Vaccine War

Holy crap this game is bad. The dialogue is laughably awful and cliche'd. The beginning is extremely slow and boring, the controls even on a 360 controller with the duck and cover and aim system all mushed together make you have to hold the most awkward controller positions together. All the enemies look the same, the plot doesn't really make sense or feel believable, and to top it all of there's this menacing stereotypical bad guy all "grrr my evil plans to mess with the city" crap while in a samurai suit of armor... in Spain... in the 1930s... Yeah I'm done.

I really wanted to recommend this game but I can't. +Graphics look great overall, and the game is nice to look at. +Multiple panel side-scrolling is interesting. -Controls are slugging and not responsive -Player movement is sloppy, for example, you have one guy shooting and you and one guy attacking with the knife, you have to get out of cover first (the character moves very slowly), stab the guy closest to you all the while leaving yourself completely exposed to be shot at (which you will many times). -Most of the sound design is great..except for the footsteps, they are way louder than they need to be and very repetitive. -The "story" is very hard to follow and leaves you guessing where the hell you're supposed to go next. I thought I would take a chance on a game with mixed reviews but I was wrong. The game just isn't worth $8.

I will RE-Buy it when i will be control customisation and when my controllers are supported.

A unique retro graphics style game with a mature storyline about the Spanish Civil War. As far as 2.5D games go, this one's unique design is one of its highlights. The 8 bit / pixelated look of the characters and some of the environment provide an interesting juxtaposition between the colorful graphics and the more abrasive thematic content of navigating a war-torn city while scoring headshots or knife stabs against enemy infantry. As a fan of For Whom the Bell Tolls, I find the game to be an interesting parallel to that universe somewhat. Full controller support including aiming with the analog sticks to score headshots as you dash between cover to evade enemy fire (think Alien Hominid style..) is practically applied, while the music and sound effects are both well done. The game could use more abilities or unlockables to take it to the next level, and backtracking through previously tread areas can become cumbersome and disorienting (especially when you don't realize there is a path you can press "UP" on to move through the 2D space on a Z axis to traverse a separate X plane, for example..) however what is present is enjoyable if you are into either retro style graphics OR uniq…

I like the feel of the game, but there are bugs which break the game. My character constantly stops being able to move. . . in a metroid vania, being unable to move laterally is pretty much a death sentence. Meh.

Seems interesting but the controls are confusing.