Bionic Commando is among worst type of media where it isn't good nor bad enough to be interesting or be thrilled at what's coming next, It's a functional, mediocre product that relies at a gimmick that wears off in first 4 minutes.
The trademark swinging mechanic could've been actually fun in a level design that isn't inherently restrictive and poorly layered out, consisting of circling around same few buildings (that you're not allowed to just climb over) in small areas, straight hallway sewers or underground trains.
if you're not trying to swing around and kick enemies or launch them at each other with a throw, then you're just playing a poorly made third person shooter with 2 weapons limit and perhaps you're better off that way if you plan to invest time just to move things along faster, this gameplay loop repeats in every level until final hour and the only sense of progress you feel are some of the upgrades that are given as part of plot progression.
Many optional upgrades can also be earned through challenges presented at pause menu, I can positively ensure you that outside ammunition capacity increase, There's no noticeable difference at all considering that the gameplay loop isn't really flexible for more innovative moveset, same goes for collectibles that demands you strict platforming that can get you accidently killed and potentially restart in a far away checkpoints and you're not even given the luxury of keeping set collectible in case you're killed, so it's case of doing perfect run until next checkpoint for concept arts you could just google.
The plot is nonsensical in a frustrating way than mildly entertaining with unlikable cast of characters and plot twist that's poorly foreshadowed, there's around 9 cutscene at best in a 4 hour game with most of the dialogue occurring during gameplay or optional data files that keeps pilling up and eats from your playtime, so it's just feels like a homework to make a stupid plot make bit more sense.
Grin and Capcom might have released a functional product, But it's still void of any of their usual quality titles even for their main series spin-offs line up.
The trademark swinging mechanic could've been actually fun in a level design that isn't inherently restrictive and poorly layered out, consisting of circling around same few buildings (that you're not allowed to just climb over) in small areas, straight hallway sewers or underground trains.
if you're not trying to swing around and kick enemies or launch them at each other with a throw, then you're just playing a poorly made third person shooter with 2 weapons limit and perhaps you're better off that way if you plan to invest time just to move things along faster, this gameplay loop repeats in every level until final hour and the only sense of progress you feel are some of the upgrades that are given as part of plot progression.
Many optional upgrades can also be earned through challenges presented at pause menu, I can positively ensure you that outside ammunition capacity increase, There's no noticeable difference at all considering that the gameplay loop isn't really flexible for more innovative moveset, same goes for collectibles that demands you strict platforming that can get you accidently killed and potentially restart in a far away checkpoints and you're not even given the luxury of keeping set collectible in case you're killed, so it's case of doing perfect run until next checkpoint for concept arts you could just google.
The plot is nonsensical in a frustrating way than mildly entertaining with unlikable cast of characters and plot twist that's poorly foreshadowed, there's around 9 cutscene at best in a 4 hour game with most of the dialogue occurring during gameplay or optional data files that keeps pilling up and eats from your playtime, so it's just feels like a homework to make a stupid plot make bit more sense.
Grin and Capcom might have released a functional product, But it's still void of any of their usual quality titles even for their main series spin-offs line up.