himbo: the game
pretty, dumb, thoughtless. has some great pieces to be special, something that's carried over as a series staple, i guess, which is that it's a game about linebacker sized men who pound aliens into the dirt with equally absurdly macho weaponry. presentation is polished to an inch of its life. plays super tight. looks like the real deal. but narratively kind of dead. could have tried to inject some personality somewhere along the line. it's an oddly dour game whose biggest personality and redemptive figure is still a fascist who shot a bunch of protestors (either off screen or in another game, i don't know).
it's good. it's fine. the lightning desert storms are sick. i'll always remember it for where it fits into the timeline of my depression (i would have finished it two weeks sooner if i didn't fall into an unrelated tailspin while playing). but it's ultimately kind of too generic for its own good. it's the first gears game i played. i'll no doubt play some more though.
pretty, dumb, thoughtless. has some great pieces to be special, something that's carried over as a series staple, i guess, which is that it's a game about linebacker sized men who pound aliens into the dirt with equally absurdly macho weaponry. presentation is polished to an inch of its life. plays super tight. looks like the real deal. but narratively kind of dead. could have tried to inject some personality somewhere along the line. it's an oddly dour game whose biggest personality and redemptive figure is still a fascist who shot a bunch of protestors (either off screen or in another game, i don't know).
it's good. it's fine. the lightning desert storms are sick. i'll always remember it for where it fits into the timeline of my depression (i would have finished it two weeks sooner if i didn't fall into an unrelated tailspin while playing). but it's ultimately kind of too generic for its own good. it's the first gears game i played. i'll no doubt play some more though.