Posted on: May 29, 2022

MotherKojiro
Verified ownerGames: 481 Reviews: 194
Better Than Half-Life
I'm going to get a lot of flak for this, but this is like Half-Life, except better... and I didn't like Half-Life. It wants to be Half-Life SOOOOOOO bad, too, having the same weapon select system, only having occasional music (which usually apes Doom), and even recycling one of its plot twists. Still, it's not nearly as janky, and there are several vehicle sections, most of which are actually fun. Problem is what it throws at you: stealth sections, escort missions, and even a "lure the invincible baddie into a trap that may or may not work while it drowns you in a hail of gunfire and rockets", not to mention that you die VERY easily; plenty of enemies can one-shot you, even with full health and armor, especially later in the game, not that the armor does much of anything to begin with. On top of all that, the weapons are so limp that they aren't much fun to use; believe it or not, the pistol remains your best weapon for most of the game, until you find a precision rifle, and the shotgun is almost completely worthless. Yes, it has destructible environments, but it's usually tedious to tunnel your way through anything, and the fun of circumventing a door with a brick of explosives that weighs the same as a small child dies out less than halfway through the adventure.
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