Project Eden, a game developed by, the now defunct, Core Design, and
published by Eidos Interactive,(which is now Square Enix Europe), and
released in 2001 on the PC and Play Station 2 as an Action-Adventure
game.
First the Story, the story is rather simple, humans no longer live on
the earth's surface and live above them in giant metropolises. The Urban
Protection Agency are like the police, and you take control of a task
force, each having their own unique abilities. With real farming
impractical and somewhat impossible, the Real Meat Company produces
Synthetic Meat, which is designed to taste like the real thing, however
when their factory messes up and the technicians sent to fix it gone
missing, your squad is sent to figure out what happened, and along the
way learn more about the characters, and uncover a mystery of sorts.
Next, the Game-play. The game-play is nice, and the fact that each UPA
agent has their own ability means that you have to switch between them
at times, although there are times when you question the switching, and
the game is a little nice, although slow at times. The game also has two
view modes, first person and third person, which you can switch between
freely, however I prefer first person mode. When you first begin it
starts out easy and the game slowly ramps it up until it becomes rather
hard. The controls are a bit awkward at times, and you will most likely
need to change the controls around a little, however that is a minor
annoyance. The game itself is a few hours long, so it will give you some
entertainment if you need some time to kill.
The graphics are what you would expect of a game released in 2001,
although the opening cut-scene does look better than the rest of the
game. However due to the game being released in 2001, the graphics
haven't exactly aged all to well, but it can be over looked considering
the date in which this was released. The soundtrack is okay, but not the
best, and the voice acting is weird at times, for example when you
issue the Follow me command with Carter, although it seems to be okay
for the most part
The degree of re playability is little, although you certainly can
replay to try and do better in some places or to try something
different, the game, while allowing exploration, tends to push you in a
certain direction most of the time and the reward for exploration is
little.
In short the game is what you would expect of a game released in 2001,
in terms of graphics, voice acting, and sound-track, and to a degree,
game-play. However the game-play could be better and some of the
challenges and abilities could be better changed to give it a better
feel. I recommend this to people who like older games, who like Eidos
games, who want to try something new, or to those looking to kill some
time, but not so much for the serious gamer, although they could have
some fun with this too. It's more of a casual game than something I
would, personally, sit down and play to the end non-stop. If you need a
new game and don't mind wasting a few bucks, along with having a few
hours to kill, then go ahead and buy this however, otherwise I'd suggest
saving your money. I give this game a 7 out of 10.
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