Disaster: Day of Crisis Impressions

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KylieDog,

Are you playing on Normal or Hard?

I played it on Normal, and found it to be pretty easy all the way through. I'll get around to trying it on Hard eventually (have it on loan to a friend at the moment).

The firing patterns of the enemies get much more intricate toward the end of the game, when there are 5 or more people shooting at you, each with his own pattern and weapon of choice (some that can do minor damage to you even when you are under cover). You have to stay under cover, count shots, memorize patterns, and then find the gap when you can jump out and take a shot or two. If you miss the gap or don't make the best of it with head shots, you have to get back under cover and wait a while for the next gap to come along. I enjoyed this part of the game the most. My friend, however, says he enjoys the rescue missions the most.

I found this game to have a lot of flaws in it. (KylieDog mentioned a large number of them.) And yet, I still somehow found it addicting. I finished it in just under 11 hours over a period of 3 days, which is much faster than how I normally play games. I think a big reason for this was because the dramatic pacing reminded me a lot of "24" (Jack Bauer) and I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen in the next scene.

I would really like to see a more polished sequel to this game.