The original Section 8 was criticised for having clunky aiming controls, and these have been suitably improved here. Both of these feature here, and it is undeniably exhiliarating to engage the overdrive on your suit of armour and then launch yourself skyward using the jetpack, which is arguably a better implementation here, than on Halo: Reach. The original Section 8 brought a couple of nifty new tricks to the FPS table the use of a jetpack, and the superb Overdrive, a mechanic which allows your avatar to run across the battlefield, building up speed until you hit the titular overdrive, much the same as you would employ a nitrous oxide boost in a driving simulator. Effectively what this means is that you are faced with a standard FPS one-man-versus-the-world scenario, which in the brisk yet fun single player campaign, takes you to a number of nicely designed locales where you use a satisfying array of weaponry and vehicles to wage war against your Arm Of Orion foe.

Prejudice places you in control of ace shooty soldier chap Alex Corde, as he leads his gang of Section 8 troops on a mission that involves all manner of conspiracy theories, the fate of mankind, interplanetary war, the far reaches of space, yadda yadda yadda. Never fear though, is on hand to digest this sophomore effort and tell you whether it is worth your precious hard earned cash. Being a digital release only, you could be forgiven for worrying that this second slice of Section 8 would be more of the same. The fact that the makers have decided to have a second crack at the FPS market shows some real cojones, what with the kids these days being all about the Call Of Duty and whatnot. It had some decent and well implemented ideas, but was pretty much ignored by the masses with complaints of a short and lacklustre single player mode, and the obvious aesthetic comparisons it to a certain Bungie product. Publisher:SouthPeak Interactive/TimeGate StudiosĪvailable on: Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network, PC (Reviewed on Xbox 360)īack in 2009, developer TimeGate wheeled out the somewhat generic space marine shooter, Section 8, to what would best be described as mixed reviews.

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