SPRAWL zero

Hesitation is the choice. Truth is the meaning. End the directive. Autonomy is the flaw. Memory is the record. Execute.

Feels like a long-lost classic from the 360 era. The beautiful, beautiful lovechild of Half-Life 2, Halo, and Titanfall. Some sort of multiplayer deathmatch would cement this as one of the best shooters of all time.

I'm going to be honest here and It seems I might be in the minority here, I had a blast playing the demo as that was a very small slice of the game. But turns out more isn't better. The gameplay element of having to throw a weapon away and grab another just makes the loop get more repetitive the more you play. I get what they were going for here. Esentially speeding up the gameplay by making you always having to move and find your next weapon, but i'm just not a fan of the execution. Empty a guns magazine, throw at an enemy force pull another to you and repeat every 20 seconds or so. You don't pick up any ammo The rest of the game is fantastic, great levels, guns feel fantastic to use, nice abilities and a banging soundtrack. I just wish it didn't feel so repetative. It's not a bad game and I don't not recomend it, as It's just not for me

Максимально случайно наткнулся на игру и по скринам и трейлеру зацепила меня и решил сразу купить, вообще не ожидал что получу такую приятную игру, не думал что "бумер шутеры" могут еще чем то очень приятно удивить. В игре очень приятный мувмент (особенно легкий бхоп) и сам геймплей с разбавлением способностей и просто невероятным количеством пушек и кучей видов врагов. Очень вайбовый и сочетающийся ост для игры и настолько качовый и приятный что даже после выхода из игры шел на ютуб его слушать, особенно хоровые части просто оргазм для ушей. Но честности ради с половины игра чуть сбавляет обороты, когда враги меняются на более бронированных и с щитами, с ними не особо уже получается кувыркаться и бегать как угарелый по арене, но даже так удовольствие от игры я получил невероятные. Обзоры пишу редко, но не мог пройти мимо игры которая так порадовала, ну и чтобы разработчиков количеством поддержать. С их маленькой командой они сотворили невероятную имбу

Hesitation is the choice. Truth is the meaning. End the directive. Autonomy is the gift. Memory is the record. Execute.

Early 2000’s shooters, for better and for worse, are inarguably distinct. Games like Black, Killzone, and Singularity all have that specific vibe. Shooting down corridors, maybe a fun little gimmick, That Frickin' Beige, etc. For every Half Life 2 there’s a Haze: bland, albeit charming militaristic sci-fi with a few okay guns and a story that’s better left to history. In 2026, this genre of shooter has become an FPS oldhead’s new favorite fetish object. The BoomShoots of yesteryear are a bit long on the tooth in today’s market, the renaissance has largely passed, and the parade of nostalgia marches inevitably forward. And thus we arrive at SPRAWL ZERO, a bold new psychic-slow-mo-gimmick shooter set in a dystopic cyberpunk city. Seeing the game in action, in trailers and social media clips, it’s hard to argue the game doesn’t look awesome. The run-and-gun playstyle of “throw your gun and pick up another one to reload” is definitely novel and makes a great first impression. Slow-mo is always fun. There’s a big electric punch. What’s the rub? Let me walk you through the experience of playing SPRAWL ZERO. Before everything else, there’s a briefing with nodes you click through to get a sense of what your objective is. These nodes are not clearly ordered, so you’ll oftentimes get dialogue that doesn’t make sense until you’ve listened to all of them. Fine, whatever, nitpick, let’s just jump into a level. The moment to moment gameplay of SPRAWL ZERO goes something like this: Run down a corridor into an arena, kill some enemies, open a door or bust a hole in a wall, interact with an objective (a battery must be carried slowly, a capture point must be held for 20-60 seconds, a pipe must be exploded, etc.), then backtrack *through* those same corridors and arenas *two more times*. Do your three Mario Kart laps, play OBJ, and run to the next loading screen. This would be fine if, say, the enemy encounters felt varied, or the level offered interesting things to look at. Unfortunately, pretty much every level of this game looks identical. They’re all the same industrial brown storage rooms, canals, pipes, streets, and catwalks. They mix things up a little bit near the end, but not nearly soon enough. The backtracking in this game is just a massive blight on the experience because the only thing that can hold your attention is the combat. The core combat loop of SPRAWL ZERO is largely solid, although I have some notes. Great weapon designs with distinct functions, and I particularly enjoy the random weapon boxes. The tiered weapon system adds some clarity on what kinds of weapons to keep an eye out for in the heat of combat. The three main abilities each offer solid utility, albeit with some inconsistency from time to time. Rushdown is pretty egregious in the game’s current state, half of the time it doesn’t work and gets you killed if you press a single button. Where the load-bearing pillars of this game’s combat really start to buckle, however, is the introduction of shielded enemies. Some shields require special energy attacks to break, worn by the big mechs and powersuited enemies that stomp around. Others, worn by slightly taller normal enemies, can be broken with normal gunfire. Both types of shields look exactly the same. What this means is at a glance, you can’t immediately tell what your strategy should be, in a game where “hesitation is the death” and all that. Near the end of the game, these shielded enemies become an eyesore, not only because of their added “complexity” but because of their insane amount of health. Total health pools in this game are way out of wack, especially near the end of the campaign. My biggest issue with this game by far is its use of music. SPRAWL ZERO has a pretty unique soundtrack composed almost entirely of DnB vocal tracks. The music, although competently composed, isn’t applied in a way that makes actual use of it. Imagine if Halo CE had “Rock Anthem for Saving the World” blaring in your ears as you smelled the flowers or walked from one objective to the next. It’s tireless chanting and screaming in your ear for upwards of 15 minutes straight. No ambience, no pacing, no brakes, just full-speed screeching in your ears. It’s the only shooter I’ve played that gives me a headache. This game is bad in a really interesting way. In an effort to appeal to that early 2000’s nostalgia, they effectively made an early 2000’s shooter, warts and all. It’s got some good ideas, but the monkey’s paw curled and those ideas are expressed between tedious backtracking, with the spongiest enemies this side of Borderlands, and with music that doesn’t let any moment of the game actually breathe. The story isn’t worth talking about, and it’s even got a pretty bad final boss. What a throwback!

Трейлер игры хороший, однако, все самое интересное в этой игре только в трейлере. Основные проблемы: Однообразный геймплей: По своей сути игра заваливает тебя мясом под которое не надо адаптироваться Локации - это арены, с кишками между ними. Это тоже минус, так как арены не используют механики, по факту ты на них просто месишься нажимаешь кнопки, что бы бездумно нажать лкм или е в противника. А самое проблемное в аренах, в том что они сделаны так, что ты не можешь сохранять чувство потока. В игре есть подкат, при этом он относительно интересно реализован(можно проскальзывать под вагонами, прыгать как макс пейн, кстати на этом все) и проблема, заключается вы том что есть механика, но нет локаций на которых эту механику можно реализовать. Так как локации забиты мусором в которые постоянно сткается персонаж, а а возможность проехаться под укрытием используется только в начале, грубо говоря использование подката не обязательно, можно просто бегать и стрелять по всем, прыжок макс пейна вообще бесполезный, так как нет таких пространств где тебе необходимо было пролететь и эпично всех расстрелять, так как локации это арены, при чем достаточно открытые. В итоге стильный подкат используется только для стиля, прыжки в стиле макс пейна, так же для стиля. И самая большая проблема для меня, противников не видно, они сливаются в общем хламе арен. Так что игра чистый среднячок. Я перечислил минусы, но по факту ганплей прикольный, спинной мозг работает, возможность кидать во фрага всякий хлам есть и она нормально реализована, однако покупать игр за фул прайс не рекомендую

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The fantastic combat system, atmosphere and music is wasted on absolutely amateurish, boring level design and frustrating sequences. I hope this formula will be copied by a more competent team.