I've seen at least two devs pass this thread by without so much as posting a joke. I don't know how to take that.
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There is so much I want to know about this. But a year away! Gah! Good luck.
I'm kind of hoping they'll go for a James Bond feel. The mention of femmes as a point of the game leans towards that. Though a Mission Impossible feel would be good too. The last game that really did a superspy feel well was Snake Eater. The gameplay in that was classic MGS, but the music, opening movie (even stealing the style of Bond openings), setting, and much else was Cold War era spy.