So I'm playing Binary Domain. It's... Interesting.
I don't like the control setup. The buttons for selecting vocal response are really annoying, and the keys are kinda all over the place. I plugged in my xbox controller, and it's a little better, but still weird in some areas. I'd really prefer my mouse, but even when I changed the keymapping (Which it wont let me do for my xbox controller) it still feels weird, so I'm sticking with the controller.
Trying to SPEAK to command my teammates is a chore too. There's no outside noise, and I have a really nice headset. REALLY nice. In the entire prologue, it only got my command correct three times. And I know I'm speaking clearly. It also seems to register what I'm saying at all times, usually when I'm cursing at Bo for randomly wandering into my fire. He keeps doing this. I'm not telling him to charge or anything, he just really loves running in front of my bullets. He did this SEVEN TIMES. I just turned the mic off and stuck to choosing commands.
The robots are really fun to fight though, usually. I really enjoy how they break apart and all that shit. Can't seem to figure out what makes allies happy and mad in combat. In one fight I killed six robots with a grenade, and Bo was happy. Trust gained. Then after the fight he yelled at me, calling me useless in it. Okay? The next fight I spent in a corner looking at something while he killed everything and got shot a lot. Then he came over to compliment me on how great I was in that fight. What? I'd be more annoyed if the robots weren't really satisfying to shoot. I'm not sure why I've come across THREE different assault rifles now, if the one you start with is the best, what with it's nifty charge blast. That's also the same button as reload. I've yet to accidentally fire it, but I've come close. I tried giving one to Bo or Charlie, since neither has a second gun, but I can't figure out if that's even possible.
The game is a little silly, which I enjoy. Too much grimdark, gritty seriousness going on in games nowadays. I was worried it was going to be a GoW or Mass Effect clone, to be honest. They kinda look like GoW cogs, actually.
I'm only halfway through the second level, staring at a rocket launcher that I would really love someone else to grab, since I ain't putting down my shiny new sniper rifle that I can't aim to save my life. I can't aim with controllers at all. I'd use the keyboard, but the only thing I REALLY want to remap are the keys to choose voice commands, and it wont let me remap THAT. I keep mashing the wrong thing by accident over and over.
Overall it's enjoyable, but really frustrating. The tutorial level introduced some bad voicework that put me off a bit. Bo goes from screaming randomly to calmly explaining things in the middle of battle, and Dan, in the middle of walking, went from happily joking around to screaming to HQ as if he was about to be blown up.
That's my impression anyway. I plan to keep playing for now.
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