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16 years ago
General
My header.
Sleeper hit of 2009. Fact.
Story
You play as Alex Mercer, who during the game's intro single-handly annihlates some BlackWatch soliders using some of the powers he has gained from this special 'virus' that he has no idea how he got it in the first place.
While I'm not gonna give the entire plot away, for a Sandbox game, this has a pretty good story that'll keep you hooked and it'll make you want to find out every little thing that's happened to Alex thanks to Radical taking complete advantage of one of the games' gameplay elements.
While it's not the greatest thing in the world sometimes, as some of it's cutscenes do not fit at all, this game does have a decent story, but don't expect it to grip you as much as GTA4's in terms of drama and humor.
Gameplay
Devil May Cry Fun.
That's actually enough to end this section, but I might aswell expand on it.
As Alex, you have access to several powers that will tear apart and destroy everything in your way, such as Claws that can cut your opponents in half or dismember them in several ways, or your Blade which is your strongest offensive power and is similar to Wesker's blade at the end of Resi 5.
You also have vision powers... which are actually useless and pointless, except for the whole one mission you use Infected Vision on.
There are also 2 defensive powers which are pretty useful, such as a Shield which can block some attacks unless it's destroyed, and there's also Armor which'll perminately increase your defense, while at the cost of slowing you down and getting rid of your Glide ability.
While this is a free-roam sandbox game though, you can't use your powers without resistance, because if the military catch you using any of your powers (even if you're not attacking), it'll instantly raise an alarm and bring all their forces onto you such as tanks and helicopters.
Their defenses against you increase as the game goes on, however that you can find out for yourself if you decide to get the game. There's also YouTube though if you're curious.
Graphically the game is decent, but not breath-taking, as some of Manhattan does not look great, and while your powers look awesome, their looks don't change the more you upgrade them, which is a shame. However, Alex looks good for a main character, and the cutscenes do look great, even though some are mis-placed.
However, it's not flawless. It's gunplay is a tad mediocre (even though you're really gonna depend on it halfway through the game, and all the way through on Hard difficulty), and the game's camera isn't always the greatest thing in the world, and some enemies are a tad unbalanced.
But the freedom you do get in terms of it's gameplay, and it's numerous events I'd say makes up for that.
The game comes with 3 difficulties (Easy, Normal, Hard), all with New Game + when you beat it, so replay value is good too.
Final Verdict
Like I said at the top of the review, this is the Sleeper Hit of 2009, like Dead Space was for 2008. While this isn't flawless by any means, Radical knew what they were doing when making this game, they made it all for the 'fun factor', and this game delivers with great gameplay, an engaging story and some good characters to go with it.
Final Score: 9/10
Update
Right, well most of this was just copied from my DA journal, but I've been doing some reviews there for a while, so I thought I might aswell bring them here too, since it'll give me something to do since it's been 2 years since I sprited comics. I'm gonna attempt to do one of these every week, just reviewing games I have, whether they'll be recently played or older games I own.
Rules on the reviews:
- While I'm sure no one would ask anyway, no requests.
- Don't ask me to review any Halo/Zelda/Call of Duty game. I don't have them, I never will have any of them.
- Your opinions are valid, so you can agree/disagree with my reviews, I wouldn't mind if you said why too. But don't flat-out bash them either.
- You can even do a mini (or full) review as a comment too if you'd like.
And that's it for now.
Next week: TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled.
Story
You play as Alex Mercer, who during the game's intro single-handly annihlates some BlackWatch soliders using some of the powers he has gained from this special 'virus' that he has no idea how he got it in the first place.
While I'm not gonna give the entire plot away, for a Sandbox game, this has a pretty good story that'll keep you hooked and it'll make you want to find out every little thing that's happened to Alex thanks to Radical taking complete advantage of one of the games' gameplay elements.
While it's not the greatest thing in the world sometimes, as some of it's cutscenes do not fit at all, this game does have a decent story, but don't expect it to grip you as much as GTA4's in terms of drama and humor.
Gameplay
Devil May Cry Fun.
That's actually enough to end this section, but I might aswell expand on it.
As Alex, you have access to several powers that will tear apart and destroy everything in your way, such as Claws that can cut your opponents in half or dismember them in several ways, or your Blade which is your strongest offensive power and is similar to Wesker's blade at the end of Resi 5.
You also have vision powers... which are actually useless and pointless, except for the whole one mission you use Infected Vision on.
There are also 2 defensive powers which are pretty useful, such as a Shield which can block some attacks unless it's destroyed, and there's also Armor which'll perminately increase your defense, while at the cost of slowing you down and getting rid of your Glide ability.
While this is a free-roam sandbox game though, you can't use your powers without resistance, because if the military catch you using any of your powers (even if you're not attacking), it'll instantly raise an alarm and bring all their forces onto you such as tanks and helicopters.
Their defenses against you increase as the game goes on, however that you can find out for yourself if you decide to get the game. There's also YouTube though if you're curious.
Graphically the game is decent, but not breath-taking, as some of Manhattan does not look great, and while your powers look awesome, their looks don't change the more you upgrade them, which is a shame. However, Alex looks good for a main character, and the cutscenes do look great, even though some are mis-placed.
However, it's not flawless. It's gunplay is a tad mediocre (even though you're really gonna depend on it halfway through the game, and all the way through on Hard difficulty), and the game's camera isn't always the greatest thing in the world, and some enemies are a tad unbalanced.
But the freedom you do get in terms of it's gameplay, and it's numerous events I'd say makes up for that.
The game comes with 3 difficulties (Easy, Normal, Hard), all with New Game + when you beat it, so replay value is good too.
Final Verdict
Like I said at the top of the review, this is the Sleeper Hit of 2009, like Dead Space was for 2008. While this isn't flawless by any means, Radical knew what they were doing when making this game, they made it all for the 'fun factor', and this game delivers with great gameplay, an engaging story and some good characters to go with it.
Final Score: 9/10
Update
Right, well most of this was just copied from my DA journal, but I've been doing some reviews there for a while, so I thought I might aswell bring them here too, since it'll give me something to do since it's been 2 years since I sprited comics. I'm gonna attempt to do one of these every week, just reviewing games I have, whether they'll be recently played or older games I own.
Rules on the reviews:
- While I'm sure no one would ask anyway, no requests.
- Don't ask me to review any Halo/Zelda/Call of Duty game. I don't have them, I never will have any of them.
- Your opinions are valid, so you can agree/disagree with my reviews, I wouldn't mind if you said why too. But don't flat-out bash them either.
- You can even do a mini (or full) review as a comment too if you'd like.
And that's it for now.
Next week: TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled.
