New FPS by the people that made Painkiller with some added help (and seemingly massive budget) from Epic. I've just reached chapter 2 and this is already one of the most insane games I've played in a very long time.
If you've played the demo then you'll know about the skillshot system - you are scored and rewarded for being creative with your kills. There are hundreds of different Skillshots with the various weapons and the environments are full of different ways for you to take advantage of them.
If you've played the demo then what you may not be expecting is that this actually has a rather good story mode to it. The demo was just a score attack mode, the actual campaign is a proper FPS but one which is full of massively impressive set pieces.
The only game I can think of that is on par with this for set pieces is Bayonetta, it is seriously mental and great fun too. The game doesn't take itself seriously at all and I know some have been put off by the language used, but it is all obviously meant as a joke and heck, you play a drunk space pirate hick so what's not to love?
The weakest section is actually the prologue, despite having some cool areas to fight in, it starts out as a bog-standard FPS so the combat options are limited. Doesn't last long though, and the gradual introduction of the Skillshot system is really well done. Seems to have quite a nice amount of depth to it.
Graphically it looks amazing at times, the vistas are immense and it all runs nicely. Fast load times too, in fact generally this is extremely well polished.
I like.
If you've played the demo then you'll know about the skillshot system - you are scored and rewarded for being creative with your kills. There are hundreds of different Skillshots with the various weapons and the environments are full of different ways for you to take advantage of them.
If you've played the demo then what you may not be expecting is that this actually has a rather good story mode to it. The demo was just a score attack mode, the actual campaign is a proper FPS but one which is full of massively impressive set pieces.
The only game I can think of that is on par with this for set pieces is Bayonetta, it is seriously mental and great fun too. The game doesn't take itself seriously at all and I know some have been put off by the language used, but it is all obviously meant as a joke and heck, you play a drunk space pirate hick so what's not to love?
The weakest section is actually the prologue, despite having some cool areas to fight in, it starts out as a bog-standard FPS so the combat options are limited. Doesn't last long though, and the gradual introduction of the Skillshot system is really well done. Seems to have quite a nice amount of depth to it.
Graphically it looks amazing at times, the vistas are immense and it all runs nicely. Fast load times too, in fact generally this is extremely well polished.
I like.
with a skill point scoring system chucked in, the end result is very good.
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