I watched the trailer and it seemed like a concept done via brainstorm-- and then they decide to keep everything they wrote down and put it all together and make all of them army guys and bikini ninjas. There’s what, six, seven characters? And they were all introduced in the trailer. In the exact same format. Sgt. Blah Blah is from Poland and shoots ghost bullets out of his demon gun, he is really good at shooting his gun and is also an olympic pole vaulter even though his pole is just a regular pole and not a satan pole. Cpt. Blah Blah can make people die if they look at his possessed birthmark, he is a naturally charismatic leader because I said so. And so on.
Some interesting ideas, but I admit the demo didn’t grab me, and the setting seems so damn Hot Topic.
Why do we have the obligatory needs more clothing girl and giant russian fire guy? It just doesn’t feel particularly creative at this point, even with a few ideas I like. I’ll give it a rent, but it’s fallen off my purchase list from the fact the demo was so generic and at some points simply unfun.
What’s in the demo? Does it let you use all six characters? I’m not necessarily defending the game, which is overall disappointing, but unless they’re throwing you in with all six characters available, you’re not getting much of a sense for what Jericho is doing.
-TomThe demo featured the sniper, heavy gunner and the katana-wielder. You could switch between them at will. There was one pretty linear level… I seem to be the only person who liked it :) It did more for me than the COD or UT demos…
Review here: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=85883
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a cast of characters that I hate more than Jericho’s.
But how many shooters have you played recently where you control a cast of characters? Maybe one of the reasons I like it is that it’s not the 4th iteration of someone’s franchise. Dunno. $36 in the UK. Quite possibly a sale once The Witcher is out the way :)
Played this for a bit off Gametap yesterday. It’s not awful, but it is what I would call aggressively mediocre. The squad system is a neat change, but the actual shooting part of this shooter is really pretty lame.
Friends: The One Where They All Are Kidnapped And Used For Bloodsport
“The most innovative game this year!” --Alistair
surely publishers know that not only does that stuff put off women, it also puts off guys like me who don’t want to have to excuse that crap to the missus?
Yes, they know that. They are probably correctly assuming that it attracts more of the 13-34 male crowd than it turns off. Johnny B. SweatyNeckbeard’s money is as green as ours, and as a female gamer I don’t even exist.
I played the demo and didn’t notice any scantily-clad women, but then again I didn’t notice much of anything because it was so dark and hard to see and scary.
How did you miss Lesbian Ninja Stripper with random holes scattered across her outfit for extra speed? She’s playable in the demo.
I believe she’s also the one who sets things on fire with her brain. But maybe I’m mistaken. All the characters were pretty forgettable.
I thought it was the generic giant dude that set things on fire with his brain, and the lesbian ninja stripper had magic blood, for extra goth quotient.
Dammit, we’ve covered this -
Lesbian ninja strippers do not a good game make, but good game with lesbian ninja strippers is a better game!
I think you’re right. It is a testament to how bland the game is that I could confuse the lesbian ninja stripper with the generic giant dude.
Sadly, this is something Codemasters have been pushing for years, long before microtransactions on XBLA or where-ever.
Right now, I’m getting just about what I paid for out of the game: which is to say time that could be spent playing something else off of gametap. If you were hoping for the next Undying, stop. The game’s diverse radically in premise and execution. I’m not sure the game deserves a 3.0, which should really be reserved for truly broken games, while this one just screws up gunfights so far. Admittedly, thats a pretty big screw up in this game. Still has some cool concept stuff going on though.
On another note, do consolers actually LIKE simon says sections? The whole concept just strikes me as so utterly wrong in this game.
Makin’ your way in the world today
Takes every single shot
Ripping the heads off of all your friends
Sure can help a lot
Wouldn’t you like to get away?
Sometimes you want to go
Where the blood splatters on the wall,
And the severed limbs all fall,
You wanna be where you can win
Conquering the whole game,
You wanna be where the giblets are not lame.
I have to say it’s an extreme bummer to hear that the game I let download on Gametap for hours yesterday and was happy to get free with my subscription probably sucks. :(