Frayhua Reviews: Damnation

Damnation Review

Uncharted, but it in a really sucky fashion.

Style: Third person Action/Adventure
System: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC
Developer: Blue Omega Entertainment
Publisher: Codemasters
Release Date: May 26, 2009
ESRB Rating: T

Story- Damnation is in a time when the Civil War lasted for decades and has steam powered advanced technology after a man named Prescott turn tides on the war. It up to a group of freedom fighters led by a Hamilton Rourke to stop Prescott.

Presentation

Graphics- Blue Omega Entertainment learned from Spark Unlimited about making bad graphics because the remind me of Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. The graphics are rushed and buggy. The environments are boring and generic. Also the animation are lame to watch especially when riding a motorcycle. Another sucky graphical game that wants to use the Unreal Engine 3.

Sound- The only thing Damnation got right also reminding me of Turning Point. The voice acting is passable, the sound effects and the music are appropriate.

Gameplay

The gameplay copies Uncharted style of gameplay, but it’s not as good. The platforming is ok, bur why have R1 and X jump back to another platform. The new Prince of Persia games did it with one button plus the opposite direction your facing. The biggest problem is the gunplay. This is your old school third person shooter not refined. To fire any gun you always Hold R2. This has no cover system, the A.I. is a shooting gallery for you, your allies suck, and melee attacks lame because you’ll see awful animations for the enemies. This game also has a multi-player, but it’s tacked because no one will play because the campaign isn’t great, and multi-player has two modes of your standard Deathmatch and King of The Hill.

Entertainment- Damnation provides no enjoyment for anyone who wants a good Wild West type shooter. Do yourself a favor and skip this game and buy Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood because it a better game to hold you over till Red Dead Redemption comes out.

Overview

- Lame Story
- Sucky Graphics
- Boringly Derivative
- Tacked on Multi-player


Note: On June 26, 2009, Blue Omega Entertainment was dismantled due to Damnation being an epic fail.