Total Recoil is a brand new game available on iTunes starting from today. We got our hands on it a bit earlier this week and here is what we thought.
Total Recoil is an action shooter with a top-down view. It's a fun, no hassle shooter with ranks, weapon unlocks and perks. Yes perks, similarly to what we've come to expect usually from Call Of Duty titles.
The game consists of numerous levels that play out like horde mode matches from other games and in the end there would be a boss fight. There are many levels but one thing I noticed was that you need to start grinding very early on. The levels are unlocked at different rank levels the player can achieve by playing matches but after playing the first two maps I hadn't ranked up enough to unlock the 3rd map so I had to return and play the previous levels.
Gameplay is great, I was playing on the 4th generation iPod Touch and everything ran well. Shooting and collecting coins felt good. Calling in airstrikes was incredibly satisfying. Coins can be used to purchase upgrades and unlock new weapons between levels and it successfully creates this urge to get more coins just to unlock that next upgrade. There is an option to use real money to buy additional coins as a shortcut but it's never forced on the player and feels organically implemented to the game.
Visually the game suffers from low resolution and some weird design decisions for the game interface. In game text was sometimes difficult to read and certain pop-up messages after each game were just unnecessary. Action, level design and effects however look decent and I quite enjoyed the slow motion kills that trigger sometimes.
Overall it's not a bad way to spend $1.99 on the iTunes store. The amount of satisfying shooting action and gameplay you get for that money is a good value. The visuals could be better but gameplay is key and Total Recoil is fun to play.
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