Alpha Response

[h1][b]My Rating: 8/10[/b][/h1] [h3][b]Pros:[/b][/h3] [list] [*]A lot of match modifications. [*]Shooting and combat are satisfying. [*] Open-world and non-linear environments. [*]AI teammates are good enough for a solo play experience. [*]Scenarios and missions are pretty fun to play, even for multiple times. [*]Level Up system is rewarding which motivates the player to unlock more stuff. [/list] [h3][b]Cons:[/b][/h3] [list] [*]Performance is not either great or terrible; Something mixed for a game in Early Access. [*]Some strange issues like dead enemies still talking and saying a full line, or the car not spawning. [*]Maps are not polished enough; there are still many holes and gaps which would be game-breaking. [*]The lack of a "Pause" option in solo mode is annoying, since the missions are long and you may need a break. [/list] [h3][b]Suggestions:[/b][/h3] [list] [*]Day/Night cycle in scenarios would be interesting. [*]More game modes like holding the line until backup arrives, capturing and extracting a target alive, playing as the opposite side, and finding a biohazard container and getting it out of the city via helicopter. [/list]

My main gripe with it is the sensitivity of the mouse, it's a bit hard to come to terms with it. Other than that, the idea is a 10 out of 10, the gameplay is a solid 7 out of 10, maybe a 6.5 because cutting those things on the hostages wrists is a but wonky, and the location is a 100 ou of 10 because it's my freakin home town! Give it a go and grab a friend for co-op, it's fun.

This game is so incredibly dumb. I love it.

There is particularly little to do in this game. Almost all of the core gameplay loop can be experienced within an hour or two, with the primary motivator for replaying the same two areas over and over again being a leveling system that unlocks more weapons to use. I appreciate the effort made on a timeless genre from what I imagine is a particularly small team, however, even on sale there is a very wide history of games available at the same price point with many magnitudes more content. The roadmap indicates to me that a majority of the content is already available (a handful of new missions on the two areas available is not a foundational shift by any means) and the amount of content needed to transform this into something with purpose and more than a few minutes of entertainment is basically a whole game on top of what is already out. This is being kind considering the early-access jank that I would normally not be bothered by: disturbing sound design, frustrating UI, bland enemy AI, clunky controls, limited character customization, the requirement of LOTS of grinding to be able to try all of the weapons out, and so on. I do not pretend that making a game is easy or some small feat, but it is a wonder that a game like this is anything higher than mostly negative in terms of reviews. I find it to be a severe failure of the review system generally that someone might stumble onto this and think that most people would would think positively of this, especially considering the vast ocean of games with mixed reviews that make some actual offer of (more entertaining) gameplay.

This game is surprisingly intense. It has this hybrid emersion between an arcade shooter but with high octane emersion shootouts. Civilians running around in a public setting and emergency really adds to the intensity as well. The weapons are solid and the combat is fierce at times. The AI is not great but it is not terrible. They actually do their job most of the time and solo play can be fun. At the moment there is VIP escort, bomb defusal, hostage rescue, and preventing robberies. So far the game is looking and feeling good but it has a long way to go. For an Early Access game this shows a lot of promise.

This game is incredibly fun and it's in early access. They really have a special formula here that could become something amazing.

7 / 10 would definitely like to get blasted by RPG-7 at point blank range in building room again