Posted on: May 18, 2016

samuel_hamalainen

Игр: 587 Отзывов: 17

Well spent money.

I don´t regret a bit spending cash on this game, it was well worth it, both singelplayer and coop-multiplayer. It is an awesome game, that is easy to like and it keeps you on the edge while you play, searching in the dark night for those lurking aliens, while you at the same time are watching your ammo run out fast... =)

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Posted on: June 19, 2017

Hanglyman

Владелец игры

Игр: 444 Отзывов: 141

Fun But Shallow and Derivative

Shadowgrounds isn't a bad game, exactly, but it's certainly mediocre. As Tyler, a mechanic on Jupiter's moon Ganymede, you must fight off an alien invasion with an impressive arsenal of upgradable weapons. And that's about all there is to it. The controls are a little awkward, but serviceable, though the weird top-down 3D view constantly makes you wish you could see just a little further into the distance. The graphics are dated, early 2000s stuff, and probably a bit cheap even for 2005, but they do the job and there aren't too many issues, aside from a glitch I had that rendered the water incorrectly (I think there was a fix to this, but the game was over before I bothered to find it). The low budget definitely shows when, for instance, vehicles just slide across the ground, their wheels clearly not spinning. The characters are shallow and given very little development or personality, though Tyler himself has a bit of grumbling charm, and the voice acting isn't very good. The sound and music are fine, but nothing special. Overall, the game shows a lack of ambition or creativity, as evidenced by the many obvious tropes taken from other games and movies- Tyler in his orange jumpsuit fighting an alien invasion is reminiscent of Half-Life's Gordon Freeman, the APC you have to reach looks EXACTLY like the one from Aliens, there are enemies that look like Starcraft's hydralisks, the robot enemies look exactly like ED-209 from Robocop... the list goes on. Probably the game's strongest point is the variety of enemy and weapon types. With 10 weapons, all very different and with three upgrades each, as well as enemies that rush you, turn invisible, shoot at you, poison you, are invulnerable from the front, etc., there's a lot of room for inventiveness and strategy. It's fun to play, no question, it just leaves you wishing all the enjoyable combat mechanics were accompanied by interesting characters and a good plot.

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Posted on: November 11, 2017

brolee71

Владелец игры

Игр: 162 Отзывов: 44

Fun blast, poor story and voice actors.

More fun than the classic Alien Breed or the Alien Breed reboots. Shame about the chronic voice acting and super dumb plot, but even that can't hold down the fun action shooter that this game is.

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Posted on: March 12, 2019

Wottie

Владелец игры

Игр: 1333 Отзывов: 26

Boom, bang, aaargh, yeah!

Set on terraformed Ganymede where something's gone wrong, this game totally scratched my action sci-fi B-movie itch. Graphics ranging from very nice to wow (the final environment), great music to go with them, ending that has a few plot holes but still brings a kind of catharsis, and - last but foremost - great playability. The game is well balanced, there's a reasonable variety of weapons, and there are enough bosses/special monsters to avoid repetitiveness. Near the end, a bit of fatigue comes with some less inspired missions (taking down generators is less cool than taking down aliens), but the final fight and the aforementioned ending make up for it. Cons include horrible voice acting (the voicing feels like done by the devs&family to save costs) and a few design flaws (like as soon as you kill a boss, the game loads a new level, so you can't pick up whatever bonuses were dropped on the ground during the fight). But you know what? It doesn't matter much because this is a great shooter. It may not be perfect, but I loved playing it from start to finish, which doesn't happen to me that often.

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Posted on: June 19, 2019

tpainter

Владелец игры

Игр: 304 Отзывов: 3

Weekend distraction

Game needs a bit more polish. I encountered the following issues on Win7-64: - Running game first time turns off Windows Aero and game hangs. Game process must be ended and rerun for game to load. - Game character sticks on edges/corners of walls, stuff, other characters. Easily results in character death if swamped by enemies. - Has auto-save system incompatible with realities of life - phone calls, power outages, computer crashes, nap time, meals, etc. If you need to stop in the middle of a mission you will be playing the mission over from beginning again. - Last two missions were buggy in that objects you had to interact with would not work again after a re-spawn resulting in starting the mission over. Not cool. - Widescreen resolutions are not offered by default game launcher. Editing Config\Options.txt and setting screen_height and screen_width to desired widescreen resolution seems to work. Game could be finished in a weekend if no issues are encountered. More enjoyable than not. Shooter fix on a budget.

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