Video Game Preview : The Saboteur video game hands-on

The Saboteur video game hands-on preview

With The Saboteur, you can join La Resistance in Pandemic’s wartime adventure in Paris.
Formats: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Developer: Pandemic Studios
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Released: 8 December 2009

At first glance, Sean Devlin seems exactly the kind of protagonist that only a video game could produce. You could perhaps even imagine the focus meeting that birthed the gruff Irishman. “OK fellas, we have this blockbusting World War II game set in Paris and we need a honest-to-goodness, rough and tumble action hero.” says suit number one. “How about an Irish saboteur, the Irish like fighting, right?” says suit number two. “I like your thinking,” replies Number One. “They enjoy a good scrap and besides, the ladies love the accent.”

“So we have an Irish saboteur taking on the Nazis in Paris?” says Number Two. “Sounds great, let’s do it.”

“I have an idea.” pipes up a small voice from the corner of the room. One and Two turn in unison. “How about we make him a race-car driver?”

Cars, guns and Nazis. A holy trinity of video game facets if ever there was one. But far from being propelled from the character-o-matic that churns out beefy soldiers and space marines with alarming regularity, Sean’s roots are, incredibly, laid in reality. Inspired by, rather than based on, Sean is a tribute to William Grover-Williams, a French-British racing car driver turned saboteur for the French resistance. During the 1920s Williams drove a Bugatti in races around France, winning subsequent French Grand Prixs and the inaugural Monaco GP among other victories.

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