There are several vending stations conveniently placed along your path that allow you upgrade your weaponry much in the same way as Dead Space does. The cover system works well enough and the controls are adequately responsive but it just feels like you have and ‘been there and done that’. The problem is that the gameplay just feels so familiar. The gameplay itself is standard third person, stop-and-pop fare that Gears of War made popular. Fortunately you can turn the voice options off all together and just used the LB button to bring up a response prompt where I could choose a preset command with one of the face buttons. The voice commands during breaks in the action work a bit better since there is less ambient sound in the game. It is a bit of a task at the best of times to get the game to properly recognize your commands, especially if you have the volume cranked up a little bit. During firefights, basic voice commands can be issued to attack, cover, regroup and such. Using a head set and microphone, you can use your own voice commands to either control the actions of your squad mates during a firefight or be used to manipulate the trust system. Forget about getting a shot in if you’re in a tight hallway! This gets frustrating quick. All too often your mates will run directly into your line of fire. This might sound like a neat dynamic here but it does not translate perfectly in practice. But when hit, it negatively affects the level of trust between the two of you. It is a bit unrealistic that you can light up a squad mate with full clips without them taking damage. While some games will not allow you to fire on your squad mates, friendly fire matters in the game. In an RPG-like fashion you can choose your response.
It is an interesting concept for a shooter but for the most part it is limited to the points between fire fights.
Keeping the trust of your squad mates is important factor in the game. Being part of a multi-national force is a logical setting for this dynamic to play out.
The first thing that Sega does to set Binary Domain apart from other games is by implementing a trust system between you and your AI squad mates.
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