Chaser

Does anyone know if this PC game actually came out in North America? The version I'm playing is European.

Anyway, I'm enjoying it. I can see why it was overlooked as people will see it and think "just another sci-fi FPS". It's true the game has all the expected cyberpunk cliches but the action is quite good and makes up for the lack of originality. I recommend it for fans of the genre.

Here's an old TNL preview. http://the-nextlevel.com/previews/pc/chaser/
http://the-nextlevel.com/previews/pc/chaser/screen3.jpg
http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~demortel/chaser1.jpg

Played the first couple levels and I don't really like it. They do scripted sequences well and their art design is pretty good, but the control feels really off and the jumping annoys the hell out of me. They've got some good potential here but it really needed a better team of developers.

I found the first level on the spaceship to have the worst design with all the annoying door opening. My opinion of the game increased after a few levels. Those cyborg ninja thingies in Little Tokyo are cool.

Still, I guess if you don't like the controls I it won't appeal. The controls seem fine to me, not much different than jumping in Half-Life or similar games.

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

I found the first level on the spaceship to have the worst design with all the annoying door opening.

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I didn't have a problem with opening doors. I did have a problem with the time where I tried to stand in a doorway to make sure the automatic doors wouldn't close (like I do in many FPS') and they closed on me and killed me instead.

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Still, I guess if you don't like the controls I it won't appeal. The controls seem fine to me, not much different than jumping in Half-Life or similar games.

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The jumping is like the opposite of Halo, it's incredibly quick as though gravity is especially heavy. It took me like four tries to jump up the three boxes in the first level, something that's a no-brainer first try in other games. I guess it's just that both the main character and the enemies don't seem like they have any weight to them, the whole thing feels like somewhere between a programming class' final and a developer's first try (including the massive polygon tearing that occurs in some areas).

I do like how without armor it only takes a few shots to die and enemies actually have competent aim, it put me on a bit of a defensive note unlike usual. I might play for a little bit more before I give up on it, I do at least want to see more of those black armored guys (although I wish the textures on them didn't look so terrible).