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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 8.9 hrs on record
Posted: 26 Jun, 2016 @ 3:53pm
Updated: 26 Jun, 2016 @ 3:54pm

TL;DR: Old-school style shooter with a decent story, good graphics and solid gunplay. Perfect for people who enjoy shooting ♥♥♥♥ in the face.

Gameplay
The gameplay follows an older style, with ADS not being much more accurate than hip-fire. The game is run and gun at its core, and to some extent punishes you for staying in one place for too long. Cover is destructible in this game, and enemies will take advantage of that. The AI in this game is pretty good, executing flanks, repositioning, and throwing nades to flush you out of cover. This isn't something like old-school DOOM, you're not that fast. But, you do have unlimited sprint and a nice little slide move to get you from cover to cover without taking much damage.

This game has an old-school health system as well. Health only regenerates to the nearest multiple of 10, leaving you to find medkits within the level. Armor helps mitigate damage, and is usually scattered around near medkits. You can sometimes pick up armor from dead enemies. If you shoot someone in the head, his helmet pops off for you to take. You can even overcharge your health beyond its limit, and it will slowly tick down over time.

The guns seem fairly standard at first, and it's not until about halfway through the game that you get access to interesting weapons. At first, it's a 3-round burst pistol that can be converted to a silenced handgun. Then, it's a lazer gun that can alternate between cutting holes in the wall and cutting enemies in half. Finally, you get access to the fun stuff: lazer rifles, shotguns with shells that bounce off everything, rocket launchers, and EMP grenades. The lazer gun/cutter you have can be upgraded over the course of the game, giving it functions like reflectable shots, teslas for taking out robots, and a targeting scope that lets it hit multiple enemies at once. It's a shame the lazer gun runs out of ammo so quickly. You'll run out of ammo frequently on higher difficulties, forcing you to take the enemy's ammo and scavenge it from around the level. Any lazer guns run on a battery that needs to be recharged, which you can do at yellow stations scattered around.

You've also got a stealth componnent: you can put a silencer on the pistol, perform silent takedowns, and throw 1-shot knives. The stealth in general is pretty fun, and is usually the better option in terms of difficulty. If enemies detect you, they'll call in backup, which can range from more grunts to heavy armored dudes with rocket launchers and even giant robots. The variety of enemies in this game is great, and you learn throughout it how to tackle each new foe. Each has specific patterns and weak points to exploit.

Story
Nazis won the war, and they have futuristic ♥♥♥♥. So naturally, you're here to ♥♥♥♥ them up.

The story is actually pretty good, and does a decent job of making you care about the characters. Nothing particularly new, it's been done before, and some of the "twists" are pretty obvious, but it's more than you usually get with this type of a game.

Graphicals
Pretty good. The overall lighting/animation is great, and the reflections and bullet effects are very nice. As I said, most cover is destructible. It's very satisfying to see half of a room destroyed. The textures leave a bit to be desired, especially since the game is 40GB in size.

Sound
The voice acting is good for most characters, and the accents aren't over the top. Each character sounds different. As for the game sound, well... it's guns. Just as good as any other shooter, really. The music is nice though.

Overall, would recommend to anyone looking for a solid, engaging singleplayer shooter.
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