Receiver

ping ping ping 7 / 10

Might be the best FPS I have ever played Also the most stressful game I have ever played Just buy it

Receiver Is a revolutionary take on the FPS genre, featuring much more detailed firearm manipulation then any other title i've ever heard of with physics based enemies that are far from the standard NPC who pops out from cover to take some potshots at you. _____________________________________________________ Pros: The gunplay is immaculate, turning the operation of a firearm into an entire complex process rather than the fact of life that it usually is in the FPS genre. The story-telling consistently left me wanting more and genuinly intruiges me. Randomized level generation makes every run unique. Enemy design is logical and works well with the gunplay system, turrets are immobile but can attack from range and drones attack in melee but can move quickly. Both have audible and visual tells to allow for proper counter-play as well as being susceptible to even a single bullet with good shot placement. _____________________________________________________ Cons: Lack of feedback when mortally wounded leaves much to be desired, even if its understandable why it hasn't been included. However the few seconds of reflection an addition as simple as a blood trail being left after recei…

When I bought the game, I was expecting the difficulty to come from bizarre control scheme and convoluted weapon handling. In fact, I was looking forward to it (the latter). Sadly, it's not really coming into play in any meaningful way - it is more like an inventory minigame that is entirely outside of combat. When you do finally enter combat, it is as always - point and click several times. And this is where the difficulty comes from: - you die in one hit. And have to start it all over again. - enemies have hit regions, and most of their body is either durable or straight-up invincible (hard to tell, because you're usually shooting from a distance where you can't see their machine body parts as separate objects). So the gameplay goes like this: - you move around the map until you notice or get noticed by a drone or a turret. - you start shooting it, maybe you're successful, but usually you hit it with no effect and then it returns fire. - I'm not sure how their fire is calculated. But there was a moment when I moved out of its line of sight *before* it started shooting, and still got hit with its shots. It is a shooter with just three weapons (all of them handguns), a…

i like to receive

i'm hearing the voices again