Selaco

Selaco was definitely a blast to play it took me roughly 9hrs to get through the game. I did occasionally get lost looking for cards or get turned around in some of the earlier stages where the environments were much more open. But I had fun from start to finish and even when I was lost or confused It never took away from the overall enjoyment of the game. The AI in the game is quite intense and really quite intelligent made me think of the good ole days of F.E.A.R. back when Monolith Studios outdid themselves with incredibly intelligent Ai which were fun to fight. That's the same thing here the enemies are fun to fight they actually will flank, will sit back etc. I still say F.E.A.R. has better AI because they'll flashbang you, anticipate your movements and flush you out or wait for you to come to them while the AI here is quite aggressive and impatient. The soundtrack is on point very 90's and nostalgic which I absolutely loved I think my favorite score was inside the safe rooms it was very relaxing and soothing. **Spoiler** I do think the horror element integration was quite short. It reminded me of Halo Combat Evolved back in the day where it simply came out of nowhere. I was expecting more of it after the events unfolded and it wasn't there..., now maybe you're building up to it with chapter 2 but I felt like that could have gone further.

My opinion about this game changes with the weather. It's a good shooter. I would like more story told through audio, video and/or in game animations though. But it's a good shooter nonetheless. The levels are huge and complex. Or I should rather say wide. Any time you enter a room, you can be pretty sure it extends not only forwards, but also to the left and to the right. So I find myself zigzagging through every level, to make sure I find everything. I like complexity, but there's a difference between complex levels and wide levels. The same pattern repeats to at least level 5 (where I am currently, writing this). It gets old after a while. It's easy to get stuck. Not like a bug (although that has happened to me once), but more "I don't know where to go or what to do". It was easier for me to find the secrets than the main objective at the second level (water treatment facility), for instance. That's a negative. The difficulty is on the harder side. The enemies get tougher as you progress, but you don't get significantly more powerful. Normal difficulty in Selaco feels like Nightmare in Doom. Many may enjoy it, but for me it only feels annoying to die repeatedly because you get swarmed and surrounded by 10-20 enemies, where each enemy takes at least a full mag to kill. To retreat and force the enemies to funnel through a small opening seems like one inevitable tactic you need to use. Another is to run far far away and force them to spread out over the map, so you can deal with them in smaller groups. So the conclusion is that it's a mixed bag. But the good outweighs the bad, I suppose. But I'm not convinced.

Great fun. Exploration is great, the aesthetic is tight. Controls are wonderful. Finding the secrets is a fun activity. Love the soundtrack. I'm enjoying my time with this game.

Очень плохо, что пример локации взяли из первой части Half-Life, но круто, что стрельба и импакт от оружия взяли из F.E.A.R. Также нудная, с кучей деталей для СДВГ-шников, очень трудно воспринимать игру с таким кол-во деталей, оружие все используемое, ситуации для них подходят.