Without a doubt, Crusader: No Regret's savage last hurrahs are the most horrific and drawn-out demises ever to unfold on a computer screen. Victims caught aflame take their last failing breaths and flailing steps with arms a-wheeling, windpipes uttering hoarsely their unrestrained agony. Two notable additions are the "Crystalizer," which freezes your unlucky target into an ice statue that, when hit with a bullet, bursts into a hundred twinkling, resonating bits and the "Broiler," whose microwave pulse liquefies the flesh of any hapless souls it encounters. Your weapons arsenal has been improved, with several new, highly evolved firearms and explosives to put to no-good use. As the returned Silencer, you move more convincingly - especially while running, which in the original sometimes felt jerky. Like real flames, No Regret's explosions flare bright and change color, then eventually fade - without distorting or slowing down whatever other animations are happening on the screen at the same time. Crusader: No Regret's top-down, three-quarter perspective graphics run smoother than before, particularly when things blow up. Everything that was good about the first game is great in the second.
While some of the original's 15 levels meandered on perhaps a bit too long, No Regret cuts the game down to 10 levels that are more complex and challenging to work your way though (yet which Origin says should take as long to complete).
Once again, it's time for some serious breaking, entering, and assassinating. The game's sci-fi storyline picks up where the original left off: Having destroyed The World Economic Consortium (W.E.C.)'s Vigilance Platform, you, the Silencer, wind up aboard a salvage ship en route to the W.E.C.'s moon-based Lunar Mining Cartel. Joe Hutsko of GameSpot wrote such an excellent and thorough review of this excellent underdog that I'd like to just quote it here verbatim: "There's no point in opening here with a witty anecdote or high-brow setup: Crusader: No Regret is simply the best action/adventure game in its class.Ī sequel to its equally impressive predecessor, Crusader: No Remorse, No Regret is a game that is at once gorgeous and gruesome in its execution and attention to detail.
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