Posted on: December 4, 2012
Negatif
Verified ownerGames: 195 Reviews: 4
Shogo....worth the time
When I first played this game years ago, I didn't give it a chance, I think I stopped playing after the second map. This time, I bought it and just as I was about to give up on it, I found myself wanted to play a little more little more. Next thing I knew, I ate up most of the Saturday. It was a good time! I liked the story, anime sound effects, voice over acting, and the weapons. It was the right mix of challenge and butt kicking. The two modes you'll play in- mecha and human are different enough that you can appreciate the variety. Graphics-wise, it's obviously not cutting edge, but that's the whole point of the games on GOG.com You can appreciate this title for the era for the came from (circa 1998) and the gameplay. Does it hold up after 14 years? I'd say so! Of course, I can see why Half-Life, which came out around the same time, stole the show. It is still far better than stuff you'd see in the Build engine of the same timeframe (Duke Nuk'em, Redneck Rampage, etc). In fact, it looks perfectly lovely in 1920x1080. (GOG.com video update perhaps?) It's not without some flaws of course- most notably the AI. As you'll see in other reviews, don't expect to be wow'd by the opponent's tactics, which run the gambit of: 1) 'stand here and fight' 2) 'close the distance and fight' 3) 'Hmmm, my partner died- I feel like I should be doing *something*.' 4) "When I shoot my rocketlauncher, it hurts myself. I wonder what will happen if I do it again..." But despite that, the gameplay is still fun. Glitches- there are a few- for me, most noteably in the "Belly of the Best" map, there's a huge spinning barrel room. There's an elevator platform to the right, but my elevator seemed to be stuck. I have to use a cheat to float up to the top and resume the game. It blew the mood, but I wanted to finish the game. Another one- in what was supposed to be a boss matchup between you and Uziekel(spelling?) ends up being anticlimatic because he injures himself shooting his rocketlauncher down at you. (and he never makes good on his promise to get me another time) Still, all in all, the game left me wanting more- I really like it, which is all you can really ask of a game. It ends hinting at a sequel that will clearly never come. Bummer.
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