Destructoid writes: "A European shooter that tries to bring the AAA retail experience of Gears of War to a digital-only medium? Surely such a thing has to be shoddily made, incomprehensible, and thoroughly awful. There is no Earthly way that such a game could prove itself as a hidden gem, a diamond in the rough, a surprisingly brilliant title that manages to make the best of what it has. It simply couldn't shock us out of our cynical ways and teach us a lesson about judging books by their cover."
Cheat Happens - When a gaming franchise like Gears of War becomes a blockbuster, a lot of good can come from it; new mechanics, new standards, in short - the entire industry benefits. Of course, there are downsides, like the fact that every developer wants to create a clone.
Resolution's Greg Giddens writes: The past decade of FPS and third person shooter mechanics can all be found here. The Scourge Project unashamedly takes elements from a large collection of titles – most notable Gears of War – and copies them into the framework. Unfortunately any flare these elements had to begin with have been completely extinguished due to rough implementation and a lack of quality overall. It’s generic and boring with no personality of its own and despite the addition of some fairly enjoyable multiplayer components its short lived fun at best.
Played the demo and was pretty disappointed, looks fairly good, but thats about it.
Tragnarion Studios has released a playable demo for The Scourge Project: Episodes 1 and 2. The demo allows gamers to experience the exciting Squad-based gameplay in several checkpoints from the full game, including support for Single-player and up to 4-Players in Co-op.
The demo can be downloaded from any of the four following sources...
