The closest thing 3DS owners will have to a “Gears of War†multiplayer experience.
If you’ve ever wanted a third-person shooter in the vein of “Gears of War†on the Nintendo 3DS, meet “IronFall: Invasion,†a run of the mill shooter that plays well enough, but lacks a real soul. Add in the control (if you don’t have a new 3DS or one equipped with a Circle Pad Pro) issues and at times, ugly visuals and it’s enough to keep most gamers away.
However, if you’re feening for a shooter experience, and more mature one at that, with cursing and plenty of bodies to hunt down- and have a few friends willing to partake in the experience, you can and will get some satisfaction out of “Ironfall: Invasion.â€
Many of the game’s problems have to do with the lackluster story and by the numbers approach to gameplay. While it does look decent during gameplay and even better on the updated 3D on the new Nintendo 3DS XL, the cut-scenes are dreadful.
The story is also so generic that, right out of the box, it’s hard to continue playing. There’s nothing really cool about the characters and the story. It’s extremely vanilla. With mediocre graphics and a boring story, many gamers won’t give this more than 20 minutes of their time.
Once the action starts as well, the enemy A.I. also hurts the experience. On one occasion, an enemy crouched at the bottom of a staircase and stayed there, while the gamer was a few steps above it, making for an easy kill. Instances like this happened far too often during the single-player campaign for it to be taken seriously.
Continue Reading This Article From Review Fix Editor-In-Chief Patrick Hickey Jr. at Examiner.com
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
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