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Platform: Xbox
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Raze's HellScore: 8.1/10
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Pros: - One of the most bizarre and unique games you’ll play
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Cons: - Overly frustrating at times
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It’s always nice to see developers taking risks and trying completely new things not seen in previous games. This is where Majesco’s new title, Razes Hell stand out. Not only is Raze's Hell (RH) one of the most bizarre games you’ll play, but it’s one of the better games to release during this spring.
RH is certainly inspired by the most unusual of things. While it may not be noticeable right off the start, RH is actually inspired by current US foreign policy. The game tells a story of a civilization of cute care bare like creatures called the Kewletts whose main objective is to rid the world of ugliness. The Kewletts leadership sells there plan as being one that brings freedom and joy to ugly creatures.
The game features a number of cut scenes which are news broadcasts that are similar to that of American news networks which display war stories of the Kewletts and pay tribute to there “sacrifices” to bring freedom to ugliness around the world. You take control of a character named Raze who would be dubbed as an insurgent or rebel to be politically correct, whose main purpose is to prevent the Kewletts from achieving there goal.
RH is a third person shooter, filled with large number of fire fights. While the story is rather innovative and strange, the gameplay isn’t anything new. That’s not to say RH is a bad game, it’s actually one of the more surprising games to release as of late. Like a lot of shooter games, you’ll blast your way from level to level killing scores of Kewletts. The game features enough ways to kill enemies, but for a game that seems innocent at first, RH is extremely graphic and violent. Aside from the shooting elements, there is also hand to hand combat. You can rip the enemies to shreds and watch there corpse blow into pieces.
RH handles ammo pick ups and health packs differently from a lot of other games. Ammo is not found in packs; instead it’s accessed from destroying different plants in the environment. Health is gained from dismembering enemies bodies and inhaling (yes, inhaling) the enemies remains. So in a way you’re encouraged to slaughter your enemies to gain health.
RH is an extremely challenging game, even on the easier levels of difficulty. Some of the weapons feel extremely weak and sometimes enemies require ridiculous amounts of bullets to die. The enemies are also fairly relentless, attacking you in groups, so reacting quickly and efficiently is extremely important.
Fortunately your character is able to do just more than just shoot and melee attack. One of the more effective, but health reducing moves is the ability for you character to curl up into a ball and roll around the environments. Curling up into a ball is really effective for killing groups of enemies, but makes you a somewhat easy target to hit.
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RH also comes with full Xbox Live and offline multiplayer modes. Both you and a friend can play cooperatively offline through the game’s story mode. The coop is quite enjoyable and eases up the difficulty a bit. There are a number of mini-games, most of which must be unlocked. The mini-games are decent, but nothing great. RH also supports online play, with your standard vanilla game modes like Deathmatch and Capture the Flag. The online modes are fairly good for a budget title, but don’t expect it to take your attention away from Halo 2.
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Visually RH doesn’t standout in any particular way. The game suffers from a number of frame rate issues, caused by the chaotic on-screen action. The in-game environments are varied enough, but some of the detail is lacking. On a positive note, the characters themselves look well detailed.
The voice acting is solid and comical. If you’re eavesdropping on enemies you can overhear there conversations. You’ll sometimes here the Kewletts question there leadership and whether they are in the right war.
RH is one of the more interesting and fresh games to come out this year. It’s certainly worth your attention since it’s so unique and different from a lot of other games currently out. While RH isn’t near perfect, it’s more than what you would expect from a budget title. If you’re open minded and looking for a really challenging and bizarre game, then give RH a try.
- Siddharth Masand
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