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Quake 2's base mechanics served as a scaffolding for this - a set of fun, smart, modern levels with themes, escalating tension, incredible level design, and great environment art. Something of this scope can only be achieved in the modern era by looking backwards to what made games like Half-Life 2 and the modern Dooms great. The only thing holding it back is Quake 2's gunplay and spongy enemies, but Call of the Machine easily earns a place at the top of the great modern boomer shooter campaigns. Easy to recommend over the base Quake 2 campaign.
While the moment-to-moment gameplay of Quake 2 is fun, the vast majority of your time is spent trudging through endless rusty-brown techno-hallways which blur together. The arsenal is good, the enemies are good, but the whole thing feels like a milkshake that you ordered one size larger than you wanted. Decently fun, an important historical game, but nowhere near anything that's a must-play.
A boomer shooter with some fun movement and a cool look but not much else going on. It's short which is great, but doesn't really ever rise above feeling like a student project. A free 40-minute long shooter is hard to be mad about though. Hope the developer goes on to make some more full-fledged projects!