Binary Domain Reviews

A hidden-gem to be sure. Binary Domain is one of the best third-person shooters you've probably never played. A solid 8/10 and frequently goes on sale, so it's a safe purchase as far as I'm concerned. Pros [List] [*] Fantastic weapon variety and a cool take on alt-fire for your primary weapon, with upgrades that feel substantial. [*] Huge roster of squad-mates. You'll end up with favourites, for sure. Mine were Bo, Faye and Cain. [*] Meaty combat, benefited by the robot limb stripping system which rewards you for destroying robots' weapon arms and heads. [*] Interesting story, delivered in the hammy bombastic fashion the devs of Yakuza are known for, but delivered with sincerity that makes it palatable. [*] Great music, when you can hear it. Mixing is weird in this game, sometimes the music drowns out dialogue, sometimes the opposite. [*] Diverse range of choices. I was able to keep loyalty with a shaky squadmate, avert one's betrayal, and stopped one from being killed off. I didn't expect rpg-like elements in a tps, but it works here, as does the voice command system. I used keyboard inputs as opposed to my microphone, but it's a novel concept. [*] Chapter select per section is great for replayability & revisiting favourite parts of the game. [*] It has Cain. We need more Cain. [/list] Cons [List] [*] Sequel-bait ending. It's been sixteen years, not happening. [*] Sometimes the squadmates are fickle. You might agree with Bo on something thinking it'll bolster his loyalty, and he takes offence to it instead. [*] Laura Bailey does a very stereotypical Asian accent which makes some sincere moments feel like parody. [*] Game has long stretches without the initial squad, replaced by throwaway characters you don't care about. [*] Game could've done with being an hour or so shorter. By the middle of the 4th of 6th chapters, it begins overstaying its welcome a bit. [*] While entirely optional, the game has a part where a 15 year old NPC flirts with you and you can flirt back. Even for 2009 and with Japanese sensibilities, that's just nasty. The only plus is if you reject her, you get huge loyalty increases with all squadmates present. [*] Playing in windowed mode, I would often click out of the game window which annoyed me to no end. I ended up having to play Fullscreen, which I hate having to do. If you want a fun tps romp that explores transhumanism in a scarily relatable to our current day setting, you should definitely pick this up. It's not Max Payne 3 tier, but that's okay. I recommend you load up the config version of the launcher first, and set your mouse sensitivity somewhat halfway.

It's a sci fi cover shooter from the guys who made Yakuza. Buy it

I would have kept playing this game if the companions weren't so annoying, all the time saying "you could have done better" even when you killed every single enemy on the screen. Seriously, what the hell was that?

wack ass game from the creators of the yakuza/like a dragon series, really good if you want a cover shooter with the first actually good squad controls ive ever used heavily recommend giving it a go on sale (it goes down to like 3 dollars its nuts) though do install the mouse fix on github to make the game playable

This game is a very big mixed bag for me. sometimes its fun but then it throws a needless qte at you. i've died so many times to those. the weapons are neat and the characters are fun. but to whoever approved and made the gorilla segment of the game? fuck you. i hope that every time you put on your shoes, theres a lego in them waiting for you. I hope that whenever you turn on your car the "check engine" light appears for you. i hate you with a passion.

fun and goofy, would recommend as long as ya dont mind fixing the fucked up controls on start up

A very strange and not well known third person shooter from the early 2010s, 7/10 shooter that's only worth checking out on heavy discount. Binary Domain plays exactly like the shooters of that time, third person cover based, linear levels, set pieces, generic military protagonist with a personality of a wet noodle, shooting gauntlets, turret/chase sequences and some shocking QTE prompts that pop up thankfully not that often because damn are they lightning fast. The highlight of the game is the definitely the shooting parts :) Shooting robots in this game can be quite fun and satisfying blowing off each individual parts de-limbing robots and seeing scrap go everywhere so much that your fps tanks after an explosion, good robot variety aswell keeps the encounters varied and not too tedious to go through, bosses are a hit and miss some were fun at the beginning but slowly degrade towards the end and just become bullet sponges sadly, making some sequences ( that damn gorilla ) a slogfest to get through. The companion system albeit basic is a nice feature to this game and makes playing with the different characters fun and varied, some are more fleshed out than some others though so I felt forced to pick certain ones to get better dialogue/ scenes for a more interesting playthrough. There is also a trust system that actively effects your relationship with your companion when you have them in your party, this can either make them like you or hate your depending on your choices of dialogue to them or committing friendly fire :) The story is a fun time, dumb but entertaining cutscenes with some funny dialogue and good set pieces, apparently the Yakuza developers made this game and it shows with its Japanese influence in some of the scenes, main plot focused on the presence of AI and how it effects the human race, very prevalent when playing today and has a few twists and turns in the story.

This game may be old but its a fun arcade-ish shooter. Reminds me of the old resident evil games.

It's still fun despite its age. I played with a controller and it went really well. The social mechanics during fights make you want to take risks and impress your teammates, sometimes you get called out for being stupid but they are easily impressed and praise you most of the time. Too bad we'll never get a sequel.

One of the masterpiece that i feel like it got thrown under the rag, i dont even know this game existed and only discovering it randomly when doing a doom scroll on youtube-short ps: camera movement sometime feels a lil bit too clunky, but maybe thats only happening on mouse, not affecting the gameplay that much tho