4 stars is a good rate but, as a huge Duke Nukem 3D fan at the time, I was expecting a little more. The revamped engine has a lot of potential for oldschool gamers from the 80s like me. Unfortunately it comes up short with interactiviy, which I expected to be much higher (considering the limits of the BUILD engine, obviously). I mean, the graphics are cool, a lot of improved effects, the music is ok and the sound effects are just fine... but there is something missing in the whole package. Or maybe it's just me! Just try the game anyway (on sale?), it's surely worth the money they're asking for.
It's more of the same but it's what we wanted. Nice map design and visuals, multiple paths, good sounds and lots of lore to be discovered. A bit easy if you decide to use all powers at your disposal for a stealth approach.
I consider myself an experienced gamer, I like games to be challenging so I always play games at a higher difficulty level than the standard: DO NOT DO IT WITH THIS GAME! I started a new game at HARD difficulty, which is not even the highest available, and it's simply too hard to be fun. Mission 1 was difficult but doable, yet with extensive quick saving/loading. Mission 2 was extremely difficuly and I had to randomly try sequences to check if it was working or not. Which kills all the fun. I got halfway through Mission 3 and quit playing as this is not something I enjoy. Stealth becomes almost useless and you find yourself just walking and costantly focusing on the map to try to avoid the enemies that can spot you. And sometimes this is not an option and you have to kill (noiselessly) all the enemies in an area and avoid others to discover the body. Maybe i will give it another try in the future with a lower difficutly level, because otherwise the game is not bad at all and it didn't suffer from all the bugs other reported. The atmosphere is good and also the graphics are OK for a 13-year old game. Also, i'm giving it 3 stars because I paid it 0,89 € :)
