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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 17.1 hrs on record (14.1 hrs at review time)
Posted: 21 Mar, 2020 @ 5:19am

Satisfying shooting mechanics, creative and interesting enemy design, a lot of boss battles, sandbox style combat, unique team mechanic based on trust, coupled with fun stereotypical protagonists who spout cheesy one liners, with all the over the top anime-esque scenes you could ask for. The story's pretty cool and interesting, too. For a game that has its fair share of 80's action moments and quips, there are some more serious themes of racism, life, death, and ultimately what it means to be human.

It's one of my favorite games, definitely. It does however have some drawbacks. Most notably how awful it was ported to PC. The mouse aiming is finicky until you tweak the settings to your liking--there's a built in acceleration mechanic or something that can never quite fully be removed--but once you get used to it the game is certainly playable, even enjoyable. The button prompts are completely broken, though, so don't rely on what the screen is telling you. Just make sure you set up the controls to your liking in the configuration tool, and you'll be good to go! The game has graphics just as good as the first, maybe second Dead Space. Actually, now that I think about it, you could find a lot of similarities between Dead Space and Binary Domain. The biggest difference is that BD was so criminally underrated. A cult classic if you will.

Solid 9/10 in my book.

If you have the cash, definitely give it a try.
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