the Wanted demo

[willard3]

Has anybody played the demo for Wanted: Weapons of Fate?

To me, it feels like a faster-paced and more ridiculous version of Dark Sector, with a new cover system.

The cover-chaining system is pretty cool, but it's not always immediately obvious if you need to push the left stick up or to the side in order to slide into the next piece of cover. The bullet-time cover ability is neat and really gives the feel of an action movie if you think about it, but the crosshair was always in an awkward position as it began, and I inevitably wasted a precious second of time to reassess my position.

I was initially skeptical of the bullet-curving system from the trailers, but it works pretty well. Sometimes you can insta-kill bad guys with it, and other times it just wounds them and gives them a "wtf?" moment, forcing them out of cover. It's also less effective in tight spaces, but you just have to be more precise with the aiming arc. I guess if you tag an enemy a few times, he ducks behind cover and THEN you curve a bullet into him, you will get the sweet bullet cam more often.

Overall, it seems to have lots of potential, though I think it could be smoothed out and feel a little less jerky. I'll be looking forward to see the reviews and will definitely pick it up at some point.

 

[JaguarWong]

I thought it was atrocious.

Painfully slow and rigid.

I'm never one for complaining about linearity in the usual sense but when you're vaulting over chest high crates one minutes and stopped in your tracks by a suitcase the next it does kind of break your suspension of disbelief.

It's ugly as sin too.

 

[RavingPenguin]

I can say it was better than I thought it was going to be.
The biggest problem is that its a game you cant just jump into. Learning the controls and how to make the game flow is essential to it. If you cant then the game kinda falls apart.
The graphics could have been better, but the voice acting seemed alright. I might get it when the price drops after release.

 

[Pigeon_Grenade]

haven't treid it yet

 

[pieeater911]

I didn't like it very much at all.

The cover system was kind of shoddy. It felt difficult to make the character move to the piece of cover you wanted him to, and when you were in the cover, it felt difficult to get out of cover just to stand up and run.

And the fighting felt kind of slow, to be honest. Not at all the break-neck pace that the movie had (except in the super slow-mo bits, of course).

And I couldn't push a pile suitcases out of my way. I'm sure any self respecting Super-assassin could do that.

The mask he wore looked pretty badass, though.