Mindjack: review
Eh, which only about the future is not invented. And flights into space promise, and high technologies at every step – in general, the outlandish world will be, scriptwriters ardently assure us. That’s just always with this technically advanced society, something is coming awry. It seems that the growth of knowledge and discoveries in the field of science is inversely proportional to the percentage of conscience and humanity per capita. Although … people were prone to cruelty, violence and destruction of themselves from time immemorial, as they say. It’s simply that the more advanced weapons are in their hands, the more sophisticated ways of killing and extermination are becoming. All in the world.
They moved their brains!
Quite a lot of myths and rumors about the human brain wander around the world. There will be many disputes and discoveries – this body has not been fully studied, so no one can prohibit you to build assumptions and put forward hypotheses. That is why in the minds of most people the fact was firmly rooted, voiced by one not quite competent scientist, that the brain supposedly does not work at full power, but only a few percent of it. We will not prove or refute the statement (exclusively because of a lack of time, of course), but we will only say that it was precisely for this idea that the creators grabbed from Feelplus. Like, it finally happened-exactly by the 2031th year (it remains to wait only 20 years) humanity will grab such Level Up as we have never dreamed of.
A huge and certainly evil corporation (they are all exactly the same as otherwise?) invented a device that allows you to take control of not only soulless cars, but also the most people who are living and thinking (albeit not always sensibly) people. By penetration into their brain – that is, with the help of a banal seizure of consciousness. Clear business, corporate boys-plots were planned to use the development exclusively for non-world purposes-for the sake of their smallest and insidious needs. After all, you must admit, it will turn out to capture the land without much effort. But there is a hole in the old woman.
It just so happened that the Federal Agent Jim Corbijn and the journalist Rebecca Weiss (what an unexpected and completely non -standard duet, is it not true?) learn about this cheat plan and, of course, repulse the enemies. Moreover, it is funny, with the help of enemy technologies – this is where the whole gameplay was built in Mindjack. Here it is – a "highlight", on the implementation of which exclusively everything depends.
Your energy, but for peaceful purposes
To begin with, the reputation of the publishing house largely gave hope that Mindjack It will not turn out to be a dummy – all valuable ideas (or at least most of them) will be competently implemented, as a result of which a decent console shooter will appear before us. And although Square Enix It is mainly famous for the release of JRPG (the suck is specific and, as they say, for an amateur), a serious part of the company’s activities is also directed towards the West. The list of fairly noticeable projects can always be found on the official website, and from myself I will allow you to add expected by almost all Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the spectacular trailers of which are translated and voiced by the Stopgame team.ru.
In general, the company has clearly established itself well, therefore, when reading all kinds of previews, as well as when viewing trailers, teasers and other “lumbering”, there was a persistent feeling that it was certainly not a regular PR, here the developers definitely tried fame, being under observation, being under observation Square Enix. But, unfortunately, several hours spent in the game in Mindjack, almost to fluffs defeated all hopes and expectations. What is the secret of "success"? Let’s try to figure it out.
In fact, the answer is simple. The whole problem turned out to be ridiculous to the point of absurdity – as usual, ambitions, statements and promises faded and went out against the background of wretched implementation. High -tech future? Great, only the locations are empty and the same type. And although they are clearly stylized under the cold Hi-tech (which, in principle, is quite appropriate here and looked pretty pretty on the same screenshots), there is no diversity and unexpected turns-after a while such a design is completely boring.
Of course, no one has been making special requirements for the quality of the plot tie in action for a long time. Here is the matter, again, in implementation. Mindjack “Gives” to us poorly set CUT scenes, disgusting voice acting and the rest of the circus in the style of “template on the template”. But even the player is ready to close his eyes (and we are with him), if what happens between the rollers, he will captivate, capture and keep in suspense – as is supposed to a decent representative of such a genre.
The developers failed to adequately realize a decent and interesting idea to their life. All this running around the so -called “migration of souls” turned into ordinary linear shooters with stupid opponents and with no less stupid (which sometimes annoys most) partner. Yes, the girl is able to help in difficult times as an ambulance employee, but very often it is she who creates unpleasant situations for us with her ridiculous behavior.
So you have to rely exclusively on yourself and on the luck of a comrade bout. Korbin himself (and we are in his face) tries as he can: shoots from shelters;uses robotics periodically falling under the arms;sends impulses to the brains of the opponents, so that they move to the "bright side of power" and fought for us. Well, in case of death, he tries to quickly move into someone or something nearby-actually does exactly what the developers promised us so actively. It just looks funny and exciting only in words – all this gimmick is far from as spectacular as we would like.
However, “single” is not always the strongest side of the game – sometimes it is better to go to the multiplayer, because it is there that the most hopeless projects at first glance reveal their potential there. But here Mindjack Puts us a pig. The network mode is the same “single” passage, but now real gamers become our enemies and allies. Sounds, in principle, not bad. But the result is no good again – I want to write a letter to developers with the only question: “You know what balance is?"In general, as you have already guessed, this part of the project did not bring to mind. In total, network battles are designed for 6 people, so the chance to be alone surrounded by malicious opponents, and even with a level, much higher than yours, is great than ever. Actually, in 9 cases out of 10 it turned out that.
Oh yes, levels. Absolutely suddenly in Mindjack There is a kind of pumping: for the accumulated experience gained as a result of desperate actions, we increase our level. Here are just the majority of users, I’m afraid, they won’t wait for those bright minutes when their ward begins to terrify the rest of the players, since the role component here is clearly present for the box and is simply a predictable echo of the publisher’s activities.
Honestly, scold Mindjack I was already tired. In the near future, several much more noticeable and standing projects will be released, including on consoles. Therefore, our good advice is to you – pass by with a calm heart. This game is not worth your time, nor your nerves, or even more so your money. Although, if Mindjack Someone gave you a vacation or a cold in the yard, and there is absolutely nothing to do ..