Tag: FPS

Ion Fury Review

Misguided Homage

HIGH Classic fast FPS gameplay.

LOW Has there ever been an enjoyable sewer level?

WTF Did I just hear a line that references… Dirty Dancing?


Project Warlock Review

One Helluva Good Time

HIGH Starting a stage and immediately wiping out hordes of enemies.

LOW Early boss battles that are more challenging than later ones.

WTF Where did that mummy get a bazooka arm!?


Generation Zero Review

HIGH The detailed environments set a nice atmosphere.

LOW Everything in this game is absolutely boring.

WTF The design is broken on a structural level, and no patch can fix it.


RICO Review

Nice Boom

HIGH Slow-motion death .

LOW That look sensitivity is a little… off.

WTF I’m not sure how seriously I should be taking the premise.


Hell Let Loose Preview

My first foray into first-person shooters with a heavy focus on strategy and mechanics began with the closed beta of Hell Let Loose, a World War II-era shooter developed by Black Matter and published by Team 17. Their project focuses more on the tactical and realistic aspects of firing a gun, more similar in scope to ARMA 3 and America’s Army than to something like Call of Duty.


Amid Evil Preview

Two years ago, the overwhelming reaction to id Software’s amazing Doom reboot confirmed that there is a very real thirst, in this day and age, for old-school, fast-paced, no-BS shooters. No more huddling behind the nearest waist-high wall and occasionally popping my head out to fire at a distant gunner. I want to get out there, feel the wind in my face, and look my enemies in the eyes before I gib them messy. I’m still waiting for the rest of the triple-A industry to catch up in this regard – even Bethesda’s own Wolfenstein series leans a little too heavily on stealth and other such nonsense – but in the meantime, a number of indie devs have heeded the call.