Soldiers of the Universe

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Perhaps one of the most Jingoistic intro’s I have ever seen in a game. And I’ve played every entry in the Call of Duty series. Yet despite that, it’s the best part of the game. Where do I even start with this? I picked up SotU for chump change and despite knowing it was the first FPS from the studio (if not the whole country) I was expecting something a little palpable due to the surprisingly large number of positive reviews. Maybe it was a diamond in the rough? Maybe it was some fun jank that could rival some of the cheaper FPS’s the Europeans are known for, especially from the Early-Mid 2000’s! What I wasn’t expecting is some of the worst gameplay I have ever seen in a first-person shooter. SotU obviously takes many pointers from the AAA COD campaigns but what it doesn’t nail is the level design and skirmishes. Most levels seem randomly generated due to the ridiculous and inane prop placement and building locations, with many enemies just dead-centre in the middle of the road or standing on random rooftops with no cover. Exploding barrels also seemed to be inconsistent in whether they could explode or not! Regarding weapons, while they are well animated and you can carry 3 at any rime, you cannot retrieve extra’s from fallen enemies nor is ammo ever an issue with refill stations every 10 feet and even one of your squadmates being a literal ammo dispenser. You’d think this would make the fire-fights a cakewalk but by golly, it’s just unfair! Enemies have pin-point accuracy and can knock you out with ease even on the easiest setting. This alone wouldn’t be a deal-breaker, especially if it’s vying to be a tactical shooter but every attack drastically throws off your aim and BLURS your vision! Getting shot by multiple enemies results in your screen become impossibly obscured and is by and large, a sure-fire way to send you to an early grave! This is unplaybable! Even with a trainer I had significant trouble just navigating these killzones! Halfway through, the game just starts breaking. I’ve had squads of enemies AI go blind and deaf entirely and just stand idle, my own AI teammates straight up ignored alerted combatants or even shoot me in the back! The 5th level itself didn’t even load the textures properly and sent my GPU into a frenzy! And before I knew it, it was over. An hour and a half of headaches and horrible level design. I can’t in anyway recommend this game to anyone, even if it is absurdly discounted. The only saving grace was the astonishing nationalistic overtones and bad voice acting but it literally blows it’s load with the first cutscene. This whole review may have been very cynical, but I do wish the devs learn from this first endeavor. It’s great to see game devs sprout up across the globe and I wish them the best in their future projects. Hopefully they can churn something out that can better reflect their culture then trying to copy an existing foreign idea/genre that is way out of their budget.