Hilarious game I haven't finished it yet about 10 levels in, definitely some tough spots but the humans reactions make for some enjoyable mayhem, The dialog is often funny, Loaded with horror and action movie references. The speed ability on the zombies is by far the most satisfying. Only thing I can really knock it for so far is all zombies are the same as in appear to be male, even when you turn a female human it still rises as a male which is kinda lame honestly. If you like puzzle games, zombies and dark humor this is the game for you.
I thought this would be some sort of business simulator, It kinda is but really. If you boil it down what it really is, is a collection of mini games inspired by classic arcade games. So you are running an arcade but it's really surface level to the games them selves. I was surprised how fun this game is actually, If you grew up in the 80's and 90's in the arcade You will love this game. You can tell a lot of effort was put into it, a passion project I would say. Lots of little detail in the game, although there are some spots that could have used more attention. I could list some things that could use improving but honestly they're all fairly minor things. Except 1, The controls, different games use different controls, fair enough but remaping your controls does not translate into the game, action key is E, it's always going to be E no matter what you map it to the game will tell you to press E.. this is beyond annoying it's confusing esp when so many games have different control types, so it is for this reason I have to deduct a star. Ideally I would have liked to have seen per-game remapping options, but whatever, beyond that The game is a lot of fun everything in the game is a mini game in it self like taking out trash or cleaning a toilet.. ya you do that. If you watch the video trailer here on GoG you get a really good idea of how the game goes, what they don't show you in the trailer is that the games are playable and there are a lot of them so if you like classic arcade games you're sure to find a couple you like. It also has a decent soundtrack, everything in this game has that 80's early 90's vibe.
I played the 2nd game when it came out and it was okay I really like the getaway/robbery side game. I wasn't sure what to expect in this game, I walked away over all dissatisfied. I am not sure but it seems like there should have been another mode of play given there is a "drop money" and "view score" key bindings but never seems to show up in game play. Game is kinda rough, the main character "Kane" is a horrible, talks to everyone like they're garbage. The story is disjointed and plays out like scenes from a movie, very scripted, don't even bother trying to explore anything, A.I is terrible on both sides there could have been a great squad tactical shooter here but instead you end up ding 90% of the work even when giving your men orders to kill a specific target. It's not all bad though there are a few spots in the game where the shoot outs are well done. I feel like this game had so much potential that was unrealized. You can't skip most cut scenes, I musta watched the one near the end (without spoiling) a dozen times before giving up and asking google how to get past that part of the game. it's a rather short game so like it or hate it you'll not be here long. A lot of the story is just left hanging, your team, Lynch .. so much unanswered. There are 2 endings and I was unsatisfied with both of them. Replay value is pretty low you might play a few of your favorite levels again but not something you'll be coming back to again and again. It's not a bad game but could have been so much more, I don't know if it was time or just poor design choices but it's a real shame it didn't live up to it's potential. PS, I played on win10 and had stuttering freezing issues, look for a fix using a dx8input wrapper dll. It's also mentioned in the gog forum.. shame gog does not have this fix already applied.
So I wasn't impressed with Shadowrun Returns, Draganfall was much improved.. *WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS* Some of the things I didn't like about returns still applies but a lot of things are better. For one and this is subjective the story was better and the dialog was better written also. Additionally it seems like there are more branches of dialog, and more skill checks. It just seemed to flow better I guess is what im saying. This time around you've got a permanent team of runners.. not much different than the 1st game As you still have to pay your team a cut of the pay no free lunch but the team members give input as you progress thru the missions and have dialog in between so you feel a bit more bonded instead of just hiring runners (which you can do but I never did).. there's even a dog this time around :P Although *spoiler* by the time you get said dog I thought they would be an addition "he runs where I run" but nah.. he just takes up another valuable spot in your 4 runner team so it's cool but ultimately not worth a spot for another member which was disappointing. This time around the story is a little less linear, Missions can be taken out of order and some will appear out of order also, so you feel like you have some say in how the story progresses. Later in the game you'll be given choices.. none of them make or break your play thru but it's nice to see prior choices have some sort of impact. There are a few endings.. based on your decisions. 1 thing I found very frustrating that the 1st game had was when you get skill checked like "decking" and you don't meet the requirements but you have a Decker in the team.. Sometimes the game will give you an option like "let your decker _____" other times it's a flat yes/no check on you.. doesn't happen all the time but often enough to piss you off and wonder what good a team is. Ultimately though this was a much more enjoyable exp than the first game.. Now off to play HongKong.
So I never played the pen/paper rpg, but I did play the SNES and Genesis shadowrun games. This game seems to have take heavy inspiration from the SNES version.. personally I felt the Genesis version was superior. I was happy to see someone try to carry on the shadowrun games.. not that bastardized FPS that was made. I however came away wanting. Don't get me wrong it's not a bad game per'say but I expected more eh.. run's as it was. it's a very linear game, The SNES game was as well, you really only go on 1 actual run in the game every thing else is just along the way stuff. I personally felt the Genesis matrix combat was superior, but I don't necessarily have an issue with the direction they went in this game for that.. I do however take issue at just how little "decking" is in this game.. almost everything can be solved without it and there ain't much need or opportunity for it. You'll do best with just picking a street samruai build as almost everything boils down to gun play. The isometric perspective gives a retro feel and the art work is generally well done. The sound track is decent with lots of reworked versions of BGM from the SNES game. I do have to take issue that when you discover video or even pictures you just get text descriptions, very disappointing. The game is heavy on the text with no voice over, I guess it wasn't in the budget but that would have been nice. The game plays mostly like a detective game although it's completely on rails so there isn't much brain power required to actually solve it. The plot starts out interesting enough although at it's peak it becomes pretty absurd, I almost think the dev's started writing the story and then painted them selves into a corner and was like.. eh.. f'it and just went with it. For those who loved the SNES game you will feel right at home, if you was hoping for a more open game.. neg on that chummer. The devs did make it possible to create your own stories/mods so good on them for that.
Got this as a freebie quite some time ago decided to finally try it. I loved C&C and war(star)craft.. but this.. eh.. this is just tedious.. not only do you have to build buildings bu you also have to staff them to inorder to get anything done. want that vehicle built? well you better have your mechanic staffing the workshop. I was trying to go with it.. but on the 3rd mission another group is going to do a joint attack.. although they're going to go even if you're not ready.. eh.. okay what ever.. I think i've seen enough. Im sure some like this level of house keeping in their RTS games.. not my cup of tea.
Not because it's a bad game, it's not.. But having played the 1st two metro games you come to expect certain things. The game has a few large maps that can almost be taken for open world (they're not but it almost seems that way) It almost has a fallout flavor.. or maybe stalker games (I haven't played) But what I found really disappointing was the stroy, the 2033/lastlight both had psychological elements to the story, this game there it's really absent till the final level and then it's laid on kinda thick to try and make up for it. The story telling has been a strong point in the series and this game has more dialog for sure, but it's really uneven the first half of the game has kind of weak dialog imo. Also characters have long pauses between lines which makes them feel robotic.. more so you will often run into situations where 2 conversations are ongoing making it hard to fully experience. The same system is slightly improved.. but i stress.. SLIGHTLY. You can now climb over things but it's inconsistent when it works, speaking inconsistency the stealth is really bad in this game where NPC's dont' see you when they should and shouldn't see you when they do. Graphically the game looks good though and the day/night cycle is well done (if you don't mind always having full moons for some reason) I found many spelling errors, floating objects and objects missing collision data. It seems as the size of the levels have grown the quality was sacrificed. This is a real shame because this the most immersive of the series. But it was bad enough I had to reduce a whole star.. it's to rampant to be excusable. The DLC's are generally good, The Two Colonels helps piece together late story elements. And Sams story was action packed. If you're a metro fan im sure you'll want to play this but it's got a different flavor than previous titles. It's not a bad game but it doesn't out metro.. 2033/lastlight.. and it doesn't out fallout.. fallout :/
Scrolling thru gog and what do I see, I had to stop and pay respect to this game with a review. I can't even tell you how many hours I spent playing this on my trusty Compaq Deskpro 466. In a dark room with the volume cranked. You control 4 cyborgs, you can move as a group or spread them out to cover separate positions or cover multiple objective/targets. I remember just exploring the city and taking in the atmosphere.. with the background music droning on. do de do, do de do.. do de do de do de do de... wona-na-na-na.. wona-na-na-na.... Then the fight music kicks in and you juice up all your cyborgs for ass kickery.. unleash the miniguns! another fun thing was to use a persuadatron and recruit the entire city into one big mob *evil laughter* This game made me a fan of bullfrog and they are sorely missed. American Revolt is incredibly hard btw.. it's just brutal. This is not a fast pace shooter game, the action can be intense when it kicks off but it's more strategy and most of the time you're just moving into position or planing your attack. If the screen shots interest you grab it, I don't think you'll be disappointed in the game play.
My 1st exp with this series was actually the second game Last Light. That was a blessing and a curse, A curse because I knew the rough plot of the game already. The blessing was I understood the game mechanics already. This game gives you very little help along the way, most things are never explained. I also felt the dialog and story telling was not as good as last light. I swear it felt like 3 people voiced this entire game.. and if you played Last Light you'll cringe every time you hear Pavel coming out of another NPC in this game. You'll also hear multiple NPC's having the same dialog which was kinda disappointing. Eh.. it also made me realize how many reused assets last light had. So they was probably able to devote a lot more time to things like voice over dialog in LL. I also felt this game was not as long as last light and was actually over too quickly. However it definitely delivers on the action and I genuinely jumped in my seat a few times. The level designs were interesting although sometimes confusing as you'd come to forks, not knowing which way to go but almost always lead to the same path this might not seem worth mentioning but the game has a tendency to create one way travel where you can't back track so this was frustrating at times. Which is better you might ask me.. I'll say neither.. 2033 and Last Light are like bowls of soup from the same pot but seasoned differently. The auto save system just like in last light makes me want to write angry letters to the dev team. However, setting all that aside, it's a great game if you like action/horror and it blends really well with the 2nd game, so you can play them back to back and it feels like it's one seamless story. Now.. on to Exodus!
A big complaint I had about the 1st game was it's map & navigation, it's much improved this time around. My other big complaint was the repetition.. that sadly is firmly ingrained. The game world is huge.. overall looks pretty good, I'd especially praise it's water/weather, The map has lots of varied enviroments, desert, jungle, snow covered mountain tops. Your clothes change as well, if you get wet your clothes show it, in the desert you get dirty, in the mountains you get snow on you. The grappling hook is improved and can be used in interesting ways, The guns can now be duel welded and controlled independently which is a neat feature, Sadly the game is not greater than the sum of it's parts. The combat often turns annoying especially if waves of helicopters get involved which is quite often. Enemies do not drop first aid, instead you have to locate a box.. a step backwards from the 1st game, you also can not save vehicles. There is no cover system, your health doesn't fully regenerate, you can crouch but you can't move or even fire while doing so. You still can't fire from inside a car except on a bike, unless you get on the roof. You spend most of your time hunting down boxes with money/health/weapon/vehicle upgrades And there are lot of them. There are settlements and strong holds to take over and also challenges that are usually checkpoint racing. There is not much in this game, The NPC's are boring, You'll probably find your self grinding settlements for chaos points to unlock the story line. You're suppose to help the people and your agency by overthrowing a dictator, somehow blowing up electrical transformers, water towers and gas stations is helpful for the people? You do some really awful stuff without question and you're suppose the good guy? Other than it's size it doesn't do anything better than similar games of the era like Mercenaries 2, GTA 4, or Saints Row 2. is it a great game? no Is it a bad game? no it's "just okay"
