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Yet another shooter ruined by the desire to be an obvious Doom 2016 wannabe. It's like this is all we get nowadays. Either something that tries to be Call of Duty or something that tries to be Doom 2016. And I find both to be overrated pieces of crap. The modern Doom games have this tedious and repetitive arena-style combat and heavy emphasis on melee attacks. Which is featured heavily in this game as well. At least it doesn't have the forced melee finishers but the game still relies heavily on melee attacks.

And ever notice how Lo Wang's design got progressively worse with every game after the 90s original? This is the worst one yet.

Just walk around a huge open world and shoot people with generic and unsatisfying gunplay. The game is also supposed to be one of these "looter shooters". A thing I find very overrated and boring in today's games, so that doesn't help this game for me either. The only games that make finding stuff actually fun are games like Fallout and Elder Scrolls. The only good thing about this game for me is the ability to skip cutscenes. I couldn't care less about the story in these modern games that try to depict an overly realistic storyline and are filled with forgettable and boring-looking characters. So at least the game lets you focus on the gameplay and forget about everything else. I just like my games with fun and unique gameplay...and badass storylines with iconic-looking characters. But I doubt you can expect that from mentally impaired developers who even seem to think that gender is simply a body type.

I'm not the most interested person in the whole story or universe but it's a pretty good game to play. I mean, it's, what I personally like to call these types of games, yet another highly modified Quake 2, where some big bad alien race seeks to simply kill and consume everything in the universe. Numerous other games have done this. The aforementioned Quake 2(and 4), and then also franchises like Mass Effect, Resistance and the list goes on. Gaming's favorite sci-fi tale and this is yet another version of it.

However, the whole situation in the game is still interesting to follow. The sense of desperation, and the atmosphere it creates, is well done. The gameplay is mostly great too. It feels challenging enough to be fun, but it doesn't become trial and error most of the time. And most importantly, you make steady progress. While never feeling like the game is too easy. And you could play this game for hours without getting tired if it.

The game isn't perfect, though. Later on, the game can become pretty stressful. You may forget to enjoy the game. In fact, the last chapters drain out most of the enjoyment and absolutely stress me out. I kept wondering why I wasn't enjoying the game as much as I did earlier. Early in the game, I was excited to meet enemies and blow them apart. And, like I said, I never felt like it was too easy. But late in the game, I always felt negative and stressed out when I heard the music and sounds of enemies approaching. The whole experience gets turned on its head. There are a few stupid moments too, like the game locking you into small places with lots of enemies and no breathing room. It's a shame that you can't change the difficulty anytime in the game, like in Dead Space 2. It's good for when you want to say "**** it" and just relieve some stress. One-shotting and ragdolling enemies on easy difficulty in Dead Space 2 is rather funny and satisfying. Helps you stay balanced and remain feeling positive about the game. I swear the last parts of the game are even worse in Dead Space 2. I haven't been able to finish 2 without lowering the difficulty. I always pick hard difficulty for these games. And in this game, you better pick hard because you can't increase the difficulty for new game plus, which is lame.

One more little thing is the elevator glitches that happen sometimes. You simply die a few moments after an elevator starts moving. Or you can clip through the floor and then die.