It's hella fun. It's just a really sweet arcade shooter in 3D, with the waves and combinations of enemies. I love the enemy designs and animations, and it's really nice to have great big arenas where you can see things running at you from a mile off and adjust your tactics accordingly. There's a lot of vertical space, it's cool to see trees getting blown apart and chunks of stone go flying when you shoot a wall, and I think this is the first time I've seen (yes, illogical) lens flare. Also, the bomb dudes are as hilarious as their reputation. It's got a light sprinkling of switches and keys but nothing too egregious. I get the impression that the whole thing is in this Egyptian setting, though, which I might tire of as soon as the new enemy types run out, especially as Sam himself is a watered-down Duke Nukem and there's not really anything else going on. Also, it may prove too tough for me! But I'm having a blast so far.
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I'm currently stuck on a bit where loads of those big charging things spawn, so you have to strafe constantly otherwise they ram you from behind and it's pretty much instadeath. Going to give it another go now!
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Okay, I played up to the Oasis level and am getting a bit bored of being stuck in a big room and consta-strafing until all the enemies are gone. So I'm going to put this aside. Seems I got about halfway through it. A fun game, though, and I prefer Sam to Duke as a character - he's definitely more of a Jack Burton type who gets undercut regularly.
Rating: Green.
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