Binary Domain details
| Formats: | 18 PS3, Xbox 360 |
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| Players: | 1 |
| Genre: | Shooter |
| Developers: | SEGA |
| Rental release: | 24 Feb 2012 |
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Best game of 2012 (so far)
By SimonMG (7 reviews) from here , 01 Mar 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
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Binary Domain's greatest strength is not in innovating or pushing boundaries but much like Darksiders it knows how to take many elements from other games (and other sources) and mix them together in away that actually improves those element's;
Main character design from Gears of War, but with toned down enough so as to not be too distracting.
The presentation of story from Kojima's games, but with a much more precise and ergonomic use of dialogue and exposition.
Even taking elements from something like Mass Effect with light RPG trapping like being able to choose who is in your squad as well as talk to them (Improving or damaging their trust in you depending on your answers), but by not having such a large focus on the mechanic they get to get use it sparingly and only when it would have a strong effect for the player.
GAMEPLAY
The features a lot to mechanics, Squad commands, self revival, equipable buffs, weapon leaving up/ upgrades, but the one part that needs to be praised above all others is that shooting the many varied enemy robots is always fun.
Each enemy's body is covered in many different pieces of amour that can be broken independently of one another, rather then being a purely visual clue as to how low their help bar is, this allows for dismemberment. Losing heads, legs, arms, each effects the battles in a myriad of ways and it is always worth varying up what you focus your attacks on.
Last thing to say on gameplay is that BD is a rare game where some slowdown in the more intense moments helps to elevate those moments (Much like in Treasure's old games)
STORY
When it comes to the story one should think of it as a 80's sci-fi horror anime, big cheesy, goofy but often turning po-faced to talk bluntly about the ramifications of the events of the story, in this case being the line between human and AI and how far you would have to go before the differences became nothing but a technicality, ultimately BD brings these ideas up more to fit in with what its cribbing from rather then to have the player think seriously about these issues.
With a focus of tactile feedback from the gun play and a light hearted tone BD is an amazingly easy play through that does right what so many games fail at.
I am really hoping for this franchise to continue.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(29)Interesting Game.
By NBSpikeGen (3 reviews) from Liverpool , 20 Nov 2012Well worth a play although a little Takeshi's Castle on some
levels. The tech is impressive,though the interactive speaking mode can get annoying after a while. Graphics and artwork generally good. Game play flows. Changing players uniform,weapons & armour without warning is irritating. But these are minor points. Overall a good game that gets you involved.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Great game!!!!!
By a customer , 30 Sep 2012One of the best games ive played. fantastic story, good graphics and mechanics. you'd be a fool not to rent it!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Damn good shooter flying under most gamer's radar.
By SpiderJerusalam (13 reviews) , 15 Sep 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
Solid shooting. Good characters. Decent story. Better than a lot of similar games that are more well known and sell more copies.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Interestingly different
By SgtMac (46 reviews) from Houghton le Spring , 31 Aug 2012I enjoyed playing this game despite it's linear play.
I never play games on easy and this game was occasionally frustrating as there are occasions that you have to do something fairly specific at the right time to get through the level.
Normally this is the boss mode.
That said i enjoyed the game mostly and the touch to make your own team up during play was fun although it didn't make a lot of difference to the play.
By far the best bit was when i played on line. Reminiscent of Halo ODST firefights taking on waves of robots I particularly found the monkey robots to be funny. Especially when shotgunned to the face.
The biggest problem I had in multi-player mode was there wasn't any.
The few games I had with people were fun but in the main there was nobody playing in any time zone I could detect.
This is a pity because I think the on line play was very well designed.- Was this review helpful to you?
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What a great story.....must rent
By ArthriticGamer (4 reviews) from Cambridgeshire , 05 Aug 2012What a great story this was, full of twists one of the best stories I have had the pleasure of playing. I saw another reviewer say that this could have been made into a film and I have to fully agree.
I suppose you could sum up the game as 'gears with robots', but with some additions such as increasing the power of your gun and your parties guns. The party idea is alright however the team members will sometimes run across your line of fire and then complain that you are shooting them, which can get a little annoying. Another annoying part of the game is the voice recognition, after the third chapter I gave up with it and just used the controller to talk it saved from saying the wrong phrase 50% of the time. The lip syncing could also do with a little more work. These negatives were the only ones that I noticed and they weren't anywhere near game breaking.
I must admit I wasn't expecting this game to be as good as I found it, even my wife who finds games a little boring was drawn into the story line which says something.
This is a must rent game.- Was this review helpful to you?
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