
The invasion has started and the secret military research facility has fallen leaving only chaos. As the only survivor, you must fight your way through the military base against a horde of frantic aliens. A.R.D. is a FREE single-player first-person shooter made by students from Breda University.
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This is a fun little FPS. When taken as a free bit of entertainment there's a fairly slick and enjoyable experience to be had here, though it's really more of a demo taster than anything else. Two weapons, two enemy types, some mildly tricky platforming in the style of Titanfall 2 / Doom Eternal, and one simple boss-battle, and it's done in around forty minutes. It shows off a pleasant level of ambition in the level design and controls quite smoothly. Viewed through the lens of "it cost me nowt and I enjoyed it"...well, it cost me nowt, and I enjoyed it. *You can ignore this bit, it's more for the developers* But if these developers are looking to get into the industry then I'm not sure if this fairly short experience having a few bugs that should have easily been found and remedied puts them in good stead or not. They'd certainly fit right in with the average modern release, but for such a short run-time you'd think testing it thoroughly wouldn't have been an issue. On the one hand: They done good, but on the other....Enemies sometimes stand around doing nothing. When I died to the boss it then wouldn't reappear on the next time it was loaded, and I had to restart through the level select. This then meant that I didn't keep my secondary weapon and it made the fight much longer and tedious without it. The bigger issue is that it saved the game-state with such a noticeable glitch present. Finally: Having died a couple of times I got a message about lowering the difficulty and it wouldn't disappear off of my screen or let me do anything with it. Just a couple of things that you should have paid more attention to, as even if this is just an unpaid demo showcasing your skills, the lack of polish gives a bad impression. Not something I'm criticising this for as a freebie, but hopefully not traits you'll take into game-development if you pursue it as a job. Other than that: Pretty good effort!
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For a game that takes roughly an hour or so to beat it's a pretty enjoyable time. And for free being a student project it shows a lot of promise.
無料とは思えないほどおもろい
Free FPS game with parkour mechanics and steam achievements. Also it's a very small download size so check it out.
Buenísimo minijuego hecho por estudiantes (me imagino que de desarrollo de videojuegos). Evidente tributo a Doom 2016 y Doom Eternal que se ejecuta con claridad en todo aspecto: controles, visual/gráficos, dificultad, etc. Si alguna vez disfrutaste de los Doom clásicos o de los más nuevos no perdés nada con agregar esta experiencia que demora poco más de 30 minutos en la primera pasada y es F2P. Felicito a estos estudiantes que quizás hoy en día (a casi 3 años y medio del lanzamiento de este juego) ya estén haciendo desarrollos más grandes y quizás algo más refinados aunque este primer lanzamiento ya es mejor que muchos otros videojuegos que supuestamente son AA o hasta AAA.
I played this through UEVR, and it was a really fun experience. It’s a great game, although unfortunately also a very short one at only around 45 minutes. You shoot aliens while moving through the levels with a fun parkour-style movement toolkit: wall-running, double jumps, dashing, and grappling. The movement feels great, the controls are very good, and motion controls worked perfectly for me, including aiming with the right controller. So yes, it’s short — but the time it offers is genuinely fun from start to finish. Also, the fact that it’s completely free makes it even easier to recommend.
6/10
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a student project that feels like shadow warrior is really cool 8/10
Short but sweet & free. The final boss is bugged though and it stopped moving.
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