Prospekt begins in the Nova Prospekt prison in the Half-Life universe. Gordon Freeman is slowly being overrun by soldiers in the prison, however unknown to him, his Vortigaunt allies manage to find some help from a forgotten hero.
Game frustrated me so much i wanted to give it 1/10.
But I should also take into consideration the positive things about the game.
I bought into the hype.
I loved Opposing Force and have been wanting to play as Shepard again.
I thought this would feel like a sequel but it doesn’t.
Other than the HUD being green there isn’t anything Opposing Force related about this.
Its Half Life 2. But not in a good way.
There is no controller support. If you’re one of those “first person shooters shouldn’t be played with a controller!” person then this wont be an issue for you.
The intro and voice acting is not good. Flashback sequences are annoying.
When it comes to storytelling in games I think showing is better than telling. And doing is better than seeing.
As for the gun fights they are terrible. This game is not hard because of intelligent or varying enemies. Its hard because of the fact that they dont stop spawning. Its annoying and tedious. Im not having fun im just getting tired.
The instant kill puzzles suck too. Playing HL and HL2 the environment itself was a hazard. And you'd often take damage that seem unavoidable. This however, i have to jump over bright, moving lasers. Its a first person shooter and the controlled character doesnt have feet, how am i gonna see where im landing?
After how much fun Black Mesa Source was, and having followed this project for a while I felt confident in pre-purchasing this game a few weeks before release. Right off the bat I felt like the Intro was a bit muddled and visually annoying. The dialogue was poorly written, and the voice acting barely adequate. I'm not expecting triple A quality here, but when you're gonna charge for something, I expect a reasonable level of quality.
After finally gaining control of my character, the intial running around in the boring corridors wasn't too fun. Most levels loaded with a "NODE DATA OUT OF DATE. REBUILDING". Again, something I'd be okay with from a free mod, but for a paid game, it feels like that shouldn't be happening.
Once I finally got a weapon I was like "okay, time to kick some ***.". I was a bit weirded out in my first fights with combine soldiers. It felt like it took 3 or 4 times as many shots to bring them down. I'd unload a bunch of rounds into their heads and they wouldn't even flinch. I was playing at the lowest difficulty.
After playing a half hour, I became convinced I was playing a Beta and ended the game with the intent of returning once it was fixed. I come here and see that its not a Beta. So I've put in a request for a Refund - something I've never done before. I had to look up how to do it.
I've followed this project for a while, and it pains me to say that I do not recommend buying this. The screenshots look beautiful and maybe eventually it gets decent, but when the first few levels feel like a trip to the dentist, I'm not willing to stick around.
I would be open to reconsidering buying/playing it in the future if significant improvements are made.