wanna throw away 50 bucks? Here is the perfect way to do it... my friend bought me this game recently becuase she saw I was somewhat interested in it when I saw it in an game store.
Well... since it was gift, figured I would give it a quick test run for 30 min, and I cant begin to say how fucking dissappointed I am with this POS.
Now... Im one of those people that can enjoy a block on a screen blipping away, if the story is phenomenal. Thats because my imagination is much more powerful than any world a game engine can create. Sometimes the story can be a little lackluster, and I can still follow along if the game engine makes up for certain inconsistencies... but at this point, this game FUBAR's it all.
Im not even sure if the story is good or not, because it doenst make any fucking sense.
Its a regurgitated resident evil knock off, borrowing heavily from doom, and taking a cool concept from Max Payne. Basically, you are a soldier sent in somewhere to do something because some other people cant do the same thing youre sent in to do. Dont like how I explained it? Well the fucking game doenst do a good job of building up the story either, so be thankful I gave you that much ( I actually dont understand the story because its so shitty).
The game box actually tries to explain it, but its about some freaky military force that takes over a factory, and for some reason it has a ghostly twist to it because they issue no demands, and some dead little girl is involved. doesnt make sense? Are you confused? WELL, me too.
gfx/ game play
The graphics are good, and I really have no complaints. They instittued some slow-motion capabilities (Can you say Max Payne rip off?) so that you can fight multiple enemies at once. The bullet tracers and shit emulate Matrix style bullets, and the death scenes are fantastically gory. I love hearing the guys yell "FUCK HES RIGHT THERE!" etc. as they get blasted away ( Yes, they really yell "Fuck" and "Shit" in game). That was cool. Way cool.... the first 20 times. Then another 20 was alright... and another 10... well, it got gay...and then, so fucking gay that I got bored with it and couldnt stand it anymore.
The levels are so painfully linear that there is nothing left to the imagination. Its like somoene built the whole fuckin map with tetris blocks with the skins of cargo boxes grafted on... Furthermore, it gets so dark at times ( literally cant see kinda dark, not the demented dark) i wish i had a flash light like doom. oh wait, I did mention its a doom rip off too right?,... i have a flash light too! i wasnt too fond of the flash light idea in doom 3, and it got really fuckin old for me when i played that game, and i hoped that it woudlnt be implemented in any other game. guess I wasnt so lucky.
The game tries to infuse some demonic shit into the mix by showing you quick images of dying people or zombie faces ( you know, kinda like those stupid flash animations that make you get up close to the screen and then blast you with noises and gory pictures) but since my immersion in the story is as good as my ability to fly irl, i dont really give a flying fuck.
Conclusion: Dont buy this game. Friends dont let other friends buy this game for them. Play it for 10 min on somoene elses computer, and then be thankful you dont need to deal with this shit.
My final verdict?
6 stars out of 10 for the first ten minutes, then 3 stars on the eleventh minute and thereafter. Continual decline of stars being of high probability.
edit: oh yeah, this thing won the award of "Best of E3" WHAT THE FUCK?!? I think what they meant was, the developers publishing this shit gave the Best BJ's to the people who were deciding this award, because if I were playing it, there would be no fucking way in the world it would get such high marks.... well, unless they swallowed - that is...
Last edited by [LoD]Tenshi; 11/01/05 06:53 PM.
