I enjoyed Ion Fury and expansion Aftershock and I was looking forward to Phantom Fury, expecting much of the same retro shooter action. However, the lack of quicksave really sucked the fun out of the game for me. Other than a green banana in your lunch box, there’s not much that sucks more than having to replay the same section over and over because of a retarded checkpoint system. I would have thought as its predecessor had quicksave and being a ‘90s inspired shooter, quicksave would have been mandatory.
Trepang2 features solid combat and pleasing visuals, however is let down by a lack of finish and some poor design choices. The game can be frustrating at times too, with difficultly spikes and an auto save systems which forces replay of the same section multiple times prior to overcoming a difficult section. There’s nothing I love more than replaying the same section over and over again. Good try devs, but not up to standard.
You know what would have made this game infinitely better? More shooting and less cut scenes! The shooting is good when it happens, however it’s interleaved with cutscenes for a story nobody cares about and objectionable characters nobody likes. Ever since Half-Life, every FPS needs to have a story, which has been to the genres detriment.
This game is awesome! Takes me back to everything I love about ‘90s shooters – simple, fast paced and rewarding gameplay, devoid of all modern crap like cut scenes, realism, gimmicks and console-itis. I’ve been playing shooters since the mid ‘90s, so you can probably guess my age - yeah I’m pretty old and have a mortgage and stuff like that. I’ve played just about every shooter there is and consequently have developed a real dislike for modern shooters (with a few exceptions), so much so I don’t even bother with them anymore, preferring to replay the classics. If you like classic shooters like Doom, Shadow Warrior, Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Quake, etc, you’ll love Ion Fury. Be sure to support the developer by purchasing a copy - with our support, the developer and other independent developers will continue to produce other great games like this.
