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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 15.4 hrs on record (8.5 hrs at review time)
Posted: 18 Nov, 2020 @ 7:46am
Updated: 18 Dec, 2020 @ 1:33pm

Let me just get something out of the way.

The writing is ass. It's predictable, it's lame, it takes itself seriously to a borderline offensive degree. It's exactly what you would expect from videogame writing, with all the horrible implications that phrase entails.

That being said, if bland stories and pained exposition usually don't bother you, they won't bother you here either. It's not especially egregious, just bad.

And you're not here for that anyways, you're here for a fast-paced skinnerbox that keeps outputting cool ♥♥♥♥ in return for your time.
And that's something this game is pretty good at.

It's got its problems, quite a few actually, raytracing doesn't seem to make use of RTX cards, or at least not efficiently, and you may have to override High DPI scaling behavior for the game, or it might just ignore mouse inputs at random intervals, which is seriously annoying in a game that often requires super precise timings. Your grappling hook feels 'off' somehow, your slow-motion move is often necessary, but honestly feels like it breaks the flow of the game.

BUT:

Damn, you get to run around real fast and kill dudes in one hit. There are some interesting choices in the level and enemy design, from a gameplay perspective, and while you'll be blowing through all the content relatively quick, those will keep them interesting during replays, especially if you're trying to outperform your friends, their times and deaths for stages will be visible at the end of a run, a great way to let players motivate themselves without giving them explicit goals, which can often cause burnout.

And all the while the soundtrack just keeps egging you on, pushing you to go a little faster, to play a little more recklessly...

The game's short-ish runtime is pretty easily justified by its replayability and cost. It's no masterpiece, but if the trailer looks fun to you, I guarantee it will be a lot of fun to play.
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8 Comments
grand theft horse 18 Dec, 2020 @ 1:41pm 
@Hue dm ur address ill kick ur ass
Sterence 18 Dec, 2020 @ 7:27am 
calling this game a skinner box means that every game is a skinner box, i don't think you know what the term means in video games and you should get your head checked
asesina 17 Dec, 2020 @ 12:41pm 
y'all calm the fk down, he literally said the game is good other-wise, and besides people have reviewed TV shows and movies with the same style of proses and you don't see people complaining about it lmao.
Ebon Wolf 17 Dec, 2020 @ 2:15am 
That first paragraph makes you come off like such a condescending, pretentious twit.:lunar2019deadpanpig:
Donnie 15 Dec, 2020 @ 1:09pm 
once i read "it takes itself seriously to a borderline offensive degree." i know im reading something a lil bitch wrote and peace the fuck out lol.
SharkInASuit 15 Dec, 2020 @ 10:17am 
I'd agree with you on that one, I wasn't emotionally connected to any of the characters and the ending storywise doesn't leave a good taste in your mouth.
grand theft horse 15 Dec, 2020 @ 10:10am 
Good point, edited the harshness a bit to be a little more fair, I think it was the end of the game that pushed me over the edge, because they insist some big, emotional ending just happened when it absolutely didn't.
SharkInASuit 15 Dec, 2020 @ 8:34am 
I didn't find the writing all that offensive, just very bland and generic and I wish that it had characters who were charismatic and had good chemistry like in Titanfall 2.