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Chrome: Specforce

By G0bble (1 June 2006)

Summary
Chrome: Specforce

Ups: Some of the robotic machines are cool to play with.

Downs: Too repetitive, lacks originality, sound was not done very well.

Bottom Line: Chrome: Specforce is a game that is really a mirror copy of everything else. Repetitive game-play and lack of originality just kills whatever fun this game has to offer.


Overall rating: 2 out of 5 fists   Not Good



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ACTION, ADVENTURE, FLYING CARS and gigantic robots; Chrome: Specforce is a game that attempts to take on futuristic planet colonisation. The original game, Chrome, was released in 2003. Chrome: Specforce is the sequel. Not much is known about this game developed by Techland. We are about to remedy that situation.

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The basic outline of the story all revolves around a futuristic military-like organisation called the 'F.E.C' or Federal Expeditionary Corps. Think 'Galactic Empire' but on a much smaller scale and you'll have the F.E.C. Your role in this game is playing a character that is a member of the 'Specforce' which is tasked with the unsavoury job of 'cleaning up the trash of the universe that is the F.E.C', or something along those lines. Basically, you're the good guy that gets rid of the F.E.C bad guys.

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The problem is that the so-called 'trash' that you need to dispose of isn't about to go quietly. Somehow, the F.E.C soldiers you're fighting have managed to get hold of a mysterious substance that enhances their ability to fight, gives them super-human strength and just happens to make them fearless. You've certainly got your work cut out for you, in more ways than one.

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All is not lost, however. The big boys at the top of the Specforce food chain realise the complications of such a task. To help you achieve your goal of making the universe super-duper clean, you are equipped with a special suit of body armour which is technically enhanced. There are some pretty neat things going on inside this suit and you get to play with them all! 'Neural Booster' which is a biochemical stimulator that directly affects the central nervous system. It noticeably speeds up reaction time to external stimuli due to the increased frequency of electrical impulses transmitted to the brain. You also have the ability to perform super human feats of physicality such as moving fast (a little like the flash except not so blurry), jumping ridiculously high and my personal favourite; camouflage. Now the odds seem a little more balanced, don't they?

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The storyline/plot for Chrome: Specforce does seem a little dated or replicated or both. Nothing too original is going on here. Kill some bad guys, increase the body count, and move to the next mission. If you're the type of person that doesn't mind repetitiveness in your games, you'll be a happy camper.

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Details
Developer:

   Techland

Publisher/Manufacturer:

   Deep Silver

Links:

   Official Web Site



System Requirements:

  •  Windows 98 SE/XP
  •  1300 MHz CPU
  •  256 MB RAM
  •  2000 MB available hard drive space
  •  40x CD-ROM
  •  Nvidia GeForce 2+ or ATI Radeon 3-D accelerator
  •  Supports EAX Audio

Review System:

  •  Windows XP Professional
  •  AMD Athlon 2800 MHz
  •  1 GB RAM
  •  DVD-ROM
  •  GeForce Gigabyte 6600 GT
  •  ACPro 97 onboard sound

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