![]() Although I do appreciate the ability to sprint while crouched – which you don’t see every day. Holding R1 will bring up your unit-specific options like health packs, grenades, mines, or binoculars, but the rest of the controller layout is standard FPS fare. The nuts and bolts of the combat are about as basic as it gets though. It’s in these moments – where you and your opposition are finally having it out – the most prepared and efficient team will almost surely prevail, and all of the buildup of strategizing and execution comes to a head. The flipside for the game’s visuals being a bit barren and plain is the game running pretty well most of the time and setting the mood effectively with nice lighting on top.įrom a wider view of the game, those drawn-out segments of traversal and strategy are really just the connective tissue between the game’s brutal firefights where one wrong move can alter the course of the entire battle. Customization of your soldiers’ attire is similarly full of respectably accurate options but nothing special. In fact, they can draw the eye of the enemy as well, so your team really shouldn’t hang around in them for long anyway, unless of course your strategy specifically requires that. Even when you’re in one of the game’s more visually interesting spots there’s rarely anything to find there anyway. This can of course be alleviated with vehicles, but then you pay the price of being a massive target for enemy forces. This is especially true when you’re first starting out or when you end up on a poor team since you’ll be dying more often. Most of what you’ll see as you traverse the landscapes on your way to your next destination are large empty fields lined with the same bushes and trenches that you saw in the last map, and while this is probably more realistic than loading up each map with all sorts of interesting locations, it also can make long stretches of gameplay feel a bit dry as you will spend a rather large chunk of your playtime crossing big swaths of the map. These pockets of highly engrossing areas don’t encompass the majority of most maps though. The environments are generally well-crafted and highly detailed with dilapidated fences, partially-incinerated houses, and other ravages of war abound. Respect for the game’s general concepts and themes aside, on a technical level it’s a bit more of a mixed bag. "While its unforgiving nature might be an acquired taste for many, and it likely won’t really click with you until you’re several hours in, this particular road to hell is likely worth traveling for those looking for a truly hardcore World War 2 simulator." When a rigid strategy comes into conflict with unexpected complications, your team’s mettle will be tested, and you will either sink or swim together. But everyone also needs to be able to think on their feet and pick up players’ slack at a moment’s notice, and this is where a lot of the spice of Hell Let Loose comes from. All of which have their own unlockables that slowly fall into place as you use them. Soldiers within each 6-player unit are tasked with carrying out their specific duties whether that be medical, engineering, assault, support, or other focuses. One can voice chat with their designated unit, with whoever is near their current location, or of course commanders can functionally talk to the entire army by talking directly with leaders of each unit. As previously mentioned though, communication is the main key here. Both of which are basically centered around the concept of a huge map where up to 100 players compete for control of the map’s handful of zones scattered throughout the area while a timer ticks away. Once on the ground, you’ll want to immediately begin and sustain constant communication with as many of your squad mates as possible, as the most organized and efficient team of 50 is often the winner of the game’s 2 main modes Offensive and Warfare. Hell Let Loose doesn’t waste much time before thrusting you into its mix of first person shooting and real-time warfare strategy. While its unforgiving nature might be an acquired taste for many, and it likely won’t really click with you until you’re several hours in, this particular road to hell is likely worth traveling for those looking for a truly hardcore World War 2 simulator. ![]() It proudly wears its intentions as well as its flaws on its sleeve and makes no apologies for either. If that is the case, then Black Matter’s Hell Let Loose might just be the ticket for you. It might be that your gaming palette just demands something a bit more methodical and grounded now. If the twitchy, arcade-y run ‘n guns that populate the vast majority of the first-person shooter genre aren’t doing it for you these days, you may not be having a problem with the genre per se’.
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