Nothing in here ended up being a deal-breaker per se. Not to mention the irritating boss battles… Enemies tend to position themselves in a way you can’t actually aim at them, which only adds insult to injury. However, your aiming is slow and you cannot move the aiming camera around as freely as you can move the camera while platforming. I appreciate that the virtual gun you’re given has infinite ammo and little recoil, and I even like how it looks a bit like the Service Pistol from Control. Recompile doesn’t feature responsive controls, its jumping mechanics are subpar at best (oddly enough since your avatar can actually jump very high), and its combat sections… hoo boy.
This is a big problem because, sadly, despite featuring some well-crafted platforming sections, the act of jumping onto said platforms isn’t very well-developed.
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It’s also out for PC and Xbox Series S/X. Developed by Phigames and published by Dear Villagers, we took a closer look at Recompile on a PlayStation 5. Next gen exclusives can come from unexpected directions, as Recompile shows.
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