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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 8.7 hrs on record (8.0 hrs at review time)
Posted: 30 Jul, 2017 @ 7:34pm
Updated: 31 Aug, 2017 @ 1:11pm

Core gameplay loop is ok. But:
weapons are super unbalanced, the minigun outclasses every other weapon and the infamous "shuriken and lightning gun" is is outclassed by the crossbow at long range and the shotgun close range
some levels are obnoxious to get around
cutscenes can be skipped with any input at all, so good luck upping the volume during one
story is terrible anyway
crashes alot, might have something to do with me running windows 10
ladders are ♥♥♥♥♥♥
hit detection is bad at best, the painkiller and the crossbow being the worst offenders
monsters don't react to being hit unless it's killshot, so all weapons feel like they shoot cotton balls until the enemy violently explodes
jumping is more horizontal than vertical, so climbing is a ♥♥♥♥♥
the final boss might as well be in an entirely differant game,
imagine getting to the last boss of Doom and then stopping to play rocket league
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FTLOG_IAMDAVE 31 Aug, 2017 @ 1:10pm 
added clarity again
Neonetik 13 Aug, 2017 @ 7:03am 
>"Weapons are super unbalanced"
In what way? I used all of them quite a fair bit and found that they all had good uses and were well balanced around how much ammo was available for them and stuff. I used every single weapon throughout the entire game pretty often.

>"Hit detection is bad at best"
I never had an issue with the except for the saw launcher for the painkiller being a bit too precise. Mind elaborating a bit? I recall reading that hitboxes for the enemies actually being what you see instead of being a square like in many games, so it's completely possible to shoot an enemy between the legs and not hurt them, which makes sense.

>"Monsters don't react to being hit unless it's killshot"
Somewhat false. Monsters often flinch when shot. At least many of them do. Some even stop moving for like a second or 2.

Everything else is valid.
FTLOG_IAMDAVE 2 Aug, 2017 @ 7:42am 
added a bit of clarity
Archgoat 1 Aug, 2017 @ 5:42pm 
Crashes alot? How can this game crash, tell me. Since 2006 I've played this game from 3 diffrent CDs and now from steam and this game never ever crashed on my pc. Maybe time to buy new pc? The only thing that actually I can agree with you is the ladders.