Recent reviews by A Little Rusty

I wanted to like this game, I really did. But I can't

So the main feature of this game is the enemy AI learn from your behavior. They do what you do. If you run fast, they run fast. If you shoot them, they shoot you, and so on. 'Great!' I thought. That sounds like a cool feature that would force you to think outside the box and constantly think on your toes.

Unfortunately, the game doesn't give you NEARLY enough options to fight or accomplish your objectvies. I was expecting Batman's worth of gadgets and abilities so that you always have something to do and use against the AI, but you only get a gun, a scanner, and a standard neck choke takedown. Even basic ones like throwable distractions don't exist. It would have been SO MUCH MORE compelling and interesting to let both you and the AI use a million tools and powers, forcing you to try new ones and come up with new combinations to accomplish your objectives, but since they didn't add any, the best option is to simply walk around the room, robbing the AI of any ability to fight back.

Good concept for a game, just not very well done

A totally unique game! You are literally a TV controller in your own directing booth, watching the world go to hell on your screens and making choices on how it gets there

This game is a cross between simple and addicting retro-style FPS gameplay and modern heavy metal music. What's not to love?

Makes even less sense physics-wise (how does the chainsaw regenerate gasoline?) but is WAY BETTER gameplay-wise. Everything is turned up, intuitive features are added, and it still runs cleanly and buttery. Just get it!

The deepest and most detailed choice-based game I've ever played. Seriously!
There are definitely some choices that they spoon feed to you and give you plenty of opportunities to undo if you pick the one they don't want you to pick, but it's ALWAYS possible to keep things completely screwed up!
In most other games if you fail the QTE, escape sequence, or puzzle you have to restart from a checkpoint and try again, but in here you can just keep playing with your failure.
One character has a violent escape sequence very early, and on my second playthrough experimented with failing it on purpose. To my surprise, the character stayed dead throughout the game and all the subsequent plot with the character simply didn't happen.

My only big complaint is the crashes. They can happen frequently if you don't pick the right graphics settings. However, there are multiple guides and YouTube videos on how to fix them. Keep trying until you find what works for you and if nothing works just keep changing settings until it works.

It jumped off the generic tree and hit every branch coming down, only this time done on a low budget. Everything this game does has been done better years ago by a AAA company. Yes, they are a small studio and don't have the resources or ambition of larger companies, but that doesn't change that this game is forgettable and bland.

It's good, but it's a significant step down from Modern Warfare.
The campaign is passable, although there are annoying sections. Modern Warfare had really interesting sections where you had to make moral calls and you saw the dark side of war. This game is more cut-and-dry. There were missions in Modern Warfare that were unique and memorable, while this just feels ehhh

I don't play multiplayer, so I can't say anything about that. I'd wait for a sale

First, the good. It is quite enjoyable to sneak around alleys, sell drugs, gain new clients, balance finances, reputation vs police profile, and so on. I loved doing that.

However, I can't recommend this game. I really hated having to divide my drugs into smaller bags. If I had a 5g bag and a client wanted 3g, I couldn't just give him 3g and walk away with 2. I had to go back to my apartment, use the drug stash, empty my pockets into the jar, empty the jar into a bag of 2 and a bag of 3, and go back. It was really tedious and is easily the worst thing about this.

The controls for the drug stash are awful as well. You can't just get in and get out, you have to navigate different menus, juggle modes, and click and drag things to make the game do what you want. This wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have to do it several times each day. Every time it happened I groaned.

In short, they have a lot of good things in this game, but to get through the game you have to put up with boring, frustrating crap. I wanted to like it, but I just couldn't

Absolutely fantastic game!
Tactical realism, great community, constant updates, variety of guns, maps, modes, and strategies keep the game fresh! A must-buy for tactical shooter fans!

Decent tactical realism, but SERIOUS issues
There are 3 types of servers, ones with long queues, empty, or high ping. There's no matchmaking, so you have to pick.
Most of your game time will be spent walking to the battle, then getting immediately domed from across the map by someone you never saw, while your squad mates complain about everything on VC.
I wouldn't mind being a support worker, but on some servers these are straight up not allowed, probably because they take up space on the server. Besides, I doubt they have much work to do, because everyone just walks and dies immediately.

Good for fans of hyper-realism, but the gameplay loop is just too hard, tedious and frustrating to be engaging.