Recent reviews by Alpine_Rum

great with friends

Very fun co-op shooter with some flaws, difficult to do stealth in this game because once the guards are alerted it turns into a wave based shooter. You can't choose what you unlock other than skills and weapons, so after completing a mission you are displayed 3 cards faced down. You can obtain one of the seven items from each card: weapon mod, mask, mask material, mask color, mask patern, experience and cash, but those items are randomised so if you get a card with a weapon mod it'll give you a completely random weapon mod for a gun you may or may not own. Pretty detrimental if you want to play stealthily, but can't unlock the suppressor for a gun because the game doesn't want you to. Although, randomised unlocks also adds to the addictiveness of the game.

In terms of graphics, it's inconsistent, the game looks decent outdoors with beautiful lighting and authentic looking buildings, but inside the game looks like it was released a decade ago with basic and low-res textures on walls, models and objects.

AI in this game is also inconsistent, enemy AI can run, take cover and shoot and also take your loot, but sometimes they end up running past you or stare at you down the barrel of the gun thinking about shooting you. Friendly AI lacks functionality. They can only heal and shoot, they cannot bag loot or interact with anything, so unless you're playing it stealthily, it's better to play with other people, especially on very hard and overkill difficulty

Safe house is essentially useless, the game mentions you can customise your safe house but the developers haven't implemented that yet. Safe house only serves as a bare bones tutorial that teaches you how to interact with objects and lets you practice at the shooting range. Although, the lack of feedback makes the shooting range almost useless.

Even with those flaws, this game is really fun, when you successfully pull off a heist it feels rewarding, the game places massive emphasis on teamwork because of the four different specializations that are available, each specialization comes with its own unique traits, abilities, gadgets and/or equipment that's useful in different situations. Overall if you like co-op games like Left 4 Dead or Mass Effect 3, then get this game, otherwise if you prefer lone wolfing, look somewhere else.