Theres not much to say about this game, really.
It's nothing especially new or special, but thats not to say it isn't
fun - while it lasts anyway. It won't take you too long to plow through.
Levels basically consist of running and gunning your way through rooms
full of armed foes, looking to kill you right back - they also through
in the occasional, simple enviromental puzzle that usually involves
shooting an object to remove an obstacle or create a path to proceed.
Theres not much substance in the gunplay, but it surely oozes style.
Of course you can dive around, which triggers a bullet time effect.
You can also run up and slide down rails, swing from chandeliers, shoot
enemys as you roll around on carts and probably a few more such things
I'm missing. Won't make it game of the year, but it's undeniably cool.
Killing foes and picking up Origami Canes fills up a bar that lets you
trigger different abilitys. The first one you can use is a slight
health refill, but theres usually enough first aid kits in any given
area that this shouldnt be necessary. The next is precision aim, which
also triggers a bulletime effect as well as a zoom, allowing you to get
the perfect shot in. The effects on this are pretty cool.
Then theres barrage, which grants you unlimited ammo and immortality for a brief period allowing you to just go nuts.
And then theres the spin attack, which lets you kill pretty much everyone around you.
Aside from the health one, all of these abilitys are useful and fun to use.
There are points in the game called stand offs, where you'll be
surrounded by a few foes. It'll go into bullet time and you'll stand
there, dodging bullets with the left stick, aiming with the right and
as usual firing with the right trigger. It probably doesn't sound so
great due to my crud description but I aussure you it's a fun little
activity, it's almost a mini-game. The games graphically decent enough.
Character models don't all look that great in my oppinion but the
enviroments are top notch and almost completely destructable, which
makes them even better.
Bullets will fly and the envrioment around you will reflect this as
tables explode, columns give way, tables flip and all sorts. Sounds
also decent. Some of the voice acting is iffy but it's not horribly bad.
The multiplayer is rally barebones, allowing you death match and team
death match. Could be just me, but it can get pretty laggy. Shame, the
multiplayer could've been the best part of the game.
All in all though the game is at least worth a rental if the length of
the game is off putting, but I'm glad I bought it all the same.
