Starship Troopers (2005) PC

The 2005 Starship Troopers game is based on the 1997 film, which was filmed based on the 1959 book. In the game, we are not playing for the main character of the film (Rico), but a certain unknown fighter, whom everyone calls a Marauder.

Bugs of the planet Klendatu

Despite the fact that we are playing for an unknown character, the game contains footage from the movie, which is not tied to the plot of the game in any way. We get all the tasks and explanations for each mission from a short text and the voice of our commander. The missions are also not related to each other in any way, which slightly spoils the impression of the game.

In addition to the main character, there are other soldiers from his squad in the game, but they are of little use, since they often stand in a corner and only defend themselves. You can't order them anything, so you'll have to rely only on yourself. However, this is not surprising, since the game was released in 2005, and then many games had problems with artificial intelligence.

The developers really tried to recreate the atmosphere of the movie with a sea of bugs, fierce battles and cool guns. In the first mission, we meet 50 (!) monsters at a time at a small location. A feature of the shooter is an infinite number of enemies, from which you have to constantly shoot back.

Weapons are diverse. Among the samples you can find a classic machine gun with armor-piercing bullets and a shotgun, as well as a carbine with infinite ammunition. The latter is very convenient when fighting hordes of beetles, and armor-piercing shells and a shotgun are better used on more advanced beetles. There is a grenade launcher, a sniper rifle, as well as a pretty nice-looking grenade.

Gamelpay is not happy. Immediately catches the eye is a rather weak jump, which is almost imperceptible, as a result, it is simply impossible to jump on even minor elevations. There is also no sprint running function in the game.

The whole game will have to fight with arachnids, of which there are a lot and they are all quite diverse:

1. Plasmoid. It is somewhat similar to the previous beetle, only it shoots not with fire, but with clumps of glowing blue plasma. Shots are fired from their abdomen, at the moment of the shot the beetle is most vulnerable.
2. Gobblers. Bugs that stick out of the walls, so their appearance is not particularly clear. They shoot poisonous liquid at decent distances, in beetles they play the role of snipers.
3. Warrior. Black and green color, run fast, attack in a crowd. They are weak, so it is relatively easy to fight them.
4. Tiger. Yellow-black color, stronger than younger comrades, but attack singly or in small groups.
5. A giant flamethrower beetle. Many people remember him from the film, a huge beetle that pours fire from a process not on his head.
6. Little blue beetles that shoot a whole fan of little blue sparks. The main problem is that in two shots they completely kill the player, and it is almost impossible to dodge such a shot. In addition, these beetles are very small and nimble, so it is very difficult to kill them. Moreover, they usually attack in groups.

One of the problems of the game is the huge complexity. It is immediately obvious that it has not been tested. There are times when you have to reboot 15-20 times at one small location. At first, a huge horde of beetles fascinates, but when they become really strong and dangerous, this