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I purchased this game through Steam and have been playing it for the past few nights, so I thought I'd give it a little forum love.
If you like slow, methodical games like Hitman or Commandos, then I definitely think you should check out Death To Spies. But this game takes it even a step further. It's very slow, and very methodical. At times to the point of being annoying.
It's played in the third-person perspective with FPS-like controls. But you'll be doing very little shooting in this game. The main gameplay mechanic starts off with you silently killing a German soldier and taking his clothes. This will allow you a little more freedom moving around the level - although there are still NPC's (officers) that will recognize you as an impostor. Much of the game is spent watching your minimap, which shows the enemies' cone-of-vision. These vision cones will change depending on your disguise, your posture, movement, etc... Stay too long in their sight, or do something mischievous like pick a lock, then they will become alerted and start yelling and shooting. At that point you're pretty much dead.
One of its biggest downfalls is the lack of direction. As you start each mission, you're given a vague set of objectives with little to no guidance as to how to achieve them. There's a lot of trial and error in terms of just figuring out what it is you need to do, and more importantly, how to do it. I wish the developers would have made the objectives a little more clear, or better yet have a little video briefing before each mission highlighting the objectives or something. As is, it's pretty cut and dry.
Graphics aren't a technical marvel, but they still look great. They have a sort of cartoony, pseudo-realistic look to them that works well. Frame rates are very solid on my rig with everything maxed.
Sound is lacking, but what is there is okay. What's really missing are German voices from NPC's. As you're walking around a fully populated German base, you quickly notice nobody is talking. =/ You'll also notice there's the same 10 second loop of German music blaring through the loud speakers - which gets old fast.
All in all though, the core stealth and sneaking gameplay are still there. Sneaking around, either in disguise or hiding in bushes, can lead to some pretty intense and fun moments. It's a game with modest production values from a small developer, so don't expect a AAA experience the likes of Hitman or Splinter Cell. But if you like this sort of stuff, you'll probably get some enjoyment out of this one. It certainly helps it's only $30.
If you like slow, methodical games like Hitman or Commandos, then I definitely think you should check out Death To Spies. But this game takes it even a step further. It's very slow, and very methodical. At times to the point of being annoying.
It's played in the third-person perspective with FPS-like controls. But you'll be doing very little shooting in this game. The main gameplay mechanic starts off with you silently killing a German soldier and taking his clothes. This will allow you a little more freedom moving around the level - although there are still NPC's (officers) that will recognize you as an impostor. Much of the game is spent watching your minimap, which shows the enemies' cone-of-vision. These vision cones will change depending on your disguise, your posture, movement, etc... Stay too long in their sight, or do something mischievous like pick a lock, then they will become alerted and start yelling and shooting. At that point you're pretty much dead.
One of its biggest downfalls is the lack of direction. As you start each mission, you're given a vague set of objectives with little to no guidance as to how to achieve them. There's a lot of trial and error in terms of just figuring out what it is you need to do, and more importantly, how to do it. I wish the developers would have made the objectives a little more clear, or better yet have a little video briefing before each mission highlighting the objectives or something. As is, it's pretty cut and dry.
Graphics aren't a technical marvel, but they still look great. They have a sort of cartoony, pseudo-realistic look to them that works well. Frame rates are very solid on my rig with everything maxed.
Sound is lacking, but what is there is okay. What's really missing are German voices from NPC's. As you're walking around a fully populated German base, you quickly notice nobody is talking. =/ You'll also notice there's the same 10 second loop of German music blaring through the loud speakers - which gets old fast.
All in all though, the core stealth and sneaking gameplay are still there. Sneaking around, either in disguise or hiding in bushes, can lead to some pretty intense and fun moments. It's a game with modest production values from a small developer, so don't expect a AAA experience the likes of Hitman or Splinter Cell. But if you like this sort of stuff, you'll probably get some enjoyment out of this one. It certainly helps it's only $30.
Or bloodbaths are just more fun.
