SEGA's unveiled some sick new details about their upcoming post-cyberpunk FPS set for release next week, Binary Domain.
Among the details revealed is the game's story, which sounds like something out of a well-written anime. Stepping into the role of Dan Marshall, you're caught in the middle of a battle for humanity against robot-infested 2080 Tokyo. When an illegal robot-human hybrid known as a "holly child" infiltrates an American robotics manufacturer, machines develop sentience and the world as we know it changes forever. Dan Marshall is a member of the R.U.S.T. crew, which sees him and his squad battling against machines through the slums of Tokyo's lower city and the wealthy upper city environments.
In addition to its single-player campaign, Binary Domain is set up with a multiplayer system that allows you to join the ranks of the Japanese government or fight with the Resistance forces. You're given a choice of classes, with five different styles to choose from—Heavy Gunner, Recon, Special Operations, Demolitions, and Assault—all of which can be customized as you progress through the multiplayer mode, by unlocking new weapons and skills.
The game's multiplayer mode offers up to eight different modes in total. They are as follows:
DATA CAPTURE:
Here each team must race to capture the other’s data module. This must then be returned to the team console in order to steal the data and score. A strong balance of classes and good teamwork are needed here to ensure you have runners, carriers and defenders in key locations.
DOMAIN CONTROL:
In this mode opposing teams must race to control as much ground as possible, with key strategic points needing to be held by one team against the other. The more points you hold at any one time, the greater your teams score. Good co-ordination and movement are vital to winning this mode.
TEAM SURVIVAL:
A straight forward game of last-man-standing with the team to have the last player remaining being crowned the winner! Skilled attackers and patient defenders are equally valuable in this mode.
OPERATION:
Here one team must defend a set of supplies and another must race to destroy them. A sequence of progressive objectives keeps the goals varied and requires adaptability on behalf of defenders and attackers. At the end of the round, teams swap and play the opposing role.
DEMOLITION:
This modes sees the map strewn with bombs, and the aim is to simply find them, take them deep into enemy territory and unleash hell (well, blow up enemy supplies).
TEAM DEATHMATCH:
No Multiplayer would be complete without Team Deathmatch; there’s no need for me to explain this one to you – most frags wins!
FREE FOR ALL:
Bring chaos and destruction to the world of Binary Domain with Free For All mode. Fight across a variety of maps, in an every man for himself scenario of destruction. Kill everyone else as often as possible, the player with the highest score at the end of the round wins. Simple.
INVASION:
The final mode to highlight for you is Invasion. This is a four player mode which sees you working co-operatively in order to defeat progressively harder waves of robot attackers. All skills and styles are tested here as a variety of robot enemies are thrown at you in increasing numbers and difficulty. Adaptability and a keen sense of teamwork is a necessity in order to make it to the end.
Here's what the multiplayer looks like:
Binary Domain is set for a February 28 release on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Source: PSblog
