Action Commando

This was God-awful. I kept going on it like, "there's no way someone would think to hit publish on a game this bad, right?" "oh, oh.... ok, I mean, I guess... it's my fault I missed the SMG that I needed. It was super tiny and I couldn't see it, and I figured it would be obvious as everything else was obvious." "Ok, ok, I'm sure I missed the blue key card somewhere... oh, oh, now I need a yellow key card that I also don't have and honestly I don't know what a yellow key card would even look like." Wow, I'm at a complete dead end. And honestly, for a top-down shooter... miss me with this crap. It's just, ewww. I'm not having fun. I've had a wonderful time, and this wasn't it. "Oh, wow, the story that's taking shape...also seems trite and awful." What's good though, is that I'm likely going to go back through every other game that I've ever given a thumbs-down to, and reevaluate if it was really deserving of a thumbs down knowing how bad something could be. Seriously, honestly.... if this were actually broken, it would be more forgivable. Instead, I'm just wondering what here was thought "yeah, this is a good idea!" This is the Ed Wood of videogame productions.

Паул Шнайдер (Paul Schneider) сделал ещё одну игру в новой стилистике. Чему я конечно же рад, потому что эти игры должны вдохнуть жизнь в Dimension Drifter'а. Во всяком случае я на это надеюсь. Action Commando конечно не самое оригинальное название, но вполне адекватное для шутера. Игры из этой серии не самые легкие, даже если играть на "лёгком" уровне сложности. Извините за тавтологию. Только от предыдущей игры про Агента Сильвермена (Agent Silverman) данная отличается. Во-первых тут нет инвентаря в том понимании, как это было в игре Town of Machine. Это в данном случае упростили. Теперь мы просто бегаем и собираем стволы, ключи и детали для улучшения. А также карму, как и в предыдущей части. Лор этих игр пересекается. Это можно увидеть когда Агент Сильвермен всплывает в диалогах игры. Наш главный герой - тоже агент, видимо тут все из одной организации. Спартанский боец (Spartan Soldier в ориг.) отлично орудует не только мечом, но и вполне себе футуристичным плазменным оружием. Так что экшена тут точно в достатке. Есть также как и в "Городе Машин" новая игра+. Где все твои компаньоны сохраняются вместе с вкачанным оружием и статами. Лично мне одного прохождения хватило. Так как особо не тяготею к данному творению, а жду лишь продолжения Dimension Drifter'a. Очень надеюсь, что продажи с данных игр помогут продвинуть дальше прогресс создания "Скитальца Измерений". К покупке рекомендую, само собой.

I got hard locked on the second level where I couldn't find anything to open the doors and I was locked in a certain area. The levels I did play are very well crafted and were fun, but getting hard locked so early on isn't.

Vraiment fun!

This is the action-only version of town of machines. Which is quite nice. Takes about 4 hours to play through and has all the classics you would expect from a Paul-game.

Action Commando is a Town of Machine spinoff focused entirely on combat. Hub-based world design, inventory management and most of the character interactions have been removed / de-prioritized in favour of fast-paced combat where your only concern is what's trying to kill you at a given moment. While it lacks the depth of Town of Machine, it works really well as a coffee break, action-packed, top-down shoot'em up. Unlike in its predecessor you don't have to worry about inventory space and quests - just go forward and blow things up... and it kind of works. The game is pretty short and unfortunately set almost entirely underground which makes the levels blend together but it's not that big of a deal considering its lenght. Give it a try if you ever feel like mowing down monsters for a few hours.

Parece ser bom, vamos ver se é mesmo!