BINARY DOMAIN

A third person cover based shooter in the likes of Gears Of War.
The controls are a little too console port
camera controlling is to sensitive.
But once you get use to it
the game is alot of fun blasting your way thru hordes of robot enemies and bosses.
You play in a small soldier team with 2-3 AI controlled allies
you can give them orders but no need to they pretty much holds their own.
The game has an intressting Sci-Fi story that raises some intressting questions on robots and humans.

A must-play for every cyberpunk enthusiast. Contains elements of Armitage III, GitS, Blade Runner, Neuromancer and many more.

A TPS game with 3 different endings that depend on the commands you issue to your squadmates and the decisions you make during gameplay. The commands can be issued to your two squadmates either from commands list or by voice and the voice recognition works supprisingly well.

Well-made plot balances the sickening mouse acceleration and other port issues. The shooting mechanics make the gameplay satisfying. Each enemy's limb has its individual damage threshold and whether you go for a headshot or choose to tear through the robots limb-by-limb affects the outcome of many fights as the enemy AI adapts to the current state of the body.

For the sale-reduction price of $3.74, this game is an absolute steal. There was evidently a lot of heart and soul put into this, and its a very confident third-person shooter, albeit it doesn't really do anything new. It has good mechanics and interesting enemies, good music, pretty good looking, and a surprisingly interesting, sometimes hammy, but enjoyable story with characters you end up liking and caring about. There's also some cool minor choices you make with the story that are pretty fun to experiment with, and even the gameplay distractions that change the pace (such as sliding down a water pipe or riding a cart) are pretty well done and fun! If you even just have a passing interest in team-based third-person shooters, this game is worth your time, and again, a complete steal when its on sale.

Binary Domain is a sci-fi TPS which has the basic gameplay elements of common TPS in it. It has also a few gimmicks which trys to improve the gameplay and mostly this works very well ( medi-kits, communication between team-mates, weapon & player-upgrades). But all in all this does not help a lot to improve the replay-ability. Gladly the games strength is the story-telling. It doesn't take itself very serious and it has a japanese touch in how it presents you the game. If you like old-school sci-fi movies like IRobots, Terminator or Blade Runner, this game is definitely for you!

Beside the campaign you get also a Versus mode, which no one is playing anymore. It wasn't anything special, so you did not miss anything...
It has also to that a co-op mode ( horde mode ). Which is one of the best parts of the game and my personal highlight of it. In this game mode you have to survive in teams (1-4 players) for 50 rounds. The further you get, the more important is Teamplay and Resource-management.

The game has also a few issues, like voice recognition but since you can turn this feature off it isn't necessary to count this as a contra point. There are also other issues for some user happening but they can be fixed by discovering Steam Forums or asking Doctor Google. There are also a few people complaining about a weird mouse-movement. it is true that it irritatates a few people BUT it is definitelly nothing that breakes the game and you can get used to it.

Let us sum up. You get an awesome story-line that sci-fi fans can enjoy very well, so long they do not take the story too serious. The Multiplayer is dead and the horde mode is for everyone who seeks for a challenge for himself and a few other players. If you are a sci-fi, TPS -fan or just want to experience a hard horde mode, GET IT!

Result: 4/5 - Over Average

Surprisingly... amazing! No doubt that the developers poured their heart and soul into this ambitious game! It is most unfortunate that it didn't receive the attention it deserves. The great level design made the already solid shooting exciting through out. The boss fights were phenomenon, and the squad mechanics add interesting dynamic to the game. Most importantly, under the thin veneer of cheesy dialogs, one may in fact find a deep and engaging story that unfolds towards the end! It's the best 3rd person shooter I've ever played! Well worth buying!! <I got pretty attached to all the characters and there are multiple endings>