Project: Gemini

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Project: Gemini is another student project from DigiPen institute, a small private university in Washington state. It's a 2 player only (no more, no less) shared screen co-op puzzle/action platformer where you control two protagonists through a sci-fi themed story driven platformer. I think this year the students probably passed, the visuals are great, there's 4K support and the game mostly just works. One of the better things about these DigiPen institute games is that DigiPen correctly teaches the students that it's not acceptable to use retro pixel "art" as a crutch to make up for an inability to do graphics properly. On the downside here, I can't really recommend this for a few reasons. Console peasant childrens toy controller prompts are an insult to PC gamers. Controls are locked so you can't do anything to fix the control scheme. There's an ugly screen filter you can't turn off, that distorts and makes the otherwise tolerable art in the game look worse than it should. The decision to enforce multiplayer in the game blocks out a large part of the potential audience for the game. Developers must learn to ensure games have at least some appeal for the gaming public i…

Игра 'Project: Gemini' - это захватывающий кооперативный шутер, который бросает вызов слаженной работе и тактическому мышлению. Концепция с двумя персонажами, управляемыми разными игроками (или одним, но это сложнее), прекрасно реализована. Каждый герой обладает уникальными способностями и стилем игры, что заставляет искать идеальную синергию для преодоления препятствий. Визуально игра приятна глазу, уровни детализированы, а модели персонажей выглядят достойно. Сюжет, хоть и не блещет оригинальностью, все же держит в напряжении и мотивирует двигаться дальше. Основной упор сделан на взаимодействие между игроками. Без четкой коммуникации и слаженного распределения ролей пройти сложные эпизоды практически невозможно. Это делает игру невероятно увлекательной в кооперативе, но может стать разочарованием при одиночной игре (если вы все-таки решитесь). Несколько раздражают редкие баги и порой не самая отзывчивая стрельба, но в целом, 'Project: Gemini' - это отличный выбор для тех, кто ищет динамичный и требовательный кооперативный шутер. Определенно рекомендую попробовать, особенно с другом!

I was thankful that, although there's no settings or even an informational panel for controls, the game still allowed me to play both characters with the connected controller and keyboard respectively. As I began to do so, I found fun in the awkward rhythm of controlling them simultaneously, before my play was ended by an unspecified crash. After that I decided to make use of the charitable "Teleport to Boss" button; if I was able to handle that challenge by my lonesome, playing the rest of the game would then seem to be a tedious and ultimately comparable experience. The final stage of the boss required a bit of luck and a mad dash before the spinning lasers caught up with the character I couldn't be bothered to move out of the way, in favor of winning the fight. Unfortunately, once I did win, the game crashed again, and I then resorted to the "Win Game Immediately" button. The game is a Nerve beater with a signature helper element that defines the co-operative scope; each character's abilities effectively lead to specific combat advantages for the other. A pair of characters that can swap onto the same control scheme seems achievable, or perhaps even a keyboard scheme that contr…

fairly well done, i like the premise, and it plays good. Though i wish the animations and movement were a little more polished

nice game if you cant run cyberpunk