Review RPGDot digs Restricted Area

[Spazmo]

Tags: Master Creating; Restricted Area

<a href="http://www.rpgdot.com">RPGDot</a> have a <a href=http://www.rpgdot.com/index.php?hsaction=10053&ID=1066&sid=1565653ca6ad19290341af1d7e3439ff>review</a> up of master creating's cyberpunk action RPG Restricted Area. Please note that they've likely reviewed the German version as the North American, English release is upcoming. Their verdict: <b>82%</b>.<blockquote>For that matter, how repetitive is it? You play the same story 4 times from 4 different angles, face the same enemies in their specific regions over and over again and work on your old addiction - one more dungeon, one more unique item. Sounds similar to other popular hack & slay RPGs. There´s no denying it, though: RA builds its dungeons with a limited number of base components. Naturally a game with a carefully crafted world with scripted events offers more diversity - but it´s also slower because you have search for action, while RA transports you to it. Ideal for players seeking instant action.
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The core gameplay works like a charm, due to well thought out game mechanics supported by a superb interface. Lack of polish and budget prevent RA from being a classic, though. Up to date dungeon graphics, more of everything and better balancing would improve the game considerably. As it is now it´s a good sci-fi action-RPG.</blockquote>Sounds like it ought to be an amusing diversion, at least. I'm looking forwards to the North American release.

 

[jiujitsu]

It sounds like Diablo 2 with robots. Count me out.

 

[DarkSign]

Ive been looking for this one for awhile. Either you dig cyber-punk or you dont. No getting around that.

Should be good.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I like Cyber Punk, but I'm curious as to how frantic the combat will be.

 

[PennyAnte]

I'm going to pick this one up, I think, but then again, I liked Diablo for a while. If nothing else, I want to see the how the items are designed. It sounds like a lot of customization is available and it will be possible to really tweak a character for high-difficulty play. That will give it some strategic depth. If it's $19.99, and the devs release a couple of patches, that would be a good deal.

On another note - I appreciate that this reviewer cut right to the facts and stuck to the facts. No inane garbage about how he's played games forever and how he was worried that this was a Diablo clone, BUT it does OK on its own, and his friend was saying yada, yada, yada before he took a look at it and he didn't know if it was a bad omen ...

So many reviewers do that. Their editors need to tell them that nobody cares. Just describe the game and move on.

 

[EEVIAC]

If it's $19.99, and the devs release a couple of patches, that would be a good deal.

There's already been a few patches for the German version. I imagine its going to be pretty tight by the time its released.

 

[Grifman]

I like Cyber Punk, but I'm curious as to how frantic the combat will be.

Having played the German demo, I'd say it's no worse than Diablo 2 - in fact, I think it's better (see below). You can only play Johnson in the demo and he's a ranged specialist, so in many cases you don't have to run him around alot, unless you get powerful enemies that take a bit - then you have to move and fire, move and fire. I suspect if you play the melee character or one of the physically weaker characters it's a bit more "frantic".

But what is neat is that you don't have to click on an enemy/target every time. You can actually hold the mouse button down like you're aiming/firing and spray gunfire into an area. This is really handy when you can hear enemy in a room but haven't entered yet and can't exactly see them. I feint at the door, draw them towards the door, and just srpay bullets in cone of fire into the room. Or it's handy when being mobbed - you don't have to click on each target - just click and hold and spray the mob.

I found the demo even more addicting than Diablo 2, but I love sci fi and really aren't a fan of fantasy. Robots rule!

Grifman

 

[RGE]

I dig both cyberpunk and Diablo 2, but I'm still hesitant about this game. I guess I'll have to check out a demo to get a feel of the gameplay, but I can already say that I didn't dig the monsters that I saw in the gameplay video. Shooting ugly mutants doesn't look quite as cool as shooting cyborg agents in trenchcoats.