You have two playable characters, and after finishing game as one, you unlock scenario B (kinda what happened at the same time) for another character. Cool bosses, Birkin has a huge eye on the shoulder, Mister X has a beatchin fedora and a coat - both pretty scary. I feel like RPD section is a bit longer than the others, but that's cool, it's still interesting. You can still land a crunchy, bombastic headshots via shotgun - always satisfying, but you also has a big variety of weapons for both of the characters like grenade launcher, crossbow, SMG and hold your plants - flamethrower. Replayability is quite high and not annoying - each scenario takes around 3-4 hours to finish if you like me has no idea what are you doing. Highly recommend GOG version as it includes 4th survivor, tofy and extreme battle, which is fun to tackle after you finish the game and you want something for a dessert.
Solid retro shooter based on Warhammer 40K. Whether you're into Doom or Warhammer grim estetique you'll be pleased. Level design covers all, you'll fight your way through snow, sand, futuristic facilities and abandoned gothic cities. You'll be forced to look for the colored keys to progress, but mazes of levels quite forgiving and most probably you'll not be lost. Sound effects and music are just great! Sounds of your arsenal combined with rumble of your armour left me feeling like a real space marine. 80s synth - industial - esque music works great with retro look and feel of the game. Gameplay is pretty simple with emphasis on action rather than story which is quite irrelevant here sonsidering obvious Doom roots. Heretics, monsters and other beasts are working as excuse for you to have fun with your weapons, most of them are interesting to use, punchy and impactful, but a real star here is a Boltgun. There's nothing like blowing to pieces group of heretics with a round of fire from your Boltgun while shouting out taunts.
This review is based on the fact that I never played original BG and any other BG entry. As well worth mentioning that I had zero experience in D&D before. If you are a newbie like me, you'll be pleased to know that there's a very good training mode that will get you familiar with the basic mechanics of the game. Unfortunately, some of the stuff like what does 1d8 damage means and what exactly value of your armor means I needed to check outside of the game, but that's not a big problem. Also, there're a lot of difficulty levels to choose, so it'll be suitable experience if you just want to see how the story unwraps or you're looking for a good challange. RPG system is very flexible and worth experiments, you can make an expert in particular craft or dive deep into dual-calss or even triple-class 'Jack of all trades' type of built. You're able to have up to 6 people in your party, so it's possible to balance your weak sides with companions. Speaking of companions, maybe it's just me, but I never felt any connections with them, even with those, who joined me by the main plot. They all felt just like tools in you posession to assist you in the time of need, but nothing more. Gameplay-wise it's a real-time rpg, but you can pause the game to give orders to your team. There were some hiccups with navigation through narrow dungeons, sompanions can got stuck or go to a diffirent direction. It's a bit frustrating especially during heated combat. I want to give some praises to the story, which wasn't generic and had a few plot twists that made me not only involved but really surprised at times. Music serves really well in building an atmospehere. There's no big variaty in locations, but what it has is quite detailed and deep. Overall, I would highly recommend to try this out. Maybe it'll not rock your world, especially if you've played recent installment, but most definetely you'll have a great time.
