death from above.
04:28Ah, and death from above is really one of the hallmarks of the spy's strength.
04:33If a merc walks directly underneath you, ah, you can drop down on him and kill him exactly the same
04:39way you can in the single player game.
04:43As I was just able to do, and now I'm going to initiate a hack.
04:48Alright, so, ah, where are we exactly? What is this level? What's it all about? And, ah, and talk to
04:54us about some of its features.
04:55We're playing in the particle accelerator, which is, ah, basically supposed to be, ah, like a scientific research facility, um,
05:04and, you know, sort of the kind of place that, ah, you know these guys aren't really supposed to be
05:09playing in.
05:10And it's, ah, it's a, it's a really unique location, ah, sort of modeled after and inspired by a sort
05:15of, ah, scientific, ah, particle colliders that exist in the real world today.
05:20And, excuse me while I hide.
05:25Whoa, whoa, whoa.
05:25Oh, boy.
05:26Trying to rush a merc head on.
05:28Yeah, I'm in trouble here.
05:30Always a bad idea.
05:31I'm, I'm, I'm the hacker and, ah, and I got, like, three mercs bearing down on me.
05:35Alright.
05:35Um, so talk to us about what we're seeing there in your respawn screen.
05:39Uh, as the respawn camera, as the, on the spy team, I can switch between my teammates and see what
05:44they're doing.
05:44Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
05:45As the, for example, I can see that you as the hacker are failing me.
05:49Get it together.
05:49Uh, and now there's going to be that brief window of the 14 seconds, ah, for the spies to restart
05:54the hack, but there's a lot of mercs in that area.
05:57And, ah, and it is worth noting that that's basically the exact same amount of time you respawn.
06:00I'll be able to lock that down right here.
06:04So now that, that you can see directly affects the, the kind of core philosophies in, in terms of spies
06:10versus mercs where.
06:12I'm gonna try and move around these guys.
06:14You know, it's, it's not, it's not necessarily about getting kills.
06:19It's about, ah, it's about completing the objective and, and really just staying alive.
06:23And, ah, you know, we're, we're not doing that great.
06:26We've only got one, one terminal hack.
06:29All right.
06:29So, ah, while I'm getting worked over in C, you can see you're moving towards the, ah, the server room
06:35there.
06:37And I've got some mercs coming up to me.
06:39Crap.
06:40Oh, boy.
06:40So remember, you're the hacker.
06:42What you want to do is hide.
06:44And I want to, I want to get some support from my teammates, hopefully, too.
06:48I'm working on it.
06:49I'm working on it.
06:51Oh, boy.
06:53Particle Accelerator has all these great routes for the spy up in high areas of the map.
06:57Uh, so the spies can really get around quickly and utilize their advantage, which is climbing and, ah, itself to
07:06be in unexpected places.
07:10I can see they might be close to you there.
07:14Oh.
07:15Oh.
07:16Okay.
07:17One of them has figured out where I am.
07:18Yeah.
07:19I'm seeing this, ah, with the silhouettes.
07:22Thankfully, you know, as the hacker, they're kind of, they're going away from my situation.
07:26I need to tag these guys.
07:27Oh, ho, ho.
07:27I got taken out by, ah, a proxy mine.
07:30All right.
07:30They were doing great.
07:3330 seconds.
07:34You've got 30 seconds.
07:36They're bearing down.
07:38I'm running out of options.
07:41Oh.
07:42That's not at all what I wanted to do.
07:44Remember, you can climb up high on top of things.
07:46Be in unexpected places.
07:49Okay.
07:53Ten seconds left.
07:54We're at 75%.
07:56Now, remember, the clock is going to get extended.
08:03Holding extraction into the hypertole.
08:06Okay.
08:07I don't, I don't see where these Mercs are.
08:08Oh.
08:08They're the one right behind me.
08:12I'm trying to be as distracting as possible right now.
08:17Okay.
08:17We're all in the same spot.
08:18This is good.
08:19We're at 99%.
08:19Boom.
08:22All right.
08:22So we'll delve into how the gameplay changes in first-person perspective when we take on the role of the
08:27Mercs in part two of this Spies vs. Mercs Blacklist feature from San Diego Comic Con.
08:33You've had my mind.
08:35All right, all right, go back lervous.
08:36Okay we'll see you now.
08:38We need to stay safe.
08:38We are all in the same spot in front.
08:38All right, you guys.
08:38We have to be level eight.
08:41We're all in the same spot and it's ready to do.
08:44Grazie a tutti.
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