There is a robot. He wears a scarf. He speaks French. Need I say more?

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.

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.

I believe it's quite understandable why might exist such discrepancy among the opinions of this game. Binary Domain is an interesting game not olnly from the different type of enemies you are used to shoot but also for the combination of action, humour and storytelling. The Story kept me interested until the very end.If you were one of those players that would get bored for the constant shooting then in my case, I just found new ways to make it more fun. By shooting the robots in head they will turn against each other. If you add that with shooting others in the feet, forcing them to crawl then you have an interesting combination of events to watch. The city is filled with amazing little details, something you might miss if you are just rushing from point A to point B. But you shouldn't. The bright lights in the city at night are something your eyes will be pleased to see and the visuals are quite good too.

The characters are very distinctive from each other putting Big Bo among the favourites. There's rivalry, sarcasm, humour and even... romance. There are a few plot twists here and there to make the story more compelling and interesting which pleased me until the very end. During the game you are able to talk to your team mates using your own voice (which I didn't because I do not have a Microphone on my PC yet) or simply by using the controller. By doing so, you will offer tactical advice to them but also if they request healing or suggest a new tactic you are free to agree or disagree with them.

It might not be a title that many people have the chance to play it, and those that had it share different opinions about the game, however I found to be a nice shooting adventure from start to finish. There's nothing over the top or extremely remarkable but not all games require to be such experience. Some, like Binary Domain just want to tell a story while mixing a bit of storytelling and bullets, lot's of them, in fact.

There might be more cut scenes that one person who is used to play FPS and TPS would find but to me this was never a problem, in fact, I believe it was balanced between having a lot of things to point and shoot during tense moments, and then, a little bit of story, controversy or plot twist via cut scenes. I like to have both of these in my games but again, many may find it tiresome if all you want is too shoot some robots in their shiny metal ***.

In the end I think it's important to reflect if we are not going too far with our discoveries in advanced robotic technology. I know that it is the year of 2080 and the world most progress but, at what cost..? Paraphrasing Albert Einstein "I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction." In Binary Domain, that day may have happened already...

I don't blame anybody if their first thoughts on binary domain was that it's a generic gears of war shooter. But holy ♥♥♥♥ after the prologue it becomes on of the best TPS I've ever played.

Words cannot describe the gameplay. Shooting is far more than good, every bullet you fire has a satisfying feel to them, especially the pistol, every bullet peels off their skin, the recoil of the gun, the sound of the gun add to the overall feel of the guns, I highly recommend you "play" with the robots before actually putting them out of their misery my favorite method is decapitating the heads, watch them attack their allies (They attack their allies if you decapitate them) and then whip their asses to death with a pistol (literally!). I highly recommend you upgrade your weapons as soon as you can, a fully upgraded assault rifle would leave Sonic the Hedgehog wishing he was THAT fast.

Story is also pretty good, the characters all have their own charm to them and the dialogue is amusing, especially Cain (a French robot that aids you in the battle later on). There are dialogue choices that will affect your relationship to your party members, but rest assured these are not HUGE assets to your reputation with your party members.

Soundtrack isn't amazing, but it does the job well. None of the songs are bad, but none of them are amazing. One or two tracks stand out, but that's about it.

If you like shooting things this game is a must have, especially if you have a fetish for robots, even better if you have a fetish for robot-gore.