This game is awesome. An easy top 5 entry for me and just so many excellent elements and forward thinking ideas despite its age. I played it all the way through after being inspired to give it a shot after mandaloregaming's review. Every now and then I try playing old cult classics and they just don't stick for me, especially early era 3d games that didn't age so well. This game has incredible art direction, great sprites, and animation; citadel station is super well designed and feels thought out - a real blast to explore.
Shodan is such an incredible villain and performance that it really lets me looks past the very poor "we let whoever was in the office that day record the audio for this log" voice acting performances (although to be fair, first game to ever have voice logs at all). You feel her presence throughout the game, and the steady learning of each area, her minions, and the tools you acquire over the journey to fight back really keeps you engaged. While the OST is all over the place, most levels have memorable tracks and great atmosphere. Goofy B horror abounds, an eerie station, freakish mutants and cyborgs roaming the halls, and you got yourself a fun adventure romp.
The game even has heavily customizable difficulty settings. Its crazy to think just how many things it got right, and just how many of those things shine through with the addition of mouse look. I'd recommend this game to everyone.
There are a few things that suck though - mainly cyberspace and pretty bad audio mixing in a few places. My ears do explode whenever there's radiation present.
Final score: Your memo/Your memo
Shodan is such an incredible villain and performance that it really lets me looks past the very poor "we let whoever was in the office that day record the audio for this log" voice acting performances (although to be fair, first game to ever have voice logs at all). You feel her presence throughout the game, and the steady learning of each area, her minions, and the tools you acquire over the journey to fight back really keeps you engaged. While the OST is all over the place, most levels have memorable tracks and great atmosphere. Goofy B horror abounds, an eerie station, freakish mutants and cyborgs roaming the halls, and you got yourself a fun adventure romp.
The game even has heavily customizable difficulty settings. Its crazy to think just how many things it got right, and just how many of those things shine through with the addition of mouse look. I'd recommend this game to everyone.
There are a few things that suck though - mainly cyberspace and pretty bad audio mixing in a few places. My ears do explode whenever there's radiation present.
Final score: Your memo/Your memo