Agree 110% with you on this one. I actually still play through the game every once in a while (largely since there is a pretty big lack of action-oriented cyberpunk games out there) and it's one of those games where you pick up on a lot of little subtleties the more you play through it about what the world is actually like now that it's literally run by corporations. I also think the actual shooting action itself is fantastic; it's just the right mix of fast paced and brutal, and the weapons look and sound amazing.Tuxedoman said:Syndicate's remake did an amazing job of painting the world I think, as well as providing a lot of interesting hints as to what was going on behind the shallow story you were presented with. Yes the 20th century version exists, and yes it can still be played, but i'll be damned if it doesn't look and run like ass.
Unfortunately, it's wrapped up in an atrocious story that is way too linear, the ridiculous bloom effect (which can't be turned off or even adjusted), a pretty lame upgrade system, and absolutely zero support from the developer after the game was released. Easily one of my most disappointing games of all time.
Holy crap I actually bought that game! Yeah I remember, I couldn't get anywhere in it because it was infuriatingly buggy, but the concept was very cool. I remember that when you blew up an enemy ship, it literally exploded into a blood cloud and your ships would 'drink' the blood for resources, it was nuts. I also remember the game having something of a "Space Marine" feel to it. All the characters looked like they were 8 feet tall and clad in armor that weighed half a ton.sonicneedslovetoo said:Genesis Rising, think Homeworld where every ship in the game is entirely organic. However it doesn't run on modern OS's is very buggy if it does run and the writing lies between "amusingly bad" and just "bad" and generally the game isn't worth trying to get it to run for laughs alone.
However I really think this insane idea where the empire of man is built upon an armada of evolving modifyable organic ships you can shape to your will has real potential.