Coming from someone who's played all the "quality" FPSs like CoD 4 and Halo 3, I really like this game. Sure, it's generic, but so were the last two said games. So, really, the game is just fun to play.
The game’s
story just starts off with your character saying that he’s the only one
who knows the truth because he was there. The game will take you on a
road with some interesting twists. You can tell the focus in the game
wasn’t really it’s story though(which I actually thank for that),
considering it’s not really the most original, but you can tell they
put some work into it. It’s hard to talk about the story without
revealing the surprises, so I’ll let you play this game for yourself to
figure out.
This is one of the few Wii games with actually good
looking graphics. The game can be pretty nice to look at with all the
textures, levels, and enemy design. Overall, the game looks really
nice. It can actually be compared to some earlier 360 games. Sure, the
game is no Mario Galaxy, but it’s still nice looking. The main gripe
about the graphics though is that the frame-rate can slow down
occasionally. This really isn’t a big issue though, because it doesn’t
do it often and even when the frame-rate does slow down, the gameplay
doesn’t get dragged down, which is good.
The sound in this
game is standard. The music not to memorable and the weapon sound
affects don’t really have their stand outs either. The voice acting
game is good though, and is the actual stand out to the sound
department. Sometimes, it’ll almost sound a bit out of place though,
because the characters kind of speak in a monotone voice though. At
least they’ll sound convincing and do a good job speaking out in the
game, but a little more emotion would have been nice.
So the
game is no Half Life in terms of story, the graphics are good but there
are some games that look better, and the voice work can lack emotion.
But the good thing is, is that this all doesn’t drag down on how fun
the game can be, and man, can the game be fun!
Of course, being
on the Wii, the controls are the unique thing about this FPS. It was
perfected Metroid Prime 3(though, technically, it’s not a FPS), so
developers would probably learn from this game into making the controls
work. The controls do work in this game, but the real beauty of it, is
that the controls are completely customizable. You can turn up the
sensitivity, adjust the zone on where you’ll point and turn, and even
control your own HUD. That’s actually pretty unique from a lot of FPSs!
With the customizable, it can work for anybody! There are things where
a motion will be required to do a certain action, but there are only
two of those.
The melee attack can be done by thrusting the
Wiimote forward, which can actually mess up your aim, but it can be
fixed if you hold down the lock on button, so your view will be fixed
on a position. To throw a grenade, you just simply flick your wrist
with the nunchuck of the controls. You’ll be surprised of how well this
works. You just simply point and throw. Most of the other controls
don’t use motion to perform an action and the layout is pretty standard
for a Wii shooter.
Within the game, you’ll be facing across some
pretty tough enemies. You’ll have some soldiers and aliens to fight
across throughout the game. The enemies are actually decently smart,
they’ll use cover well. They’ll also run back when they realize that
that they’re getting hit hard from you. The enemies do have some
problems though. Some actually like to run into certain death and stand
around occasionally. With that said though, the enemies are
challenging. I actually found myself on more than one occasion
throughout the game. There’s also some variety to be had with the
enemies too. There are some giant enemies that can actually take in a
lot of damage, and there will be instances where you’ll have to fight
more than one of those. The game’s big point on the campaign is all the
weapons you’ll be using, and there are different varieties. All the
weapons are fun to use, and each has its own unique affect.
There
are some breaks in between fights where you’ll have to use the ASE to
find certain things to unlock doors. ASE is a device you find within
the game that helps you open doors, hack into terminals, find hidden
weapons, and reveal secret messages. The game also has you constantly
doing things besides just shooting the crap out of aliens and going to
the next room to do the same thing again. The game will also have you
doing objectives throughout the game. With that said, the game almost
reminds of Goldeneye in the campaign, where you will be doing
objectives and all that. So the game has some variety, even though it’s
not a lot, but it’s enough to keep it from getting boring.
The
game is basically a ride all the way to the end. It’s incredibly fun,
the little bit of variety makes it nice, and it’s just an overall good
game. The big thing that this game does is customizable controls, but
other than that, the game doesn’t do too much that first person
shooters already have. But what the game does, it does incredibly well.
The game is rather short though. I actually beat this game on the day I
got it. In fact, the ending kind of hits you like a freight truck. I
guess I would say “I hate it when that happens”, but this is actually
the first game where I actually felt like I got hit. I guess that what
happens when you buy it on the day it’s available, but the game
actually makes it to where you think there’s going to be a little bit
more, but than it ends. Well, I won’t say too much, but I can tell you
that there’s going to be a sequel, so we’ll be looking forward to that!
If
it’s one thing that this game gets incredibly well is its multiplayer,
and you’ll have a blast with multiplayer. This is actually the big part
of the game where I was reminded of Goldeneye, the pacing in the
multiplayer feels exactly the same. The game supports up to 12 players
with different game modes. Between each match, you can vote on the
weapons you have, the game type, and the map.
The game actually
requires you to think a little on using cover, teaming up with your
teammates, and seeing how you can take the other guy down. You’ll want
to use different strategies in order to bring down an enemy. The people
in multiplayer can take up some damage, so you’ll have to be careful on
how you go throughout the maps. That’s why team work is affective in
this game. It’s helpful on bringing the enemies down faster. The game
is just fun this way, and I’m surprised on how well it is. Really, I'm
actually enjoying the multiplayer in this game more than other
multiplayer FPSs out there.
Though, as fun as it can be, there
are things that they need to work on. One thing is that matches don't
exactly run smoothly. Though, I played it on regional matches instead
of world wide matches, and that made it so much smoother to work with.
Still, there are still some cases where the game gets jumpy on you.
There are times when you'll see players running through walls because
it actually got pretty laggy. Plus, one on one combat got kind of
crazy. Not the ones where matches just went from 1v1, but the ones
where you find only yourself going up against one enemy. Just seemed
like most of the time, we found ourselves killing each other at the
same time, because after playing through matches, I actually found that
it takes a split second for the person to die once his health drops.
When I got a one hit kill with a shot gun, I found him getting back at
me with that split second of life. Also, the framerate in the game
drops for the multiplayer. So, it felt like everything was kind of
slowed down.Thankfully, the developers have taken note of these
problems, so hopefully they'll get the chance to fix them. My only
major gripe is that it lacks a split screen mode.
Still, as big
as these problems sound, they aren't actually that big. Those are
actually kind of minor complaints, because once you get down to it, the
game is still really fun. In fact, I'd say that the reason to get this
game is the multiplayer. If it weren't for the multiplayer, I'd say to
probably just rent it. I mean, the singleplayer is fun, but it won't
hold you're attention for long, so, really, the reason to get the game
is for it's multiplayer. It has it's problems, but it's definitely
functional. It's actually the main multiplayer game that's holding my
attention for right now!
So, the game is fun. The singleplayer
in the game is challenging, but fairly short. But that's where the
multiplayer steps in. The multiplayer will probably hold your attention
for a while. All in all, I'd recommend this game to anyone who ones a
Wii. It's fun with an addictive online component. The only problem is
that it's generic, but it still doesn't stop the game from being as fun
as it is.
