Chaser

Better than Witcher 3 and all Halo games

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7/10

Chaser is a game that literally had no level designers. On the surface, Chaser is a pretty solid hardcore old-school shooter. The shooting feels good, enemies hit hard but also die without too much trouble, you have a wide variety of weapons, and there are plenty of different gameplay situations: an underwater level, a sniper level, a stealth level, a fairly cheesy story, good music and voice acting. The game looks good for its time and runs perfectly well on modern hardware. But what simply does not exist in this game is level design. Don't get me wrong, the game does have levels in the literal sense. There are different locations, and sometimes even some very beautiful scenery. But you almost never know where you're supposed to go. The game's locations are built with absolutely no understanding of how to guide the player. On rare occasions, some levels give you a clear objective: open the gate, find a car detail, turn on the generator. Usually, though, the objectives in this game are basically just "escape," "clear the building," just reach the end of the level is simplest term. In other words, you are given absolutely zero indication of where to go. And this kind of design can w…

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Horrid. Absolutely horrid. Big stupid levels, stupid protagonist, stupid story, stupid ending. I beat it tho and now I can be rid of it forever... Holy crap.