Pro-G throws their Auto Assault review into the ring with a score of 6/10:Whilst everything I loved about the Beta is still there, it seems that all the reservations I had are still there, too. Normally I wouldn't start off a review so negatively, and I'll get on to the actual gameplay later in the review, but from a technical standpoint, I feel obligated to tell you that the game isn't quite there. If you're going to make a game as combat-oriented as this, where you're going for visceral satisfaction rather than any sense of complexity or multi-layered gameplay, you've got to get the basics right. Unfortunately, the limitations of the graphics engine are cruelly exposed by the introductory movies, highlighting the limited draw distances and the blandness of the environments; and it doesn't get any better in game. Granted, perhaps the devastation of a post-apocalyptic world doesn't necessarily predispose itself to eye candy, but even if you install the high resolution option, the terrain textures are worryingly drab. |