D/Generation HD

Tags: Tactical - Stealth Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Thin plot. Itemhunt leverpull progression. Feels very Unity Engine. Isometric obscures objects in rooms. Imprecise aiming. This is some sort of remake of an old stealth game from yesteryear. The original basically looked like the Bio Menace protagonist set in an isometric rendition of an office building doing basic evasive maneuvers, firing his blaster akwardly at spinning turrets, getting the odd keycard. That kind of gameplay probably felt like a spy espionage rework of what platformers of the time did on the PC and probably felt like a solid step in the right direction at the time. Fast forward to today and the remake using very antiquated game design and language, showing no real refinement with its animations, combat, controls and the somewhat barebones presentation. You are left wondering why bother. Spamming the interact button did not seem to yield much results, and I would constantly activate and deactivate switches by accident just by walking next to them. Bullets from turrets moved really fast making then nigh impossible to dodge. Most levels were incredibly tiny but everytime it took anywhere between twice as long up to 10, 20 times as long to just find where the darned item/lever was or which lever deactivated which doors or which trap in what order. The audio for the music was decent but the sound effects were rather poor and sometimes absent such as firing your gun. The game had an odd sidemenu user interface filled with nearly incomprehensible icons and counters. Conclusion: Did not find the experience all that enjoyable, stealth games are best done with strong narratives, clever gadgets or interesting powers, solid engines and slick controls. This in comparison is really rough. Would rather archive it permanently in my hidden library to give better visibility in my collection to mor deserving titles.