Looking for a 3rd person shooter that is filled with action and well-written story?
Check out Inversion...
Davis Russell was once a cop in Vanguard City; now he’s an escaped slave desperate to rescue his daughter from a race of human-looking savages. Underground tunnels and city streets choked with destructible, chest-high debris please the eye, and the stop-and-pop gun-play will prove instantly familiar to Gears of War lovers. The stolen Gravlink get-up on your back also adds an extra dimension to the aging formula — conceptually, at least. Launch a burst of Low-G energy to make enemies float out from behind cover, then use what amounts to telekinesis to launch debris at them. Getting stomped by a grenade-spamming mech? Bring it to its knees with a High-G blast, or force down some suspended heavy metal to squish it.
Tossing cars and forcing opponents to put on
pounds is even more exciting then it sounds. Periodic
zones of zero gravity turn the world topsy-turvy. Your journey transforms into an endless "party" of interchangeable shootouts, cover/hold the area missions and boss battles that
range from serviceable arena showdowns to infuriating cover-free battles.Later on in the game, the Gravlink is upgraded allowing players to create localized fields of heavy gravity, which can be used both offensively and defensively. There’s a couple of sections in the campaign when you’re encouraged to make your own cover. You simply pull down a series of highlighted objects suspended above you, creating a shielded pathway.Very rewarding!
Are you a online gamer? Well get ready, online multilplayer proves more exciting.
King of Gravity puts one
Gravlink harness up for grabs in a neat twist on “kill the carrier,”
while Survival sends waves of more aggressive goons charging at a squad
of four from all sides. But the real highlights come courtesy of a pair
of team-based modes where capturing a control point causes the entire
map to flip upside-down onto a completely different set of terrain.
Inversion is a great collection of ideas grouped around the concept of changing gravity. You’ll use them when you have to, but more often Inversion is more satisfying when played as a straightforward shooter. It’s fun game, adding with it’s moments in which you glimpse it’s unreal potential to create your own domain.
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