I cant imagine what it must have been like if you had gotten this game in 2012 not knowing what you where getting into. One of the best and most horrific games that i have ever played.
Being a story based shooter is a tough call in 2012 when everything is a military shooter that has multyplayer. this game is highly critical of that genre, forcing you the player to look at what you are doing in the game and ask if you should blindly follow instruction.
Most points of the game there are "choices" that you can make if you pay enough attention. But the game doesn't really want you to know that, which is why they only tell you once at the very beginning that your mission is only recon. Walker changes it nearly instantly and you the player just blindly accept that you are supposed to just start killing people now. This works very well in setting the themes and making you think a bit more when you play other games
The game play is fine, nothing too ground breaking here. Standard cover based 3rd person shooter affair. I would say its not even quite as good as the gears of war or mass effect games, but definitely serviceable. Again though, this almost adds to the theme of the game, why is it normal for games to be fun while killing other people in a war setting.
8/10
Being a story based shooter is a tough call in 2012 when everything is a military shooter that has multyplayer. this game is highly critical of that genre, forcing you the player to look at what you are doing in the game and ask if you should blindly follow instruction.
Most points of the game there are "choices" that you can make if you pay enough attention. But the game doesn't really want you to know that, which is why they only tell you once at the very beginning that your mission is only recon. Walker changes it nearly instantly and you the player just blindly accept that you are supposed to just start killing people now. This works very well in setting the themes and making you think a bit more when you play other games
The game play is fine, nothing too ground breaking here. Standard cover based 3rd person shooter affair. I would say its not even quite as good as the gears of war or mass effect games, but definitely serviceable. Again though, this almost adds to the theme of the game, why is it normal for games to be fun while killing other people in a war setting.
8/10