Zipper Interactive’s third-person shooter is the first in its genre on Sony’s second generation portable console and we take a look at the reviews to see where it stands.
Sony have plenty riding on the PlayStation Vita after suffering a horrible financial year that saw the company suffer a loss of over $170-million down to the hacking saga alone.
The portable gaming console is a major part of Sony’s plan to end the current financial year on a high, however judging from the sales figures of the Vita, it still has some way to go.
There are plenty of titles available on the Vita which demonstrate how the console can handle each genre, with Uncharted: Golden Abyss showing that action/adventure games fit right in and WipEout 2048 showing racing games are not a problem either.
However, Unit 13 is the first and only third-person shooter available for the console at the moment, which should turn a few modern military third-person shooter fans’ heads.
One of the most popular video game review sites, IGN, has given Unit 14 a respectable 7.5 out of 10 and describes its a “game where some really smart ideas are lurking just beneath the surface.” At the same time it criticizes the game for being rather bland
in terms of colour tone and the like.
The Sixth Axis rates the game as an 8 out of 10 and have lauded Sony for not rushing the game out in order to meet the launch day release date it had originally planned. According to them “Unit 13’s a pleasant surprise. It offers up a really level structure
which caters for short burst gaming, but similarly presents hours of gameplay that’ll take considerable time and effort to perfect and master.”
Destructoid also tested out the game and gave it a 7 out of 10. It points out that the game sets the standard for what future third-person shooters should aim to achieve and terms it as “a good indicator of what the future of console-equivalent experiences
will feel like on Sony’s newest portable.”
All in all, the reviews are positive and while the game is far from perfection one can expect an engaging experience if they do pick up a copy of the game.
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