Posted on: July 30, 2024
sobuy
Verified ownerGames: 288 Reviews: 38
Awesome
This is one of the most fun games I've ever played. It is an open-world 3rd person shooter with some interesting mechanics: you have a grappling hook which can be used for travel, but can also be used to tie up vehicles and people. You can also use it to steal enemy helicopters. The other main mechanic is that you have a parachute which you can deploy whenever and use it to travel long distances (or just avoid fall damage). The combination of parachute and grappling hook opens up a lot of possibilities. There is a story, but the story is dumb and not very good. Where the game shines is in just allowing you to cause random chaos all over the island. There are settlements and military bases all over the place (hundreds of sites!) with targets that you have to destroy and things to collect. Each site is its own "mini game" - you get to decide how to approach it and how to deal with the military response. The enemy spawning system is well done. They don't magically spawn around you and they don't have infinite reinforcements. It's challenging, but not unfair or cheaty and you can actually fight somewhat strategically. Combat is fun. Explosions are very satisfying. The setting is a HUGE archipelago and it is gorgeous (the graphics aged very well imho). A lot of effort was evidently put into it: you have some nice nature but also nice, nice beaches, detailed structures and small cities. And it the world feels alive. I love just driving or flying around the islands instead of fast-travelling. Even boats are fun to use (boats are usually an after-thought in these games). You end up finding random little surprises all over the place. The game doesn't artificially limit you - you have total freedom to go anywhere and do anything. The game has some minor issues. For example, the weapon selection is very limited and enemies are dumb (also there are like 4 variations of enemies). I did not encounter any bugs, though. I'm out of characters. The game is awesome. Get it.
Is this helpful to you?
