The game has flaws but it's fun at least the first time.
This first thing I do after the opening cinematic is to check out the graphics settings. Unlike Devil May Cry 4 the game is smart enough to apply ideal settings according to your rig. In general the graphics great with one big minus, NO Anti-Aliasing. Hellooooo… what were they thinking? Anyways the environments are pretty good considering that you are in a space ship. There are unique places like: platforms out of the ship, a greenery in the ship, cool bridges and many more. The floors are just awesome.
Speaking of awesomeness, the game has incredible physics. And with awesome physics what else is awesome? Explosions! Actually the game forces you to pay attention to the surroundings. You can make devastating comboes by using the fuel barrels, fuel tanks and etc. Actually I was blowing up everything possible and by doing so I influenced the conversation with my crew members. Jake said:
- " Stop blowing up everything, we might need it!"
Which reminds me of the voice acting. I find it more than great. Each voice suits the person and they are never annoying.
The gameplay is good. The camera is great. You can rotate it, you can zoom in and out one time. I like that the HUD. It is transparent and it looks cool but why in the world isn't there a mini-map? The map is good and it's easy to find where you have to go, but I have clicked M like 100 times in 11 hours. They could have put the mini-map in the upper right corner. There is plenty of room there. At least they could have used the transparent map from Dungeon Siege 2. Take some notes Gas Powered Games.
Not many but some walls and other things become transparent then they get in your way. I don't know why some players don't like the DODGE move. Actually it's smooth and helpful. You can dodge only by pressing the dodge button ofc and the direction is controlled by mouse pointer. You just need to point , no clicking with the mouse buttons, and you will dodge many plasma shots, grenades, ect. Dodging is very important for your survival. If you don't use it like hell, you will die and die. The controls are… not that good and you can't change them. For example in Guild Wars you can change all buttons, hell you can even change the HUD the way you like it. In Kane's Wrath you can even remove assigned buttons and leave them like that. All new games no matter what genre the game is, should give the player the freedom to do with the controls whatever the hell he wants. In Space Siege you should always use the E button for dodge and 1,2 and 3 for the most helpful skills. Fortunately I am left-handed and I can use 4,5,6,7 and 8 with ease, 9 and 0 from time to time. If you could change the controls, more people would have enjoyed this game.
Other thing that benefits from the "just pointing", are the grenades. It's the same. You can throw grenades from a great distance. By the way you have incredible range with most of the weapons. If you somebody you can shoot him. Which gives you the upper-hand against melee only enemies.
The grenades are your best friend. You can pull out some sweet comboes with the different grenades like gravity-impact or gravity-stun grenades. In the game you have no currency, actually you have in the form of parts. You collect parts from dead creatures, when you blow up cases, some of them you need to open. With the part you can upgrade your weapons (attack speed, critical chance and critical damage) armor, your robot armor, damage and of course my favourite part, buying grenades. You can also buy turrets, flame traps and health packs. The health packs are pretty cheap though. There are cool skills like the Fan Shot, Deadly Strike, Shard Storm and Speed Boost. But you can't use them all. You need cybernetic implants to use some of them and the robot has skills too. You can upgrade and buy stuff in the SAVE ROOM, where games is saved after you restore your health and mana. It's fun kicking-ass but the battles tend to get repetitive after 6 hours. There are three bosses in the game and the first one you can fight after the 5th hour (not sure). The boss fights are… ok but when you kill a boss, the cut-scene is pretty good and it's fun to watch it again and again and again…
"The choice" is very important in the game. Choosing whether not to or to install cybernetic implants is crucial to the story. Some crewman encourages you to install them because they will help you defeat the Kerak on the ship but Gina is concerned about what will become of you if you choose to install them. Depending on what you choose the game has two "good" endings and at some point in the game you will have to choose whether to join or destroy PILOT. I forgot to make multiple saves and I am not sure but the game has to have 3 different endings and maybe more.
The music in the game is good but not there aren't many tracks.
As a whole the game is not bad but it's not great either. In my opinion it's not a waste of time. I will probably play it one more time to see what happens when you join the bad guys.
But the whole RPG in a space ship doesn't sound good to me. So Gas Powered Games, add anti-aliasing to the options in future games and customizable controls. By the way I'm still waiting for Dungeon Siege 3.