Trepang2

This game is like something you'd see a kid playing in the background of an early 2000's TV show and I mean that in the best way possible.

I'm not going to write a negative review for like the only other game that made me relive the high of F.E.A.R., at least somewhat. Beggars can't be choosers. But my god, it is tempting. When this game works - it really works. The gun-fu dance with the regular grunts totally lives up to the spectacle of F.E.A.R., even if the AI part of the equation is not really there. All guns are sexy and punchy, gore has all the needed oomph, and all the environments are John Woo-ed after every firefight. No complaints there. The problem is that the game just doesn't feel like doing this half the time. I swear, around a quarter of it is just nonsense. It can be the most basic zombie shooter you've ever seen. It can make the cheapest attempts at horror last half the level. Sometimes the game seems to think it's Wolfenstein: The New Order or something, and returns us to an entirely empty and boring HQ after every mission. It has heaps of notes in every level, and nothing will ever make me care enough to read all that. Aslo, the boss fights. They all suck, but some are in the hall of shame of terrible boss design. The least offensive are such specimens as "normal guy but with a gazillion HP," Resident Evil Tyrant from 1996, and "counterintuitively walk into electricity to push 3 buttons." And then the game comes to an ending stretch. Guys, there's a reason F.E.A.R. doesn't have a helicopter boss fight. That's because helicopter bosses were dated and done to death in 2005. Not only does Trepang 2 include a helicopter fight - supposedly the big climactic battle against the big bad - but it is the most cancerous helicopter boss you'll ever fight in your life. To the point that I think there’s no shame in giving up and watching the rest of the game on YouTube; there's nothing noteworthy except an even more abysmal boss (it's Gray Fox, but awful) afterward anyway. It’s a buy it at least at 50% off or more kind of affair. I hope the next game will be better at cutting the bloat, but I wouldn't bet on it - you fight a submarine with your assault rifle in the DLC. I wish I was making that up.

one of the best fps games i've ever played. this is a game that truly looks, feels and sounds incredible.