Posted on: October 4, 2024
kenadrian
Verified ownerGames: 368 Reviews: 78
A short, HL2-inspired shooter
Industria is a first-person shooter where you play as a woman named Nora Sohlheim, who was transported to a post-apocalyptic, alternate Germany overrun by killer robots while looking for Walter Rebel, her lover. It's very obvious that this game is inspired by Half-Life 2, especially the City 17 levels which have the same aesthetic, being bleak European towns infected with alien-like machinery. No gravity gun or physics-based puzzles, however. Gameplay is pretty basic, for most of the game you shoot through, but there are parts where you must find items to progress. The combat is pretty fun, you have different weapons and quite a variation of enemies. Maybe it's by design, but I feel like our carrying capacity is a bit too little, especially since the enemies took quite a bit of our weaker weapons' ammo to take down. The shotgun is great and satisfying to one-shot every enemy though. The weak point of this game is the story. Yes it's short, but the ending raises more questions than answers. It's obvious that there is something bigger and stranger going on, like the transition Library levels which was never fully explained. I'd also like a boss battle, but there are none. But there is a sequel of this game coming soon, lets hope that it clears up whatever questions we have left. In conclusion, I think Industria is still worth a try, especially if you have an itch for HL2's City 17 or wanting to fight killer robots. But if you expect a great, satisfying story, sadly I must say that you'll most likely be disappointed.
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