Terrific Sci-Fi Shooter.
posted by dfloss721 (GRAYSLAKE, IL) Apr 6, 2010
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I never played any other Quake games and picked this up just fine. It's like Halo and carries the space, futuristic, and alien theme. The story is pretty good but much darker and more gruesome than your average shooter, and the single player campaign will take you 10 hours to beat. It's creepy and gory like Dead Space, with lots of dark areas where you need your flashlight to see. Human experimentation in the alien ships is pretty gross, particularly with what they do to human bodies. Mature content indeed.
It's scary.
You play through levels like Halo, with a few bosses to beat. You have to navigate through semi-maze levels a lot to complete small missions in each level. You usually have a teammate with you. SOmething cool and unique is that depending on your teammates, if you have a medic he can heal you, and if you have a techie he can repair your armor to brand new. It's cool.
The game has lots of other positives though, such as the guns. There's a good selection of 10 guns to blow your enemies to pieces with. You have machine guns, rocket and grenade launchers, chain guns, dark matter guns, etc. The controls are also super easy to pick up, and I prefer them over Halo controls any day. The graphics are pretty solid.. nothing spectacular though. The campaign was entertaining, and the AI for once was actually helpful and didn't get in my way.
I did't like the absence of grenades and explosions. I could've used a sticky grenade or something. There were too many levers, doors to open, elevators to ride, etc. Just let me roam a landscape for once. Too much inside spaceship action.
Solid rent. Online play used to be good, but the game is kind of old. Still playable. Super gruesome and creepy sci-fi thriller of a shooter.
Milt Drucker- xbox gamertag
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