Diehard GameFan Review: Overclocked: A History of Violence

Diehard GameFan writes: Overclocked: A History of Violence is a hard game to appreciate or recommend, as the good and the bad end up canceling themselves out, leaving an experience that's often inconsistent and not particularly satisfying. The gameplay is refreshing and well done, many of the concepts in the game are quite inventive and novel when taken on their own, and parts of the visual and aural presentation are solid and of quality. The story, unfortunately, drops the ball on more than a few occasions, leaves interesting elements unresolved and characters underdeveloped, and doesn't come to any sort of reasonable or finite conclusion… and, unfortunately, in a genre where plot is king, that's something of a killer. Even with that aside, there's no reason to play the game more than once, it has a couple of game-crashing bugs, and there are points where the game doesn't feel as intuitive as other sections, leaving you scratching your head because the only solution is to exhaust all available options to progress. With a tighter and more cohesive storyline Overclocked would be easy to recommend, but as it is, it's at best "okay" and at worst unsatisfying. -