Task Force Defcon Episode 1 is the first of five free mini action games from Eysodic games. You play as a member of Task Force Defcon, a group that are called in to prevent the next world war. In episode one you are aboard a sinking ship that has an armed nuke and its up to you and you're partner to take out the threat.
The game is nice, the environment is somewhat realistic and the characters look pretty good too.
The problem was with the gameplay. First of all, enemies don't seem to have AI, all they do is shoot at you once they see you. They are also insanely strong, it is impossible to defeat them with one life. My partner (?) got killed off in the first minute, I am not sure why he was even there in the first place, since we are given zero clues about why we are at that particular place.
Why do we have to shoot the other soldiers? Why are they shooting at us? Why are we even here? Your guess is as good as mine. These questions stay unanswered.
Secondly, aiming was frustrating, an automatic reload would've been nice too. Also opening a door with enter was fine a few years ago. Not so much today.
All in all, quite a few things need to fixed in this game.
No comment.
Graphics were good. Details were awesome and gave a feeling that all npc's plus the main character were either professional or quite close The environment felt kinda realistic and I wanted to just kill everyone and get the hell out of there, which makes sense as most people just would've wanted to do the same..
It got quite boring and even annoying as you just kept killing people, coming to new rooms and had to start all over again as your enemies could take 1 clip each, and you had to hit them with two rifle-grenades to kill them. Also, as they did outnumber you after your comrade either got killed or somehow decided not to follow you anymore, you were pretty much screwed.
This is not a game I plan on opening again unless some real good patches are released, because it made me feel like I was a fat plated knight. I was slow, I could hardly aim and the recoil was wicked sick in a bad way. I could take so many bullets that a paintball gun would've been a better option, and I didn't even see them as I was mowed down from *behind a door*. Fix the combat system and the friendly ai, increase aiming speed, lower recoil and make so you have to hold the right mouse button to aim so you can at least aim down your sights and shoot at the same time, add an options menu and it will pretty much a great game.
This is getting a 5 out of 10 because it has pretty good potential to become a good game, and the graphics are pretty cool, except for shooting animations, muzzlefire and fire. Those glitches shouldn't be all that hard to fix if you really want to make a great game.
Thanks for reading.
Defcon6.