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Posted on: January 30, 2009
benmhall
Verified ownerGames: 141 Reviews: 4
A little glitchy but very fun
Yes, the graphics are dated. Yes, there are audio hiccups, but this is a very fun game. I played it from start to finish. This doesn't often happen. (I typically don't even get through demos.) Much, much fun. A very good $6.
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Posted on: September 3, 2009
Snickersnack
Verified ownerGames: 1146 Reviews: 2
A flawed but very fun FPS.
The on foot sections of this game feature some of the cheapest gunplay I've ever played in an fps. The enemy ai is box of rocks stupid but seems to have the ability to wall hack to make up for it. This combined with a strange critical hit damage system, allows the computer to frag you in a single hit before you even see them. Beware, the letters on your quick-load key may wear off. ;) Fortunately, this game oozes charm. Gunplay has a satisfying and distinct feel (same genre but nothing like Quake, Unreal, Src, or Halo engines). Everything is bright and colorfull. Levels are just the right length such that they don't seem to drag on forever. Quality voice acting. Game has multiple paths and endings. The designers had a sense of humor! This game makes me so sad. It has so much potential but seems like it was rushed out the door 6 months too early (to beat Half-Life to market perhaps?). I'd recommend Shogo to FPS buffs with diverse tastes. It's an interesting evolutionary dead end of the genre, formed during the intense experimentation of its early years. Things seem much more formulaic now so I fear we'll never see a unique FPS like Shogo again.
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Posted on: March 11, 2010
Akalabeth
Verified ownerGames: 649 Reviews: 92
Not the best but pretty fun
This is an interesting game which I don't think I've seen repeated anywhere else. Basically a game wherein you play either as a foot soldier, or as a pilot of several stories-tall mecha. As a mecha you'll fight other mecha as well as enemy soldiers while out of your mech you'll fight other soldiers, but sometimes mecha as well. And the combat is pretty unforgiving. You can be at full health, and die in an instant because some of the guns are that powerful. So is it a good game? I enjoyed it. The combat is varied with the two modes. They're both point and shoot but the soldier and mecha weapons are quite distinct. The graphics are a little dated of course, the story is a bit hammy, and the action is a little unrealistic style wise but as a whole it works. It's basically an anime game, as much as Oni was from Bungie, and like Oni this game is fairly good. My only real problem with the game is some parts were ridiculously difficult. There's one part where you have to fight some rogue pilot on top of a platform near a helijet and the enemy guy has some ridiculously proportioned gun that can blow you apart in two shots. I tried about a dozen times but couldn't even get close to the guy. Eventually, he either got stuck on terrain or died somehow that wasn't by doing. Basically the game screwed up and I benefitted from it. Later on you fight a mecha while on foot. Man vs Mecha is a bad idea, for the man that is. Like any mecha you really need a platoon of guys to take it down, one on one is more like suicide and the game reflects this as the battle is quite difficult. As is the entire final arc. Though like most games, the final boss battle is ridiculously easy compared to what you have to do to get there. So all in all. Some balance issues I would say. But still a fun game and worth a go. It's not perfect, but for anime-mecha combat there's not much else on the market and it's unique from my experience.
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Posted on: September 29, 2010
dnfont1988
Verified ownerGames: 4 Reviews: 1
Shogo Mobile Armor Division
Classic FPS. One of my first ever games. Very fun and entertaining.
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Posted on: June 20, 2011
godspeeed
Verified ownerGames: 156 Reviews: 10
Traktor beam
I remember paying 7$ an hour at an internet cafe only to tractor beam my way through cities without ever shooting my gun. Just the badass feeling of being a robot.
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