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Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia

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standard, lukewarm "Zombies are attacking the city" story. The comic style cutscenes are kinda swank, and if you get tired of watching them, the esc key speeds you into the battle.

Now for the bad:

This game simply isn't optimized for the PC. Framerate suffers tremendously even at moderate resolutions, and as more happens on screen this problem is further accented. I am running this game with a Geforce 8800 GTS, 2 gigs of RAM, and a 2.2x2 Athlon64 and I'm experiencing considerable slow down at 1200x960 on medium(I think that's the res I'm using) and I'm sorry, the visuals aren't pretty enough to not run smoothly at that res. This appears to be another example of Micro$oft porting 360 titles horribly to the PC; my advice if you have your heart set on trying this is to find a demo and wait for patches.

Though the controls add a frantic appeal and overall are good, they are simply too fast and end up making the game feel sloppy. Instead of moving like a teenager, your character jumps around the screen like the Flash on speed. I think the fast controls actually damage the gameplay as they make it too easy for the player to get out of bad situations. Slowing the characters down might have made the controls feel more solid and added some challenge.

The weapons, by and large, are stupid. Shotguns made out of plumbing pipe, even if you're going for the "I'm desperate to use anything I can find as a weapon," just aren't appealing.

Character design is pretty horrible. You can play a hippy, a cheerleader, a goth chick, or a computer nerd. I understand this is an attempt at levity, but the models aren't designed well and if they were going for a goofy look, it's too overdone.

I have not messed around with the multiplayer function yet, but you cannot play the story mode with other players online. This would be awkward since you can choose the level you want to play singularly, therefore the game does not flow. If you have your PC hooked up to a television and are willing to buy controlers, you can play with friends on the same system. Failing to use the internet for Co-op play really is a dealbreaker for this game.

In closing, I'm not terribly happy with this purchase. Admittedly, I've only played through the first 5 or so levels, but I refuse to soldier on through this game until it is optimized for the PC. Even on a more robust system it is a choppy, mediocre mess. My advice to anyone considering this purchase for the PC; download "Shadowgrounds" from steam for less than half the price of this; it's very similar in design and is a much more traditional run-and-gun game.

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Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia

...

standard, lukewarm "Zombies are attacking the city" story. The comic style cutscenes are kinda swank, and if you get tired of watching them, the esc key speeds you into the battle.

Now for the bad:

This game simply isn't optimized for the PC. Framerate suffers tremendously even at moderate resolutions, and as more happens on screen this problem is further accented. I am running this game with a Geforce 8800 GTS, 2 gigs of RAM, and a 2.2x2 Athlon64 and I'm experiencing considerable slow down at 1200x960 on medium(I think that's the res I'm using) and I'm sorry, the visuals aren't pretty enough to not run smoothly at that res. This appears to be another example of Micro$oft porting 360 titles horribly to the PC; my advice if you have your heart set on trying this is to find a demo and wait for patches.

Though the controls add a frantic appeal and overall are good, they are simply too fast and end up making the game feel sloppy. Instead of moving like a teenager, your character jumps around the screen like the Flash on speed. I think the fast controls actually damage the gameplay as they make it too easy for the player to get out of bad situations. Slowing the characters down might have made the controls feel more solid and added some challenge.

The weapons, by and large, are stupid. Shotguns made out of plumbing pipe, even if you're going for the "I'm desperate to use anything I can find as a weapon," just aren't appealing.

Character design is pretty horrible. You can play a hippy, a cheerleader, a goth chick, or a computer nerd. I understand this is an attempt at levity, but the models aren't designed well and if they were going for a goofy look, it's too overdone.

I have not messed around with the multiplayer function yet, but you cannot play the story mode with other players online. This would be awkward since you can choose the level you want to play singularly, therefore the game does not flow. If you have your PC hooked up to a television and are willing to buy controlers, you can play with friends on the same system. Failing to use the internet for Co-op play really is a dealbreaker for this game.

In closing, I'm not terribly happy with this purchase. Admittedly, I've only played through the first 5 or so levels, but I refuse to soldier on through this game until it is optimized for the PC. Even on a more robust system it is a choppy, mediocre mess. My advice to anyone considering this purchase for the PC; download "Shadowgrounds" from steam for less than half the price of this; it's very similar in design and is a much more traditional run-and-gun game.