I've been waiting for this game for a while now, and after playing the demo that was released some time ago, I need to confess I was VERY disappointed.
The demo felt nothing like the trailers shown, nothing like the game promised and of course, it was a major letdown for me.
HOWEVER. Hope did not die yet, I got it anyway, booted it up and started playing. Sure, the beginning is quite slow - but from the very first few minutes, you can see some improvements. It did not feel like the demo at all, it felt faster, and less repetitive as well.
I played three to four stages, and sure as hell it was the game I was expecting. Badass songs, cool movesets, fast-paced action, brutal finishers, gore and so on.
Needless to say, there are clear inspirations in some other indie games here, a popular one I'd say is Hotline Miami - but it plays nothing like it. But much like HM, it is very fast and punishing, especially if you're playing on the highest difficulty.
I won't get into spoilers, and I have not taken the time to 100% it yet- but from the trailer, there are quite a lot of options for customization and challenges to do. If you're looking to get a 100% on this, you're definitely spending maybe 12 hours or so, depending on how good you are or what difficulty you are playing.
The writing is, as mentioned by others, not the best - but honestly, any of us is really playing this for the story? Given that the combat is the main focus here, the story we got is quite enough, being very fair.
A few things annoyed me. I wish other traits from the tree would be more useful, a few of them felt very... useless. Mostly from the grabber tree. The sounds of dying enemies can get repetitive too, one of the sounds being from Katana Zero too, so I'm very sick of that sound. Not that it's bad, by any means, but hopefully in the near future, the developer will change that.
A few levels are quite annoying, mostly because they have a lot of enemies with guns and you have to roll a lot. This can be avoided by simply playing on a lower difficulty, but you don't get gamer credits for it.
Also, add multiplayer coop. This game could seriously use it, it'd be awesome.
Nonetheless, Midnight Fight Express, ladies and gentlemen. Very good. Highly recommended, please buy it.
The demo felt nothing like the trailers shown, nothing like the game promised and of course, it was a major letdown for me.
HOWEVER. Hope did not die yet, I got it anyway, booted it up and started playing. Sure, the beginning is quite slow - but from the very first few minutes, you can see some improvements. It did not feel like the demo at all, it felt faster, and less repetitive as well.
I played three to four stages, and sure as hell it was the game I was expecting. Badass songs, cool movesets, fast-paced action, brutal finishers, gore and so on.
Needless to say, there are clear inspirations in some other indie games here, a popular one I'd say is Hotline Miami - but it plays nothing like it. But much like HM, it is very fast and punishing, especially if you're playing on the highest difficulty.
I won't get into spoilers, and I have not taken the time to 100% it yet- but from the trailer, there are quite a lot of options for customization and challenges to do. If you're looking to get a 100% on this, you're definitely spending maybe 12 hours or so, depending on how good you are or what difficulty you are playing.
The writing is, as mentioned by others, not the best - but honestly, any of us is really playing this for the story? Given that the combat is the main focus here, the story we got is quite enough, being very fair.
A few things annoyed me. I wish other traits from the tree would be more useful, a few of them felt very... useless. Mostly from the grabber tree. The sounds of dying enemies can get repetitive too, one of the sounds being from Katana Zero too, so I'm very sick of that sound. Not that it's bad, by any means, but hopefully in the near future, the developer will change that.
A few levels are quite annoying, mostly because they have a lot of enemies with guns and you have to roll a lot. This can be avoided by simply playing on a lower difficulty, but you don't get gamer credits for it.
Also, add multiplayer coop. This game could seriously use it, it'd be awesome.
Nonetheless, Midnight Fight Express, ladies and gentlemen. Very good. Highly recommended, please buy it.