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==GRAPHICS==
The graphics is done in Cell-Shading which is a type of non photo
realistic to make it appear to be hand-drawn like in a style of
a comic book or cartoon. This style of graphics is mostly used
in RPGs (Role-Playing-Games) like Dark Chronicles, Legend of Zelda
and other genre like Dragon's Lair, Auto Modellista, Killer 7
and Dragonball Z but its the first time ever they have done a
FPS (First Person Shooter) in Cell-Shading. The this is with Cell-Shaded
games they don’t have the best amount of detail but have nice
colorful graphics to them, which gives you the feeling its for
the young kids but here it’s more of a comic style shooter for
the adults with its blood and the close pop up boxes along the
top of the screen of your knife or bullet hitting the targets
head as if it was in slow motion. There’s also some nice explosions
and words that appear with some sounds like you would see in the
Batman comic style cartoons.
==SOUND/MUSIC==
The music you will probably not notice it as it doesn’t stand
out like in many other games. The guns all have there only unique
sound when firing and reloading as well as any bullets hitting
metal objects that’s makes a pinging noise. The characters have
no thing special about them when it comes to the voices, the only
funny and cool thing is that a few soldiers through the game that
are on patrol some times start singing which is quite amusing
and strange. There’s not much else to add in this section as it’s
rather standard but nothing that stands out as appalling.
==CONTROLS==
The layout of the buttons is setup suitable but can be tricky
and awkward which makes the camera/character movement feeling
unsmooth and jerky that leads to inaccurate shots. When this is
not a problem or you get use to it, the buttons is fine with R1
for fire and R2 for an alternative fire on some. Triangle will
do a quick heal if there’s a med kit in your inventory and weapons
can be easily changed with O and Square buttons for forward/previous
which also brings up a picture icon along the button right of
the screen to let you choose quickly and shows if there’s ammo
in them. You also have a button for jump and crouch with L1/L2
which leaves X to reload and do any other actions.
==GAMEPLAY==
The gameplay is a bit more interesting than other FPS or should
I say different as it follows a good storyline with a big conspiracy
behind it which takes you to levels like a beach, bank, factory,
mountains, a prison, an army base, Grand Canyons and much more
through 34 levels. Stealth can be used at some parts with weapons
like throwing knifes and a crossbow plus 8 other objects like
a chair, ashtrays or a broom that can be cracked on someone’s
head.
People can be grabbed to be used as a human
shield, as well as proper armor in the form of a bullet-proof
vest and a helmet. There’s some nice weapons like the standard
9mm pistol, then the 44 special which is a very powerful revolver,
2 shotguns, crossbow, harpoon, Uzi, assault rifle, sniper and
a few more totaling up to 15 and 8 everyday objects. You all so
can carry med kits, keys, lockpick and a grapping hook which lets
you go up or down once attached to metal objects but there never
many about if at all.
There are some missions where you are with
a old friend or boss where you must defend them, also a neat thing
is when you standing still or moving slow you can hear the other
soldier footsteps which also shows with a tap, tap word that you
can tell where they are even when behind walls.
==REPLAY-VALUE==
There’s not real reply value for the single player main game as
there’s no unlocks or anything like that. But in multiplayer which
is only for 1-2 with CPU, there are 14 maps not the best designed
but are still fun. Modes included are the normal 3 that are deathmatch,
team deathmatch and capture the flag, plus power up which is a
deathmatch but you must collect the boxes that randomly give you
a weapon or armor plus there’s special power up ones that will
give you things like super armor, regeneration, invisibility and
much more. The final last mode is the hunt, an very original and
excellent new mode I have enjoying on any multiplayer, where you
must chase around after this target and shoot it, getting more
points for higher damage. What I haven’t said that this person
is like death it self, he is more of a child version of him, he’s
smaller and as he runs he sings a song which is funny and weirdly
interesting. As he is death, if he touches you, you will die and
can be friting at times when he turns around a corner or does
a 180 turn. Which you must quickly move out of the way. There’s
also online feature but no one uses it anymore.
==BUY OR NOT TO BUY==
If you are a big fan of cell-shaded games then you should be able
to get it cheap second hand or even new, if not a fan but you
like FPS give it a try but possibly rent it. |