Inversion™

I do like those generic, story-based, 7th generation cover-based shooters. And the story here is serviceable for a sci-fi action B-movie. It does kinda scratch that itch. But it's just too poorly executed to be recommended. FIRST OF ALL, BEWARE: the game barely works on modern hardware because of compatibility issues or something. If you lower the textures, you can get it running (with random screen tearing still). But even so, it will occasionally crash when loading new chapters and checkpoints. And it doesn't just close: sometimes its frozen fullscreen completely overrides the computer and you can't even open task manager. I had to actually log off and log back in order to reopen Steam and the game, just to get back to where I was. And then it can happen again repeatedly when you die and load the same checkpoint. You have to have A LOT of patience with this one and it's not really worth it. The gameplay is obviously a Gears of War ripoff and that's fine by me, but it's a little too much worse. The whole gravity gimmick is undercooked and definitely doesn't make up for it. There are just a handful of weapons, all with terrible aim and game feel (and you can barely see anything with all those particle effects). And there are even less enemy types (with very repetitive designs). Pretty much all of them are bullet sponges and the same couple of "bosses" are just thrown at you repeatedly. I switched to easy halfway through the game, but it's so chaotic and poorly designed that you can barely get out of cover and are constantly out of ammo. Even on normal difficulty, finishing this game must be just stressful and unbearable. It doesn't feel exactly hard, but feels unfair and poorly designed - just not really fun and satisfying to push through the chaos. So yeah, I obviously didn't expect a masterpiece from such a generic title, but this could totally still be my kind of jam. I did finish it, after all. But unfortunately, while I made it to the end, the technical issues along with the poor gameplay make it impossible to recommend without serious disclaimers.