Postby Cureless_Poison » 29 Feb 2012, 17:41
It has an incarnate of the Persuadertron, you don't have a designated device for it, but you do have an ability that uses the same basic function.
While switching to FPS sounds simpler, I think it still maintains a good level of complexity to it. There's the basic health and energy pools to manage, abilities and their cooldowns, and 'Breaching' aka Hacking.
Breaching covers a lot of aspects of this game, you can defuse grenades, use your abilities, deploy cover, engage machinery or override systems to kill people. That and there is also a cover system implemented, but I personally I don't you'll use it much since you get flanked at every opportunity.
Speaking of which, the AI does not mess around in this game. I found myself being surprised quite often from the ingenuity that the AI was deploying and how the NPC's acted together in combat. While the AI does fall a fair bit short in the boss department, bosses fights are repetitive and differentiate only slightly in tactics. But still remain frustratingly difficult until you learn their tricks.
The story isn't anything special, typical corporate back-stabbing nonsense. But the game universe itself is extremely interesting, with a bold yet stylish digital art style. I spent a good amount of time admiring the scenery of the game and taking in the general environment of the game world.
Oh and it's really short, 20 levels +3 tutorials but it only lasts about 6-8 hours. Short but sweet, a nice gem in the early start of the year hopefully leading the way for more to come in the year.
