Don't think just shoot!
Platform: Android also available on ios and pc
Genre: 3rd person shooter
Developer: Madfinger
What's it all about?
It's a 3rd person view online shooter made by the same people who made Dead Trigger. Think gears of war and you're pretty much there. In other words run, cover, roll and shoot , nice and simple.
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The first 30 minutes
After a lengthy loading time I'm greeted to some scifi style upbeat music and a messy and I mean messy looking menu screen. Luckily a training pop up on screen points out what's what.
Not long after I'm thrown straight into an online battle, no training here, just learn the controls and feel for it on the job. Pleasantly surprised at how quickly it connects to a game. I must say at this point I'm playing using my ipega controller (check out my previous post for the review).
So running and shooting simple, not so sure about this jumping into cover though, basically it works but not every time. Doesn't matter, I'm having too much fun anyway blasting everything in sight!
Game over and I come in fourth out of 8 people. Not bad for the first try. Next, is an introduction to the shop (freeium) weapons, upgrades all here. But I'll save my cash for something bigger, right now I just want to jump straight in again.
Not long after I'm thrown straight into an online battle, no training here, just learn the controls and feel for it on the job. Pleasantly surprised at how quickly it connects to a game. I must say at this point I'm playing using my ipega controller (check out my previous post for the review).
So running and shooting simple, not so sure about this jumping into cover though, basically it works but not every time. Doesn't matter, I'm having too much fun anyway blasting everything in sight!
Game over and I come in fourth out of 8 people. Not bad for the first try. Next, is an introduction to the shop (freeium) weapons, upgrades all here. But I'll save my cash for something bigger, right now I just want to jump straight in again.
What I thought
Fun and free is what I can say. The game looks and runs great. Lots of weapons and upgrades to keep things interesting. However it does have it's flaws.
Lag, the bane of every online gamer. While in a one on one, many times did my opponent move like a ghost, almost naturally. A couple of times I would be shooting one player and nothing was registering. I don't know if it was my connection or what (I have a good speed on wifi) but it was very frustrating.
Then there is the controls or rather the feel of it. Going in to cover is not the smoothest of transitions and sometimes I was left standing like a lemon while trying to hide. In the end I just gave up with cover altogether. Next is rolling, if you have ever played gears of war (or any 3rd person for that matter) it is the most useful tactic you can do in terms of countering your enemy. In this game however it just feels clunky and slow, I felt open every time I used it, in the end I just abandoned it also.
Despite those kinds of major flaws its still fun. And the various weapons, shotguns, assault rifles, energy and sniper keeps things ticking over. But to get these weapons and upgrades you need money, at the beginning its easy to save, but later on it will get hard as powerful weapons become so expensive, sound familiar? That's where the freeium comes into play. The game is free but the developers got to make money somewhere. However I think its still possible to get by without spending anything, just be prepared to feel underpowered in the higher ranks.
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Despite those kinds of major flaws its still fun. And the various weapons, shotguns, assault rifles, energy and sniper keeps things ticking over. But to get these weapons and upgrades you need money, at the beginning its easy to save, but later on it will get hard as powerful weapons become so expensive, sound familiar? That's where the freeium comes into play. The game is free but the developers got to make money somewhere. However I think its still possible to get by without spending anything, just be prepared to feel underpowered in the higher ranks.
Conclusion
Would I recommend it? Yes if you like a fun free online shooter. If I had paid for it I would have felt very disappointed as the game feels unfinished. Then there is the issue of hackers and cheaters, I'm not sure if I encountered any, but it would explain some of the strange things I saw.
Overall a good fun game and it's free, but possibly short lived as something better is bound to come along. Maybe the developers might release an update to iron out its rough edges? See you on the battlefield.
