Metal Gear Solid 5’s Quiet plays the “polar opposite” in Wanted: Dead
In Metal Gear Solid 5, the iconic stealth sandbox game from Hideo Kojima, Stefanie Joosten plays Quiet, a mute sniper who accompanies Venom Snake on his missions across Afghanistan to destroy the giant, hulking Sahelanthropus. In Wanted: Dead however, the new sci-fi hack-and-slash, set to launch on Steam later in 2022, her character is much different – serving also as the game’s cutscene director, she tells PCGamesN, live at Gamescom 2022, that she wanted to play a character who represents the “polar opposite” of Quiet.
Taking inspiration from Bloodborne, Ninja Gaiden, and the John Wick movies, Wanted: Dead is a tough third-person action adventure with a steep difficulty curve and plenty of deaths. You have a skill tree to build, AI companions to help you out, and the whole thing is steeped in a distinctive future-meets-retro VHS aesthetic. It’s larger than life, with frenetic visuals and bold characters, but developer Soleil, the maker of Valkyrie Elysium, also wants to tell a serious detective story, set inside the murky underworld of Hong Kong.
Joosten plays Vivienne, a former TV chef (who even has her own YouTube channel – you can watch it now) turned Hong Kong police officer who joins central character Lt. Hannah Stone, and the rest of the Hong Kong police’s elite “Zombie Squad”, across a single week as they battle mercenaries, gang members, and sinister private militaries. Joosten says she was attracted to the game owing to Vivienne’s varied personality and interests.
“She ventured in a variety of career paths,” says Joosten, describing Vivienne, “one of them being a TV chef. It’s not her ideal career and eventually frustration grows high, so she joins the Hong Kong police force. The other characters are a little
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