Tuesday, May 28, 2013

IGN All: Fuse Review

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Fuse Review
May 28th 2013, 06:59

The best things in life are better with friends, but those experiences are rarely bad by yourself. Fuse wants so badly for players to have a co-op group of four that it punishes them for trying to enjoy it alone. This is one of many crises Insomniac Games' uncertain third-person shooter faces throughout its eight-hour campaign, which features so many ups and downs it's difficult to discern where its greatness begins and mistakes end.

In tone and depth of story, Fuse is essentially a playable summer blockbuster movie. For four-player co-op shooting purposes, that's a good thing: its a decent way to use these four sci-fi guns to make a mess of an army of bad dudes, including a wacky Russian psychic and a pile of murderous robots. In tandem with the distinct character skills – a resuscitative med-grenade, deployable cover, etc. – each member of the heroes-for-hire team Overstrike 9 becomes someone I enjoy playing as.

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