Chrome specforce game review

The graphics too have been given a generous spit-wipe, though the fact that many of the game assets are hand-me-downs from Chrome - including buildings, vehicles and character models - does slightly take the shine off. Specforce also plays to the strengths of the engine, keeping the action focused on the great outdoors and lovely dense foliage, while avoiding the endless bland interiors and rubbish desert missions of the first game.

The vehicles too - useless and wasted in Chrome - are brought to the fore. Most of the missions now conclude with a vehicle sequence of some sort, be it a mech-walker shoot-out or a Jedi-inspired speeder chase.

Some of the handling is still pretty poor, but at least it works. Despite all this, some of the worst crimes of Chrome remain intact. The Al is still far from convincing, with enemies that stand immobile in the face of danger and shoot with unerring accuracy across great distances.

The interiors too, though less extensive, are still rubbish and strewn with hundreds of storage units that you feel obliged to open just in case. Plus, the Deus Ex -style inventory remains clumsy, forcing you to constantly rearrange items and preventing you from carrying more than one or two good weapons at a time.

There's also a strong feeling of monotony to Specforce, and it's something that begins in the graphics. I would have at least preferred to see some enemies moping around on patrol or catching some unawares but it seems a lot of times the entire planet is on alert that Logan and his team has arrived.

Playing through missions there, I really felt like I was the tactical commander more so than any other recent first person shooter. In SpecForce your squadmates are about as useful as the ones in F. Again, the lack of a story could have been supplemented by some well developed conversations between you and your squad.

There is a multiplayer component with the usual competitive team modes. There is no co-operative mode, which would have been a good fit considering the entire game requires no need to pause for a cutscene or a puzzle sequence. A lack of people online is the major impediment.

Overall, SpecForce really had potential. The graphics engine, while not the best, is still competent. The premise, while overdone, can still be worked out. Ultimately, this makes SpecForce an inconsistent title. Same decent enough graphics and features. Same moderate amount of weapon variety and space to carry diverse A continuation of Chrome. Same moderate amount of weapon variety and space to carry diverse weaponry. Long enough quest chain but not tedious , and cool stealth and vehicle control features.

But wait. The first Chrome was way better. Kind of the original chrome meets Crysis. Still feels older than its release date and sadly not a ton of fun. It's perfectly playable but Kind of the original chrome meets Crysis. It's perfectly playable but there's just so many better games out there.

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