Exoprimal Review

 

Take it for what it is: 4/5

                I take a long time to write reviews. I will admit, first, I am going through the crazy backlog of games I have built over the years, second, I do not like to write a review until I fully play a game. I like to explore, do side quest, try, and collect collectibles, and, fully finish the game to where I see the credits roll, oh and third, I work a REAL job (yes, I try and do something for society). This game is a perfect example of why I like to finish games before reviewing.

                First off, I will admit, I love the theme, style, and take on what Capcom was trying to achieve in this game. The game is a team based PvP/PvE third person shooter. It is more on the PvP side while trying to finish the story in that the PvE missions, you are still competing against another team. This is OK, but the full PvE experience does not unlock until you finish the game. This is kind of a bummer for me since I was expecting a more PvE Left 4 Dead/Back 4 Blood experience. I would have loved it if it had actual PvE with no team competition at all, but again, this was Capcom’s team who designed it this way and their vision, not mine. It still works out well and I had a great time regardless. Every time I played there was that “just one more game” style and feel.

                The gameplay is all about the exosuits. These basically are your different classes such as Team Fortress and Overwatch. You can swap out exosuits at any time in the battle. This is great for when your team comp might need to change in the second half of the game or if it is not working right off the start. You have the grenadier, sniper, tank with shield, tank with minigun, healers with electro sticks, and other cool classes and styles. I really enjoyed all of the classes and each one you can take time and master.

                This goes into the unlocks also. I loved the rig system. You unlock and level up rigs throughout the game. These allow you to enhance certain abilities, give you more survivability, more damage output etc. I felt like I was tweaking my character to my playstyle and not a cookie cutter build (I am sure there is a meta out there, but I did just fine with my style of build). This game is why I like to fully finish games, it starts to really open up the more you play and go through the story. More game modes unlock as you complete the story, more suits, rigs, etc. Overall, this game does play like a single player game also. The more you finish the story, the more the game opens up. If you do try it, I highly encourage you to play the game for more than an hour or two and let the game start unlocking game modes, suits, and rigs. This also gives you time to start learning the mechanics instead of throwing everything at you all at once.

                Overall, this is a great game that I fully enjoyed. I have not picked it up for PlayStation yet, so this is only with the PC/Xbox edition. I have heard some great things about the PS edition also so I am sure it is great there too, but again, I have not tried it yet. I will definitely pick it up again later and would love to play through it again on the PS since it is such a great game. I am not too big into MP gaming these days, but this was a great multiplayer experience I enjoyed.