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No Matter The Prejudice

by eribuster

After pulling the trigger for 10 hours, I finish the single-player campaign of Section 8: Prejudice (PC). Some time was spent in multiplayer and idleing so the campaign probably takes 7-8 hours to finish. In a break from my norm, I played the game on the Hard difficulty setting. Some spots proved to be challenging, but more were frustrating exercises in memorizing patterns or exploiting flaws i...

After pulling the trigger for 10 hours, I finish the single-player campaign of Section 8: Prejudice (PC). Some time was spent in multiplayer and idleing so the campaign probably takes 7-8 hours to finish. In a break from my norm, I played the game on the Hard difficulty setting. Some spots proved to be challenging, but more were frustrating exercises in memorizing patterns or exploiting flaws in the AI. It didn't help things that the I wanted to finish the campaign in my last session instead of taking my time and enjoying it. 


The story is flat and forgettable. The single-player levels are better than the story, but don't quite take advantage of all of the game's strengths that is in its multiplayer. The game can load big and wide maps, but the campaign mostly funnels you in a straight line. The multiplayer modes have dynamic missions and a support shop, but the campaign is scripted and hardly ever uses the shop. To be fair, it would probably take much more time to craft a campaign that takes full advantage of the multiplayer features. 

It is a functional campaign that has its moments. There are some boss battles that threw me for a loop. On to the competitive and cooperative multiplayer!

Also of note, Steam has been having another crazy sale. I picked up Crysis: Maximum Edition which includes Crysis, Crysis: Warhead, and Crysis Wars. Can't wait to see how far I can push the engine until my computer reaches its limits.