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Life was so much better with unreal engine 3 slop. So many high quality experiences that never dropped a single frame ever

The game is blacksite area 51. My favourite garbage game

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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh shit, this is the one where you make a mental connection with a Grey alien and he's voiced by Marilyn Manson right?

[–] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No thats the previous area 51. This is the lesser known sequel that is honestly so much worse than I remember it being

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Oh, I think I remember this one too

Lots of brown desert areas, fighting weird alien worms and shit

Clunky as all hell from what I remember

[–] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you want a shit game with a premise like that you should play The Bureau: XCOM Declassified. It's the worst tactical shooter you've ever played until it shows its Irrational Games DNA at the end with a somewhat impressive meta twist

[–] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

I'd say play on whatever difficulty you want to enjoy the story, because the combat isn't great and can get frustrating. And go for long range weapons and use your team mates to draw fire because the NPCs you control can't aim for shit. At its best it feels like a hoard shooter because it has the enemy count for 3 people but you're the only one that does anything.

Too bad it didn't have coop, or at least I don't think it did. And with that formula they could have turned it into an extraction shooter today if it wasn't such a flop.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I remember playing that one

Yeah, the twist is actually pretty interesting in that one