Bionic Commando

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6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 115 Ratings

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  1. jelikey
    Sep 1, 2016
    5
    This game is a lazy console-port and the devs haven't even bothered to fix the most basic stuff when porting this to the pc. Now most of this is only superficial. The game works great with mouse and keyboard and i had no problem whatsoever with getting the game to work. But i think that it is just plain respect-less that they didn't take the small time required to fix this
  2. huss2215
    Nov 14, 2013
    7
    raphics: Average looking graphics. 7.5

    Sound: Average themes/sounds, nothing stands out, decent voice overs. 7.5 Gameplay: Fun and innovative gameplay mechanics, comparable to Spider Man without the open world, and with guns. The game has some fun boss fights, but its more of a linear experience, although the game does add challenge. 8.5. Story: Average story. Spencer in    raphics: Average looking graphics. 7.5

    Sound: Average themes/sounds, nothing stands out, decent voice overs. 7.5

    Gameplay: Fun and innovative gameplay mechanics, comparable to Spider Man without the open world, and with guns. The game has some fun boss fights, but its more of a linear experience, although the game does add challenge. 8.5.

    Story: Average story. Spencer in the future but he looks totally different, the plot opens slow, and the overall story is not interesting. 7.

    Replay Value: 6-8 hour experience, multiplayer, and some collectibles. I beat it without any interest for collectibles or playing the multiplayer, but for those who get it off of a steam sale for $5 buck, I would recommend it. 8.

    Overall Score: 7.7 out of 10.    … Expand
  3. dumle
    Dec 15, 2012
    5
    This game is a lazy console-port and the devs haven't even bothered to fix the most basic stuff when porting this to the pc. Now most of this is only superficial. The game works great with mouse and keyboard and i had no problem whatsoever with getting the game to work. But i think that it is just plain respect-less that they didn't take the small time required to fix this. Now with thatThis game is a lazy console-port and the devs haven't even bothered to fix the most basic stuff when porting this to the pc. Now most of this is only superficial. The game works great with mouse and keyboard and i had no problem whatsoever with getting the game to work. But i think that it is just plain respect-less that they didn't take the small time required to fix this. Now with that out of the way lets focus on the game. The gameplay in the game is surprisingly fun. The swinging is really satisfying and the combat is quite enjoyable. There is also a couple of quite cool areas that you get to visit in the games campaign. Sadly is the games campaign kind of short (around 5-6 hours) and its story is pretty bad. The checkpoint system is also pretty messed up. Its quite far between checkpoints, collectibles doesn't stick and enemies that was already dead when the checkpoint was triggered has a tendency to respawn behind you which can be kind of awkward. This combined with the radiation manages to take the fun out of exploring which is kind of a shame since the swinging is the part of the game that works best and that is the most fun. Some other things that annoyed me were some quicktime-events and that a couple of things in the game wasn't properly explained. I might sound a little bit to negative here so i should point out one last time that the swinging is pretty damn great. And i enjoyed the game despite its problems.The game do however have its fair share of flaws but i will despite that recommend checking this game out if you are into the genre since the game has its moments.… Expand
  4. redbarm
    Mar 4, 2011
    5
    It has nice graphics, uses nvdia physics. But controls are sucks. The letters on the screen A, B for jump, punch what ever doesn t match the keyboard keys. To make a action with combined keys, is too diffucult, and sucks. For example, make a stupid HACK action, it took half an hour. The game was designed for Playstation, not for PC. And stupid interfaces makes the game bad
  5. keefbaker
    Oct 17, 2013
    5
    So I bought the pack of this and Rearmed and expected this to be the stinker, so I was playing it and thinking, "this isn't too bad". Then I got the bionic arm, the endless tutorials started and I wanted to set fire to my own skin. So yeah, nice try and still better than re-armed but deh... Just no.
  6. GeorgeG
    Jul 28, 2009
    6
    Awesome story line and simple yet addicting game mechanics with great replayability...wait, that was rearmed. About the sequel, if you plan on getting all the bonus items, have fun...you only get one try because redoing a level will rid you of all of them.
  7. Dco326
    Nov 15, 2021
    7
    A bila je zanimljiva igra :D Prica mi je ocaj iskreno hahaha ali je bilo zanimljivo ovako za sprdnju okej je gemplej :D
  8. dandalis
    Oct 29, 2016
    6
    First of all great performance on PC, secondly absolute lack of options. Even while playing youre being shown Xbox 360 prompts instead of your keyboard bindings. Tho once you remember all the main prompts it not much of a issue and game isnt that long either. Graphics look fine, but nothing out of ordinary, game has some cool lighting and water effects tho. Things like anisotropicFirst of all great performance on PC, secondly absolute lack of options. Even while playing youre being shown Xbox 360 prompts instead of your keyboard bindings. Tho once you remember all the main prompts it not much of a issue and game isnt that long either. Graphics look fine, but nothing out of ordinary, game has some cool lighting and water effects tho. Things like anisotropic filtering or AA will have be enabled from Nvidia control panel or whatever AMD has similiar to that.

    Gameplay wise its a bit tricky to learn the controls, but it works pretty fine once you do, even on mouse + kboard and using your hand-grapple hook and swinging around oulling together more and more of them can be very fun. Once you get the sensitivity right shooting guns get very precise.

    Story in this game is BLEH, Nathan himself is very boring character and so is supporting cast. Only thing that made me care about whats going on is what happaned to his wife.

    In the end an OK action game with cool gimmick, if you got nothing to play and can find this for cheap go ahead.    … Expand
  9. Mobile
    Aug 8, 2018
    5
    ENG RU
    Monotonous gameplay, the same enemies and battle with them, capture transmitters and move on, the levels are passed for five to ten minutes, often the level consists of what you need as a Tarzan on a rope to fly from the beginning of the level to its end. The technical side is not bad, the plot is nonsense, all serious, but the player is not involved at all. Add variety, make more    ENG RU
    Monotonous gameplay, the same enemies and battle with them, capture transmitters and move on, the levels are passed for five to ten minutes, often the level consists of what you need as a Tarzan on a rope to fly from the beginning of the level to its end. The technical side is not bad, the plot is nonsense, all serious, but the player is not involved at all. Add variety, make more weapons, add drive music and humor and it would not be a bad game.
    Однообразный геймплей, одни и те же враги и битвы с ними, захват передатчиков и продвижение дальше, уровни проходятся за пять - десять минут, зачастую уровень состоит из того, что нужно как тарзан на веревке пролететь от начала уровня до его конца. Техническая сторона не плохая, сюжет бредятина, все серьезные, но игрока это не вовлекает вовсе. Добавить разнообразия, сделать больше оружие, добавить драйвовой музыки и юмора и было бы не плохая игра.    … Expand
  10. Snowdon
    May 6, 2019
    7
    The game is not without it's flaws.
    - It's a lazy PC port, all of the controller prompts are given to you as if you're using an XBox controller, which is confusing if you're using a keyboard and mouse.
    - The story is just bad. Really, really bad. Main villain has no motivation behind being a villain, lots of loose ends and unfired Chekov guns. The main mystery of the game deservedly    The game is not without it's flaws.
    - It's a lazy PC port, all of the controller prompts are given to you as if you're using an XBox controller, which is confusing if you're using a keyboard and mouse.
    - The story is just bad. Really, really bad. Main villain has no motivation behind being a villain, lots of loose ends and unfired Chekov guns. The main mystery of the game deservedly became a meme for poor videogame storytelling.
    - Each level has invisible walls of "radiation" to keep your character in the game area. I'm ok with this, except it kills you in literally seconds, often before you have any opportunity to get back in the game zone. This can be especially frustrating when the level design is unclear on where you should be going. At one point one of your nav markers is inside the radiation area.
    - The arm mechanics are inconsistent. Some surfaces you'll be able to grab from a 50 feet away, others you can only grab when you're practically on top of them.
    - The end of the game is disappointing in that the first half is a run through corridors where your arm can't grab onto any surfaces. After the freedom of flipping about like a glorious bionic spider-man this really kills the momentum of the game. The second half is a series of quicktime events that don't seem to consistently work. I've been the game plenty of times but in that last level there are still times when I get insta-killed and have no clue why.

    Despite all that, I love this game.

    The arm mechanics are fun as hell and the levels, for the most part, are designed to take advantage of that. If your feet are on the ground for more than a few seconds at a time, you are playing this game wrong. For most of the game, the swinging mechanics are fantastic.

    Your arm is also your primary weapon. You can pick up enemy soldiers and toss them around. Rip the cockpit open on enemy mecha. The game, when it's all on point, is amazing fun to play. (Which makes one wonder why they buried the lead with an opening level where you have to run around without your arm). And there's so much in every level to interact with. Cars, debris, even bodies can be picked up and tossed around as weapons.

    I would be totally up for a sequel that smooths out the flaws in this game. Even better if the visuals and tone were more in line with he fantastic ReArmed sidescroller released around the same time. The grimdark drudgery of the visuals and story do not do the game justice.

    These days the game is super cheap, so well worth checking out.    … Expand
  11. R3PL1CANT
    Sep 9, 2020
    6
    For all its simplicity and uniformity, this game is not bad. It is worth playing it. That game, released in 2009 is still fun to play. Nothing more to say. Just play and get fun.
  12. AngryGeek
    Jun 7, 2022
    5
    It was very boringgggggg. You don't need to play. I didn't finish the game.
  13. The_D4RknesS
    Mar 25, 2023
    7
    it could be better because it has incredible physics and beautiful graphics. the gameplay was horrible but it was just custom until I learned and found the gameplay enjoyable.


    note 7 because the game is difficult

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 12 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. SpazioGames
    67
    Despite the not-so-bad first impressions, Bionic Commando is a disappointing game. Linearity is not a drawback by itself, it's more about the way it has been pushed into the game, which often delivers loads of frustration... Long and frequent loading times, lousy A.I., and inaccurate controls just confirm that this is not a Capcom game, but more a Grin one. Let's hope Capcom itself will be on the next RAD Spencer incarnation: all it needs is some polish.
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  2. Cynamite
    80
    Entertaining, fun action game with a fresh concept, nice graphics and a lot of humor.
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  3. Gaming Nexus
    75
    You'll have a lot of fun with this new Bionic Commando, but he ultimately plays it safe in his first adventure in twenty years.
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