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Terrible. It reminds me of Hellgate: London, but in space.
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Sin317
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Aug 2008 15:31 Post subject: |
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yeah it feels like working, not playing. Its a terrible waste of generic shoot em up time.
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| Posted: Sun, 17th Aug 2008 16:19 Post subject: |
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Well, its been about ten hours now and I'm through with the game.
- Mini review follows -
Graphics / Engine:
I'm not really a graphics whore, but the game looks more than decent in my eyes. Physics are nice too. Nothing fancy, but it gets the job done.
8/10
Sound
There were a few problems with looping sounds getting stuck on loading a game after you die. The music however is good. It does fit in with the game surprisingly well. I usually have to turn music off quite soon, as they annoy me most of the time, this time around however, the music really improved the atmosphere of the game. Then theres also the usual sound effects. Nothing that did catch my ears there. I'm not really a sound whore either, so sound gets a nice score as well.
7/10
Controls & Camera
The controls - many people complain about it - took about 20 minutes to get used to.. I don't say there is no better solution, but these do as well. The only thing i really missed was the ability to strafe and fire.. Funny enough, the robot does it all the time if you issue move orders after an attack order. This however is only a minor nuisance, as later in the game you will figure out the right combination of specials so you never have to dodge a bullet again 
As for the camera.. thats a different story. I did find myself quite a few times struggling to get the camera face the action, as you obviously have to see the enemy to issue an attack order. While the camera handling is adequate, you will most probably have a few "screw you" moments thanks to it.
6/10
Gameplay
First of all, the game is real short. I did play through it in about 10-12 hours. Now even though theres multiple endings, if they are similar to what I've seen, then i can safely say they were only put into the game so they can claim more game hours in total. Let's not jump ahead tho.
The gameplay is bleeding from several wounds. Generally it would be a nice action game, but for some reason they made an "action/RPG" out of it and with that comes a whole lot of expectations. Some of which simply were not met.
The characters in the game are shallow, and this easily might have been an understatement. They just don't try to bring character interaction into the game. Don't even try to talk to characters, its useless.. There aren't many characters to begin with and the most you can get is some scripted dialogs on which you have no influence at all.
The narration was done through data pads. these PDAs scattered around the game tell various events through news feeds or personal log entries. I can't say its an original idea, but at least it's badly implemented. You cant take the pads with you, so once you move on - and you have to move on if you ever want to end the game - the information is gone.. left behind.
The game seems to aim for the diabloesque hack and slash (shoot and blow up) type of gameplay along with a very similar skill building solution, but they forgot a very important addition. What really made diablo great was the always new game through generated maps and the wide variety of stuff you could collect / equip / use. In fact, searching for better items or customizing the ones you have is always a big motivating factor for replaying a game, preferably with the same character over n over again. This aspect is completely missing from space siege. You have about 10 different weapons at your disposal, and about 7 or 8 cybernetic implants. Theres no inventory apart from selecting which weapon you want to use from those you did find, no weapon customization whatsoever apart from upgrading the statistics of the weapons you prefer to use.
4/10
Multiplayer
Actually this somewhat expands the game as the multiplayer levels can be played through with one player as well (turning it into single player essentially). Its about 20-25 levels if i do remember right and they are different from those you encounter in single player mode.
Multiplayer is co-op only as far i know so since there is no pvp option, i myself only look at this as the end game of the game.. some extra levels you can enjoy the high-end stuff in after you completed the campaign.
Again: there seems to be no randomization in the maps in multiplayer either.
5/10
Summarized
So what is this game then? Its basically a 10 hours (15-20 if you add the potential in multiplayer levels) long 3rd person point and click shoot em up game that tries to sell better by pretending to be an RPG. If you are just looking for the first category, that is: 10 hours of shoot em up time, you might actually enjoy this game, as that part is done well. If you however want an RPG in space, you will have a big disappointment on your hands.
Overall: 6/10
My personal opinion is that the game was good once i stopped looking for the role playing in it. I did find the campaign short tho. This however is not the kind of game i will ever install again once i uninstalled it.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 00:46 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | | I don't know what everyone's problem with the game is |
Its simple , this is crap game and if you enjoyed so much go and buy this garbage or stfu
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 00:53 Post subject: |
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| michu64 wrote: | | sabin1981 wrote: | | I don't know what everyone's problem with the game is |
Its simple , this is crap game and if you enjoyed so much go and buy this garbage or stfu |
Hey, try not to have a heart attack there michu64, sabin1981 is just expressing his opinion on the game, the very same thing you are doing btw.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 01:01 Post subject: |
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| michu64 wrote: | | sabin1981 wrote: | | I don't know what everyone's problem with the game is |
Its simple , this is crap game and if you enjoyed so much go and buy this garbage or stfu |
FYI, I *have* bought it. I got it off Direct2Drive when I couldn't be arsed waiting for a Scene release. So, ahem, YOU STFU.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 01:05 Post subject: |
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hahaha so we know reason why you so "enjoyed" this game lolx nap
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 01:23 Post subject: |
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Don't worry sabin i also enjoyed the game. After beating it i played some lan coop.
Last edited by rampart on Tue, 19th Aug 2008 01:36; edited 2 times in total
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 01:34 Post subject: |
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We enjoy the things we buy , because we can't face the fact we have been ass fucked .
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 04:55 Post subject: |
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I got a flash back playing this.The game was Crusader no remorse.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 10:41 Post subject: |
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Hey, the Crusader games were fricken awesome!!!
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 11:20 Post subject: |
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As a matter of fact, two of them I *didn't* see.
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The doctor killiing himself, if you take the "convert humans" evil path.
Your best friend joining PILOT's scheme to convert humans to cyborgs. |
Oh and finding out what happened to Clare and her dad .. that was awesome and creepy!
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Sin317
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 12:46 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | As a matter of fact, two of them I *didn't* see.
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The doctor killiing himself, if you take the "convert humans" evil path.
Your best friend joining PILOT's scheme to convert humans to cyborgs. |
Oh and finding out what happened to Clare and her dad .. that was awesome and creepy! |
| Spoiler: | that jake would turn was clear the moment the doc mentioned his legs, or lack of control of them. And the moment the cyborgs popped up, linked with the constant begging of pilot to install those cyborg implants, it was clear that pilot HAD to be "evil" (in the sense of the humans, pilot did just followed its AI routine and therefor cannot be labeled evil as such.
Anyway, the only "interesting thing was the girl running through the halls ... remembered me a bit of f.e.a.r. tho ^^ |
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 13:02 Post subject: |
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Did you see that creature made out of Clare and her dad? That was freaky!!
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Sin317
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 13:10 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | | Spoiler: |
Did you see that creature made out of Clare and her dad? That was freaky!!
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hehe yeah kinda was.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 13:14 Post subject: |
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I just don't understand why people are claiming it has no story and was weak. It was thoroughly enjoyable, a great way to spend 12hrs and I had fun playing it. I know that's subjective, I understand that, but there's no way this game deserves the vast amounts of shit heaped on it.
There were some excellent touches along the way and I enjoyed the twists.
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Of course everyone knew PILOT was behind the cyborgs, but it was the way that bit of information was revealed... I liked that. The doctor who spends all the game pressuring you to wear cybernetics -- only to kill himself when presented with the same scenario? That was a great touch.
Chasing that anxious father as he looks for his daughter - then finding out that he found her and had her grafted into his cybernetic body!? Again, awesome.
Call me dumb if you wish, but I didn't see Jake siding with the cybernetics and PILOT. I guess I'm not smart enough if I missed that, but I really didn't see it coming.
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Sin317
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 13:19 Post subject: |
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| sabin1981 wrote: | I just don't understand why people are claiming it has no story and was weak. It was thoroughly enjoyable, a great way to spend 12hrs and I had fun playing it. I know that's subjective, I understand that, but there's no way this game deserves the vast amounts of shit heaped on it.
There were some excellent touches along the way and I enjoyed the twists.
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Of course everyone knew PILOT was behind the cyborgs, but it was the way that bit of information was revealed... I liked that. The doctor who spends all the game pressuring you to wear cybernetics -- only to kill himself when presented with the same scenario? That was a great touch.
Chasing that anxious father as he looks for his daughter - then finding out that he found her and had her grafted into his cybernetic body!? Again, awesome.
Call me dumb if you wish, but I didn't see Jake siding with the cybernetics and PILOT. I guess I'm not smart enough if I missed that, but I really didn't see it coming.
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| Spoiler: | Reason i noticed, was that Jake kept telling you to put in those implants, even when the doc started to warn you (first he told you to put them in to, legs, arms, eye, but got cautious when it came to chest and spine). |
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 18:35 Post subject: |
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Sorry sabin1981...but i could not stand it. I am sure it's the right sort a game for some, but for sure not my cup of tea. As to why...just to fiddly (click click click) and repetitive, graphics are ok at best.
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| Posted: Tue, 19th Aug 2008 18:49 Post subject: |
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the controls aside the enviroment is VERY repetitive and I mean copy & past at its best but it's still fairly enjoyable to me , not a blockbuster for sure but not boring either
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