Damnation

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4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 86 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 86
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 86
  3. Negative: 48 out of 86
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  1. CHIHWAHLI
    Dec 29, 2011
    6
    This game has good things and a few bugs that spoil the gamefun. The things that should not be in the final game are: - animation when hit feels and looks not as a finished product. Things that could be improved: - A bit too easy to play. It plays like a shooter in third person view.
    - The controls are ok, some people complain about it, but I find it ok.
    - The A.I is basic, the enemies    This game has good things and a few bugs that spoil the gamefun. The things that should not be in the final game are: - animation when hit feels and looks not as a finished product. Things that could be improved: - A bit too easy to play. It plays like a shooter in third person view.
    - The controls are ok, some people complain about it, but I find it ok.
    - The A.I is basic, the enemies do hide away after getting hit.

    Good things about the game:
    - The greying out, without a health-bar is cleverly incorporated. Let's the player focus on the action.
    - The game is diverse. Platform, shooter, Bike to race to the next place. The bike riding takes a bit of practise. After that you can speed throught. Gives a nice feeling of speed.
    - The world is nicely drawn.
    - Can take 3 types of guns/rifles with you. Can switch between them.
    - As a man I do like the playable female chars. =)
    - The western setting with 20th century robots and weapons is refreshing.

    I played most great games and this game does not shine like those top games, but does not deserve a place among the worst games. It's still enjoyable. They could have made this game much better. The potential is there.    … Expand
  2. EKS666
    Sep 8, 2013
    5
    The campaign for this game is definitely meant to be played co-op, since I would imagine that it would be pretty boring playing single-player. The story and the varied gameplay make it fairly interesting from beginning to end, but it can get tedious at certain points. The campaign is way too easy, which can make for a boring playthrough, but the weird, choppy game mechanics would have madeThe campaign for this game is definitely meant to be played co-op, since I would imagine that it would be pretty boring playing single-player. The story and the varied gameplay make it fairly interesting from beginning to end, but it can get tedious at certain points. The campaign is way too easy, which can make for a boring playthrough, but the weird, choppy game mechanics would have made a hard difficulty very frustrating. The cutscene graphics look horrendous, like something from a ps2-era game, but the in-game graphics are average for a 2009 title.

    I just wonder why this spent so much time in development from the 2006 release of the Damnation mod for UT2004, to this 2009 release, based on the UT3 engine. It was worth the $1.50 I paid for it though.    … Expand
  3. JamesH.
    Oct 6, 2009
    7
    I thought the game was pretty good. I don't know if the people who reviewed it ever even played it, but I just beat it in a day and a half with my friend. Great game co-op; co-op plays out the same as it does in like Gears of War. Jumping is pretty easy to do, sometimes you can get lost where you are exactly, but the route is fairly linear so you are still moving forward, and played I thought the game was pretty good. I don't know if the people who reviewed it ever even played it, but I just beat it in a day and a half with my friend. Great game co-op; co-op plays out the same as it does in like Gears of War. Jumping is pretty easy to do, sometimes you can get lost where you are exactly, but the route is fairly linear so you are still moving forward, and played to jump are typically laid out well to see like being a yellow color. Enemy AI seems fine, they don't just stand there, they move about and are decent shots. Definately glad I played it with a friend, think it wouldnt have been nearly as good solo. Several times you ride a bike and the track routes seem pretty well laid out, lots of fun jumps. All in all not the best game, but certainly good, and worth a try, especially if you need a co-op game.… Expand
  4. NunyaDamnbusiness
    May 29, 2009
    6
    This game isn't as bad as some people make it out to be. Yes, there is a lot of room for improvement and the unrealized potential is somewhat frustrating. If, however, you're just looking for something to kill a little time and don't get overly angst ridden about your games, this is a pleasant diversion. I imagine if release could have been delayed about 90 days toThis game isn't as bad as some people make it out to be. Yes, there is a lot of room for improvement and the unrealized potential is somewhat frustrating. If, however, you're just looking for something to kill a little time and don't get overly angst ridden about your games, this is a pleasant diversion. I imagine if release could have been delayed about 90 days to fix some of the things that are wrong, this game would be getting much better reviews.… Expand
  5. dandalis
    Aug 31, 2020
    5
    Damnation's is a bit better than harshest critic and user scores might suggest, it's no hidden gem or anything, but it still has some decent saving qualities that manage to shine through it's most visible shortcomings.

    There's serviceable third person shooting, but with numb feeling gunplay, decent Tomb Raider inspired platforming, linear but open feeling levels that take place in huge    Damnation's is a bit better than harshest critic and user scores might suggest, it's no hidden gem or anything, but it still has some decent saving qualities that manage to shine through it's most visible shortcomings.

    There's serviceable third person shooting, but with numb feeling gunplay, decent Tomb Raider inspired platforming, linear but open feeling levels that take place in huge looking and feeling areas. You scale such big distances yet you can still see places afar from where you came from, a pretty decent feat. Many people seem to be saying that the game has clunky controls, but i didnt found it to be really an issue, even on mouse/kboard they felt fine and precise for majority of the time, even during platforming i had little to no issues. Game also really well captures the sensation of being really high up in places, you're platforming or climbing above some really deep abysses and massive, high up structures, i often even held my breath thinking damn thats high. Fighting enemies might not be the best part of the game. Their AI isnt smart, i simply picked most of them off with sniper rifle, yet when i kill one guy, they dont take cover, they just wait like morons for me to pop them. Enemies only seek cover when you're up close with them. However they do give you major damage if you play carelessly, in groups sometimes they can overwhelm you. Also grenades are very effective in this game and it's pretty satisfying how enemies blow up into pieces from explosions.

    Story is pretty bland, so are characters who happen to have some truly horrid facial animations, luckily voice acting fairs better, but overall they're far from worst i've seen in games. What saves the day is the wild west/steampunk setting and you get to travel to some rather cool looking locations.

    Graphics look dated yes, but they didnt cause me much trouble. However, AMD FX series of CPUs users beware, in one of the levels there is the black texture glitch, it's the result of AMD not implementing certain instruction set on FX line of chips which causes this crap in older UE3 games. Other than that game ran well.

    I tried to seek out the most positive aspects from Damnation, but if im being perfectly honest it's an average game at best, however it's one of those average games that managed to deliver a healthy dosage of guilty pleasure.    … Expand

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Metascore
41

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
  3. Negative: 12 out of 17
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    60
    Damnation is a useless action game especially for core gamers. If only the developers had fulfiled their promises, we could have had a pretty cool game. Now you can enjoy the vertical architecture and nothing more. [May 2009]
  2. Gamers.at
    56
    Damnation fails at pretty much everything it attempts to do. The story has never heard of coherence, climbing shouldn't be attempted if the gamer wishes to retain his sanity, bullets might as well be thrown with Rourke's bare hands and visually, Damnation could've been entirely in grey and nobody would notice the difference.
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  3. GameStar
    58
    Technically, Damnation is not up to date, it looks like a game from the 20th century with overly complicated controls. It's a shame, because it could have been so much better. Blue Omega, please try again.
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