Pros: 1. Great stage design. 2. Short game, won't consume much time. 3. The difficulty is borderline to frustration but in a good way. 4. Nice music score to accompany playthrough. Cons: 1. One to two stages and trickets are really hard to get.
Well since the game is in development right now there are major issues like a character levels up and then losing the level reset to the level is was created. Another thing is with the map. The map just shifted to the right as I was progressing so it didn't represent the places I had traveled before. Mouse not supported right now, even though I can't of got used to the keyboard but still. It seems very nice as far as graphics is concerned and feel of the game. I think with the proper care and development it can be a great game to play. For now it's like a demo version of a game. Not full featured yet.
As I haven't played the first version of the game I will state what was the overall feeling of the game for me. For the pros: 1. Very nice graphics and if you play it with graphics in ultra it really adds to the atmosphere of the game. For me I went for medium because the game was jumping some frames in higher quality. 2. Really nice atmosphere, you really feel the isolation in space and when the next enemy will appear in the corner. What adds to the atmosphere is the lack of ammunition and and medikits. 3. There are not cutscenes like videos, like half-life, in my opinion this adds to the immersion since you aren't cut from action or graphics. 4. Really nice mechanics for a game of 1996. 5. Nice puzzles not too hard on normal difficulty. You have to keep track of the media recordings for some of them. 6. The game in my opinion is not mainly FPS but a blend of Adventure + FPS. 7. Story is decent too. A with SHODAN adding to the clastrophobic feelling every now and then by talking on com. 8 The cyberspace was a nice touch. Reminded me a bit like Descent the game. Cons: 1. I felt inventory was a bit small or the items big maybe. The Cargo lift too could hold very few stuff. This makes you very conscious of what to carry and when since from the start of the game till the end the weapons you need to use differ. 2. Cyberspace felt nice at the start but got a little tired later on when I had to pass the stage in order to progress. It wasn't a filler for stuff. 3. It has an add marker on the map. It could be useful if you added a message because after a while you forget why you placed it. Bugs: 1.The game crashed 5 times.2 Random and 3 in cyberspace of maintenance I think before exiting. The music stopped and after a minute the game crashed. I bypassed this by running for the exit the last time. 2.When hovering over a weapon to see the total ammunition the bullets are behind a ware on the right and can't be seen. 3.And please. Add a skip button on the death screen!!!!
For anybody playing it on windows 10 download the windows installer install the game normally. Press right click on the game executable and go to compatibility tab. Tick compatibility mode and select windows 7 on the drop down box and press ok. Then run the game! I am currently playing the game so I don't have an actual review. Till now for the year it came out it's good