Posted on: May 27, 2020
Wolfinston85
Verified ownerGames: 531 Reviews: 55
Nice...
It's pretty good, the graphics look great in comparison to the original, and even by today standards, the gameplay has been improved significantly by making crypto extremely powerful. You fly a lot higher, they removed the falling damage from the original, and proceeded to streamline a lot of commands, both removing the brain stem of your enemies, as well as launching them using psychokinesis is extremely simple now, it only takes a couple of seconds to use both abilities, and they're extremely effective in disposing your enemies. The Zap-O-Matic feels similar in its damage output to the original, but the recharge rate is a lot more generous. The game also has a ton of different side objectives in each mission besides the ones that were present in the original, which seem to have been reworked (for the most part) although the lack of some of the original side content might have to do more with this being a demo, rather than an actual decision from the developers part. Now you don't only earn dna by completing side missions, or collecting probes, but you also get costumes by completing side objectives in later missions. What really struck me was how good they made the game look, little details like the posters that introduce every mission, as well as the newspapers that appear after you complete them, seem to have been remastered as well, newspapers looked more detailed, and the posters actually look like movie posters of the era. I also really like the ui changes and the fact that they added the ability to regain your saucer shields by consuming either vehicles, or beings, a feature only available in the second game. I will say that the characters in cutscenes are overly expressive, to the point of looking fairly unnatural in their behaviour, most of the mannerisms seem forced, and the design of some of the human character looked overly silly. But overall I had a great time with the game, and I'm really looking foward to its release in July.
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