I've heard some bad things
about this game but I have never played it so I thought it was time
to try it. I played the Syndicate game that came out in 1993 and was
isometric real-time tactical game. I really enjoyed that game. So the
Syndicate game from 2012 is a first-person shooter and they called it
a reboot if I'm not mistaken. I am hopeful. A reboot of a game I
enjoyed in my favorite genre. What could go wrong?
The story puts us in the
future of 2069. The worlds largest corporations merge and Eurocorp is
created. In 2025 Eurocorp released the DART-chip, an implant that
allows users to access the dataverse and make most electronic devices
obsolete. As a result of the DART-chip, the world is no longer ruled
by governments, but by large mega-corporations known as Syndicates.
The unchipped people, about half of the worlds population, are
abandoned and are denied the same benefits that chipped people get.
Agents who are chipped and bio-engineered are used for corporate
espionage and enforcers for their corporate masters. I have heard of
worse sci-fi action stories. I have a good feeling.
You play as Miles Kilo, an
Agent working for Eurocorp. As a main character he's really not that
interesting, probably because he doesn't talk. There are some
backstory elements that come throughout the story but i thought he
was boring. He has his DART-Chip but it doesn't let you do anything
special(no super-jumping or super-speed or other things like that).
On some missions you get help from a fellow Agent, Jules Merit(voiced
by Michael Wincott who is known for his work on movies like The Crow
and The Three Musketeers), who you don't know if is going to be a
good guy or a bad guy mostly thanks to great voiceacting. It's also
nice when he is with you so someone can explain what is going on. You
both works for Jack Denham(voiced by Brian Cox who is known for his
work on movies like RED and X-Men 2), the CEO of Eurocorp. Standard
evil CEO really. You just know it when you see him. Not many
surprises from this guy. Too maintain you and your chip they got Lily
Drawl(voiced by Rosario Dwason who is known for her work on Men In
Black 2 and Clerks 2), a senior member of Eurocorp. Good actors but i
don't think they got enough to work with so everything kinda feels
flat.
The start of the game is
good(This game me hope). They throw you right into action and i love
that kind of stuff. It's intense and good-looking. I like this dark
world bright lights look of the world. The insides of buildings and
so on looks good too but i like the outside better, that's just my
personal opinion. Then suddenly, a tutorial, and sadly it's not a
good one. They are outright painful. First they show you what to do,
then you have to do it, then you have to complete a challenge using
it. It really kills the pacing of the game. They should maybe just
have had it say what button to press and then just let you use it on
an enemy. The game is very straight forward, there is almost nothing
to explore. This is really a missed opportunity, you can make a lot
of lore and hide it all over the map. The story, as a game, is
actually pretty weak. It might have been better as a movie. It's not
all very bad, you get some abilities that work on other peoples chips
so you can for example make them commit suicide. You also get some
cool guns, like the one you where you lock on to your target and then
you can curve the bullets around cover. After a couple of hours
though, it starts to feel really repetitive and when there isn't a
good story to pull you forward it's really hard to keep playing. The
story is just way to predictable and the ending is unsatisfying. To
make it even worse the story is really short. I used about 4 hours to
complete it. This game is really not worth your time I'm sorry to
say. I had high hopes but this is a lot worse than i thought.
TL;DR
I really wanted to like
this but it's just not good enough. I love the genre and the world.
Some good abilities and weapons. Predictable story. Very short, i
completed it in 4 hours. Bad tutorials. Not worth to play in my
opinion.
My question for you:
What
is the worst game you've played?
What
do you expect of an First-person shooter?
Please
leave a comment(negative,positive, suggestions or/and answers).
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