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Old 03-15-2009, 09:51 PM
zaggynl zaggynl is offline
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Have almost finished it but here's my humble opinion

story: 5/10
Nazis gone bad? again? zombies? vampires? dragons? I'm an American? really?

combat: 8/10
Pretty solid but very tough at times, opponents who don't die unless you headshot them, even if they're perfectly human they crawl right back up!
Lots of stuff to fight with here:
plenty of weapons, dare I say too much
MIGHTY FOOT, oh how I missed thee!
headshots/sniper, woo!
gibbing!
shooting/slicing limbs off!
awesome slowmo effect if you're nearly dead!
bullettime!
Shadowhand/melee weapon makes for interesting combo's.
Love punching zombies into oblivion!
No bunnyhopping, missed chance I'd say, we have vampires and dragons, so bhopping would not have looked _that_ strange.
Launchpads (like the ones in the challenge with the 3 giants) work rather crappy, I bounce all over the place or go straight up, what's up with that?
Puzzles are okay, blow this up, use this rope, find this key, nothing too revolutionary but fun.

graphics: 8/10
German soldiers look generic and blocky, vampires and undead hordes are way better!
Surroundings look good, nice settings although they appear generic and copy pasted at times.
Mirror and blur effects are rather overdone but look good.
Is quite heavy on my 8800gts 320mb, 4gb RAM and 3,2ghz ic2d 6750 CPU. can't run it on max with 1280x1024 or it starts artifacting.

sound: 7/10
Good music and gun sounds.
Utterly TERRIBLE voice acting, sounds very cheesy at most if not all times.
Reading of the paper's text during map loading annoys the crap out of me.

AI: 6/10
Foes don't do more than attacking or camping.
I've seen foes been standing there staring in the distance or walking into objects.
Love the screaming zombies and vampire lizard things, give me the creeps xD

Conclusion: 7/10
Overall feels like a tough mix of painkiller/serious sam/wolfenstein, minus the bhopping and far smoother gameplay.
Plenty of singleplayer content, cutscenes and story. (although cheesy and generic at times)
Can't wait to try out the MP.

Things that need to be done imho:
-add bhopping!
-engine streamlining, looks awesome but is rather heavy on the 'puter (crysis anyone?)
-remove the sound during map loading or make it optional
-fix the launchpads

Last edited by zaggynl; 03-15-2009 at 09:54 PM.
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