This review contains spoilers
The two big innovations (Unreal Engine, two pedals!) are worth the experience and the story is mostly entertaining enough to watch while you stretch your wrists between scenes. That being said, game-wise it's kind of all over the place.
TC5 had two releases, an original with the first three missions and then a "True Mastermind" edition that added three more missions to finish out the story. I played True Mastermind, but I just wanna say: I think if you played the original TC5, you should be allowed to sue for damages or false advertising or something. All of the stuff with Wild Dog is horrible, by stage 2 you're shunted into a "chopper battle" that feels like a Raw Thrills attraction, and the Stage 3 boss battle is bizarre. Why does this look like some dystopian wasteland? Why is Wild Dog's face on all of the TVs? It's absolutely spiritless and brown, but I still admire the stage for letting you quickly swerve 15 feet side to side on a motorbike, tire squealing sounds and all.
Thankfully, I think the True Mastermind stuff is a better package so it's worth the price of admission by the end. The pedal-shifting mechanic gets put to great use in a boss fight where you're trying to shoot one of two people who are entangled in a brawl. The zombie stuff is an absolute waste but when you throw everything at the wall, some things don't stick, right?
TC4's weapon-swap system returns but it feels almost completely forgotten. There are a few segments that specifically call for the machine gun but there aren't different enemy types for your other guns to spec against, so I found myself mostly sticking to the handgun. I switched to shotgun and grenade when I felt it was appropriate but those moments were a handful for the whole run and I couldn't say that they felt particularly effective.
I think it was between 7-8 credits for the whole run but I wasn't counting too hard. May try to attack it again in the future, especially since the scoreboard hinted at point opportunities that I didn't hit at all??
TC5 had two releases, an original with the first three missions and then a "True Mastermind" edition that added three more missions to finish out the story. I played True Mastermind, but I just wanna say: I think if you played the original TC5, you should be allowed to sue for damages or false advertising or something. All of the stuff with Wild Dog is horrible, by stage 2 you're shunted into a "chopper battle" that feels like a Raw Thrills attraction, and the Stage 3 boss battle is bizarre. Why does this look like some dystopian wasteland? Why is Wild Dog's face on all of the TVs? It's absolutely spiritless and brown, but I still admire the stage for letting you quickly swerve 15 feet side to side on a motorbike, tire squealing sounds and all.
Thankfully, I think the True Mastermind stuff is a better package so it's worth the price of admission by the end. The pedal-shifting mechanic gets put to great use in a boss fight where you're trying to shoot one of two people who are entangled in a brawl. The zombie stuff is an absolute waste but when you throw everything at the wall, some things don't stick, right?
TC4's weapon-swap system returns but it feels almost completely forgotten. There are a few segments that specifically call for the machine gun but there aren't different enemy types for your other guns to spec against, so I found myself mostly sticking to the handgun. I switched to shotgun and grenade when I felt it was appropriate but those moments were a handful for the whole run and I couldn't say that they felt particularly effective.
I think it was between 7-8 credits for the whole run but I wasn't counting too hard. May try to attack it again in the future, especially since the scoreboard hinted at point opportunities that I didn't hit at all??