Battle: Los Angeles. Game Review.

This downloadable first-person shooter is an attempt of recreation of the same-name movieӳ pieces into a short game (completing the entire experience takes a couple of hours, which by game standards is pretty short), yet there was no possible way the narrative could have been extended any longer. This game is something between average to awful in every aspect to the extent that it starts being extremely funny and amusing.

All its awful features ״he terrible, amateur cutscenes, simply horrible voice acting, and fairly primitive combat segments ֠are but an excellent opportunity to laugh. There is only one kind of enemy in Battle: Los Angeles to be killed. It is an alien that looks like a giant jelly ball with a machine gun attached to it. These monsters require some effort to kill them, the only effective way being that of a sniper rifle headshot. The only condition on what players can tolerate the extreme lack of enemy is that the game passes very quickly, and when bored with shooting the only enemy, player can turn to destroying environment as well.

The arsenal the player can use is pretty small, limited to a sniper rifle, an assault rifle, a rocket launcher and grenades ֠a number that though limited, is quite effective, too (given the limited kind of enemy to destroy). Another fun feature of Battle: Los Angeles appears when the player takes damage. In this case the world turns grey and the game sort of slows down, including voices and screaming.

This extremely short game offers no multiplayer mode, but includes a "replayability" aspect that forces the player to go through the campaign several times in order to unlock pictures, videos, and even ԁchievements/TrophiesԠfeature, for being regarded as having completed the game on differing difficulty levels. Some players may consider this repetition redundant and frustrating. The market of first-person shooters abounds in more attractive games that offer much more than Battle: Los Angeles does for its price tag of $10.

The game obviously lacks variety, yet it is not the worst investment one can make, as it offers two-hours-long fun and laughter provided the player is not frustrated by the lower than average shooting experience. In case the game is played only once, it may be much more entertaining than the movie (and the player may even get some Achievements/Trophies after all).