Marathon meets anime

It's refreshing to see a modern retro-styled "Boomer shooter" take more influence from Bungie's 1994 Mac classic as opposed to the typical Doom/Quake/Duke3d inspired crowd that has dominated the genre. I love Marathon and anything even remotely close is enough to catch my eye.

Unfortunately though, as much as I want to love it, the game is far from perfect. The actual gunplay and mechanics are solid and the visuals are nice and full of really cool anime girl gore sprites, but it's all held back by really amateurish level design, rudimentary ai, and environments all made up of an incredibly small number of textures, making every environment look the same.

This is a game that looks like something I'd love and was inspired by games I DO love. It's good but didn't quite live up to my expectations.