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Sweet!(Review From Amazon) | General Comments:
This is a good game. It won't change your life or nuthin', but it is fun. It's beautiful, runs well even on my Pentium 4 3ghz with an XFX 6600LE, which for those who don't speak tech, is pretty middling. The game is not very original...but come on. All shooters begin with "You're a guy with a gun" and then diverge from there. This sticks to its roots in terms of gameplay, but that's a good thing. THese are the best damn corridors you've ever run down.
Enemies
The enemies are cool, well designed, and not too dumb. They also have a decent variety. The later enemies have rediculous amounts of life, even on easy mode (4 rockets to the midsection...that oughta kill anything, and the goon in question wasn't even a boss).
Level Design
THe levels are well designed. These guys have had plenty of practice doing corridors and factories. Only one bit (A box puzzle, for chrissake) struck me as lame. The rest was all "been there, done that, wanna do it again." Sure, you've seen it before, but this is more of a distillation. The best parts of corridors and indoor levels, minus all the bad parts. The enemy concentration is cool, the game is well paced, and some parts get incredibly tense...like, lights out, no enemies, going through rooms of strogg medical experiments...i can promise, its way freakier than it sounds...although the climax is lame...however, the outdoor parts are dull and uninspired; a railgun chase, a mech, a tank, some foot bits, and a machinegun, all dull and ugly. Still, almost the entire game is indoors, so dont worry
Graphics
THe graphics are a mix. Indoor, absurdly beautiful. Set a foot outside (dont worry, wont happen much) and it looks like Quake 2 or something. Some bits that are outside but in small areas still look great, but you really wanna stay inside. ALso, the physics is cool, but plays little part in the game.
Plot
Yeah, right, who do you think you're kidding?
Weapons
Pistol: stupid, limitless ammo, and in the whole game you'll kill maybe 5 things with it. Because there are five between you and the
MACHINGUNE!
My favorite! Well modeled, well balanced. Accurate at maybe 50 feet, fire rate is about right, scoped single shot mode, upgrades to 80 round clip (from 40). Good damage. Most useful weapon, hands down.
Shotgun
Its a shotgun. Headshots will kill powerfull enemies very quickly. Accurate maybe to 20 ft, but not with full damage. Useful. Reload is slow at first, but you can shoot while reloading. Upgrades to 10 round clip, no shooting while reloading, but very fast reload.
Nailgun
Heavy machinegun. 50 round clip. Pretty powerful, fairly accurate. Upgrade gives you a scope that lets you lock on, but no zoom.
Grenade launcher
Launches grenades. Kinda sucks
Rocket launcher
Launches rockets. Rocks! Powerful, accurate, a little slow, not much splash damage, but good fire rate, and excellent for taking down the big guys. Upgrade lets you target after firing, but doesnt really work well
Railgun
Sniper rifle. Why you need a sniper rifle in a hallway is beyond me. Powerfull, slow, 3 round clip. Upgrade makes it more powerful, but you wont use it much.
Hyperblaster
Strogg weapon. Very fast firing, powerful, a little nock-back effect on enemies. Pretty cool
Lightning Gun
Wierd thing. Kills slowly, so its not too useful. Upgrade lets you arc lightning, but again, useless
Strogg Dark Matter Gun
Illness in a can. Or something. SHoots black holes that suck in enemies and then spit them out. Good against bosses or groups of enemies. OR anything else.
Thats it. Note the lack of melee combat. However, your enemies can and will suckerpunch you, so stay back unless your using the shotgun.
Note: this game is incredibly gory, and disturbing. I'm a 15 yr old violence-loving, slightly-mentally-ill type, and I got a little wierded out. Be advised. Also, the much touted stroggification thing is really boring and not cool at all. Or disturbing. Its the rest of the game. Not just blood, but mutilation, wierd medical experiments, and so on.
Also, you will not use your brain more than twice. THats right, 2 actual puzzles. WTF? this isnt halflife, get your damn puzzles out of here. ANyhow, shooter fans will like this unless they happen to be those obnoxious pseudo intellectual creative types. In which case, they won't like it. Screw you
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