First off I should point out that my game experience started with Half-life and I have played every fps and 3rd person game since - so you are reading a review from a very seasoned player. The first thing that will strike you is the absolutely beautiful scenery and graphics, that said the developers have spoiled it by overdoing textures. Its just all too "busy" too much going on but you get used to it after a while. It took some time for this reviewer to realise it but... there are references to just about every first (and third) person shooter that has ever been released. For example when you are fighting the opposition at one stage they come out with "He wiped out the whole squad!" Which is exactly as they said it in FEAR but not only that, the voice is the exact same voice. It is as if they lifted that Wav from fear itself. All through the game you will see references to other first person shooters, you can even buy ID's insignia as an upgrade to one of your vehicles. The slimy growth on the walls comes from Doom 3. Another reviewer said it was dated but in actual fact it is probably because of the references to earlier games. Its hard not to have a bit of fun at the race track a la "Need for speed" when you start a game session but the rest is standard mission - reward - upgrades etc, In one part of the game the Speed track person actually says "do you feel the need? The need for speed?.
No problems as far as hardware were detected and it played smoothly and on full settings. A nice sojourn from reality but takes a little while to get into. Remember the RC car in Duke Nukem Forever? Well there are RC cars in this as well but you need to assemble them which gives you an added task (the more the merrier) There is a job board which you can go to in the town of Wellspring and it is here that you can pick out new tasks as well as the standard on-going tasks for extra credits. These credits come in the form of Dollars and car credits, usually 1 credit is awarded for destroying an enemy bandit car. There is a minimum of 5 credits to spend on any upgrade to your vehicles and you don't just get the one vehicle either. At one stage you can have up to four to choose from. Its possible that the mini games are related to some other form of game other than fps or 3rd persons. Enjoyable-Different-quality. but a bit of been-here-done-that which is a bit sad considering it could be the new Doom 3. Doom 3 being an ID production (10/10) that we all wanted to play over and over again. Sniping is fun and effective with usually one hit to the head taking out your enemy but miss and hit his neck and you will be busy reloading and risking getting taken out. You get at least one chance of re-spawning at the start of the game via a defibrillator which also acts as an electric zapping weapon if enemies are nearby. Give the game a chance before you knock it on the head. On a final note it would seem as though developers have taken heed of the average gamer and moved from linear game-play to this open world-ed type of view. The benefit being that one can extend his game-play by many times if he does every mission or side quest. For some this is not so good. When a scary or high science fiction game that once seemed like a really good movie is now a series of short smash and grab games it is a bit of a let down.
No problems as far as hardware were detected and it played smoothly and on full settings. A nice sojourn from reality but takes a little while to get into. Remember the RC car in Duke Nukem Forever? Well there are RC cars in this as well but you need to assemble them which gives you an added task (the more the merrier) There is a job board which you can go to in the town of Wellspring and it is here that you can pick out new tasks as well as the standard on-going tasks for extra credits. These credits come in the form of Dollars and car credits, usually 1 credit is awarded for destroying an enemy bandit car. There is a minimum of 5 credits to spend on any upgrade to your vehicles and you don't just get the one vehicle either. At one stage you can have up to four to choose from. Its possible that the mini games are related to some other form of game other than fps or 3rd persons. Enjoyable-Different-quality. but a bit of been-here-done-that which is a bit sad considering it could be the new Doom 3. Doom 3 being an ID production (10/10) that we all wanted to play over and over again. Sniping is fun and effective with usually one hit to the head taking out your enemy but miss and hit his neck and you will be busy reloading and risking getting taken out. You get at least one chance of re-spawning at the start of the game via a defibrillator which also acts as an electric zapping weapon if enemies are nearby. Give the game a chance before you knock it on the head. On a final note it would seem as though developers have taken heed of the average gamer and moved from linear game-play to this open world-ed type of view. The benefit being that one can extend his game-play by many times if he does every mission or side quest. For some this is not so good. When a scary or high science fiction game that once seemed like a really good movie is now a series of short smash and grab games it is a bit of a let down.