A nice little campaign expansion, the new gameplay mechanics are great, but the story and the pacing are all over the place.

Sections getting repeated again and again, there are many times where you feel like you're doing the same thing.

It's alright, I enjoyed my time with it for the most part, but after a while I just wanted it to be over.

Final Rating: "Average" ~ 5/10.

Not too much to say about this one. It's been on my list for a while and I polished it off this weekend in a few sittings. It's Gears, but on a tropical island setting, so you know what to expect. You progress from one linear environment dotted with waist-high blocks to the next, shooting gribbly alien monsters making your way from set-piece to set-piece. There's the bit when you're stuck on a moving object for a while as you try to fend off enemies who shoot down at you. There's the bit where you have to defend your position against enemy hordes for a set amount of time. There's an almost ridiculous amount of sliding down slopes on your backside while shooting. There's a couple of boss battles. Stop me if you've heard this before.

It looks lovely on ultra-wide with everything turned up to eleven, and it clips by at a decent pace for its three hour run-time, but I imagine it'll prove entirely forgettable. It's probably best played with a couple of mates as a co-op campaign that you can get through in three or four sessions, one that's not going to take up too much of your time or brain power.

Bem legal, mas será que necessária?

Hivebusters é uma DLC curiosa. Ao mesmo tempo que ela é linda, divertida e bem construída, ela é desnecessária por não agregar absolutamente nada na história de uma forma que vc pense "ah, legal, preencheu essa lacuna".

Na verdade ele até preenche, pois dá a lore para o modo de jogo fuga, mas ele é apenas um modo de jogo multiplayer onde precisamos nos infiltrar em uma colmeia swarm para infecta-la com um veneno e escapar. A DLC conta como chegamos a conseguir essa toxina. Na campanha principal, em momento algum a gnt joga ou vê isso, então ao mesmo tempo que é legal, não complemente em mt coisa.

Agora, ela deixa uma possibilidade em aberto para ser desenvolvida no próximo jogo, pois a toxina é usada contra os swarms, logo.... é uma teoria que poderia ser legal de ser abordada, então vamos aguardar o que a Coalition vai fazer.

No mais, personagens são carismáticos e se encaixam MUITO bem, mais uma vez os cenários são deslumbrantes e o divertimento é garantido. Vale a pena jogar, principalmente pegando através do game pass, então é uma gameplay obrigatória para a franquia, ainda mais por ser curtinho.

What a DLC! Started right through after beating the main campaign and it was a lightweight journey that contrasts heavily with the original game. It simultaneously has characteristics of something Wild West-y, mainly in its soundtrack and characters, and gives of the vibes of a blend between sci-fi and tribalistic fantasy, like something you would see in Halo or, among more recenr titles, Horizon: Zero Dawn. Like future tech stylistic meets something ancient and primal. I'm a sucker for this rare type of atmosphere and worldbuilding in fiction, so huge props for that.
Characters and the whole plot aren't something new and you've probably seen this archytipes and plot diveses dozens of times at this point, but there's still a beautiful charm in them because of the writing. It's a strong 3-hours long campaign filled with adrenaline and action and I heavily recommend to beat it in one or two playsessions to get the best from it.
The only real complain I have is on gameplay side. I really liked the addition of special abilities to each character and there's nothing bad about this side of the gameplay loop. Though in the main game the AI was servicible for the most part, here characters controled by the computer are often tough to work with. Giving that devs probably thought about smooth game flow with the usage of given abilities, bots are at times outright dumb and will stay at one spot without going anywhere or will do everything in the world besides reviving you. It wasn't really a tremendous problem to deal with though since I played on a lower difficulty.
Overall, Hivebusters is a great expirience and I would love to come back after a while to collect all collectibles or to play it in coop.