17th August 2005, 5:29 PM
Let me just say this at the start and get it out of the way, Killer 7 is weird. Not in the same way as people actually liking rap music is weird, but more in the same way that an image of Michael Jackson riding a giant, purple bullfrog on a rainbow in space is weird.
Okay, one thing that's immediately noticable about Killer 7 is that there are a number of cheap thrills, not unlike a certain other series of games made by Capcom, however the world of Killer 7 is also genuinely creapy, like that series of game's major competitor. There is a large cast of characters who talk to you from time to time, all of them are really weird, especially the guy in the red gimp suit who always talking about how bad things are. Killer 7 is also very violent, though much is it is highly stylized. You will quickly notice that any ordinary people you meet up with will soon be brutally torn apart by the Heaven Smile, weird monsters that explode when they get close to, in incredibly violent manners. Such as one woman who has her lower body ripped off accompanied by a spray of blood. There's also a talking head that's in a drying machine, but that's where it really wanted to be anyway.
The shooting parts of Killer 7 aren't really anything special, whenever you hear some Heaven Smile letting loose their creepy laugh you bring up your gun scan the room and blast their week points. There is some variety to the enemy types though, so it's not always the same thing over and over. Moving around in Killer 7 is as simple as pressing the A button and at frequent intervels choosing to turn left or right [or whatever] and in that respect it plays it a lot like a PC adventure game. When you're not shooting up bad guys and roaming corridors, you're looking for keys or other items to open doors or solve puzzles, but so far it hasn't been tedious.
There are seven characters for you to play as, all of whom have different weapons. And some will be needed to access certain parts of the game or solve certain puzzles.
Sparse bits of music play in Killer 7 in certain parts, and it's all really creepy and weird. The graphics in have a very comicbook feel to them, which sets it apart from just about any other game out there.
In a word, Killer 7 is unique. And very much so.
It's not for everyone, and it incredibly violent and there's a lot of langauge, but if you stick with it you'll find a game that pulls you in and make you keep playing to see what weird thing will happen next.
Okay, one thing that's immediately noticable about Killer 7 is that there are a number of cheap thrills, not unlike a certain other series of games made by Capcom, however the world of Killer 7 is also genuinely creapy, like that series of game's major competitor. There is a large cast of characters who talk to you from time to time, all of them are really weird, especially the guy in the red gimp suit who always talking about how bad things are. Killer 7 is also very violent, though much is it is highly stylized. You will quickly notice that any ordinary people you meet up with will soon be brutally torn apart by the Heaven Smile, weird monsters that explode when they get close to, in incredibly violent manners. Such as one woman who has her lower body ripped off accompanied by a spray of blood. There's also a talking head that's in a drying machine, but that's where it really wanted to be anyway.
The shooting parts of Killer 7 aren't really anything special, whenever you hear some Heaven Smile letting loose their creepy laugh you bring up your gun scan the room and blast their week points. There is some variety to the enemy types though, so it's not always the same thing over and over. Moving around in Killer 7 is as simple as pressing the A button and at frequent intervels choosing to turn left or right [or whatever] and in that respect it plays it a lot like a PC adventure game. When you're not shooting up bad guys and roaming corridors, you're looking for keys or other items to open doors or solve puzzles, but so far it hasn't been tedious.
There are seven characters for you to play as, all of whom have different weapons. And some will be needed to access certain parts of the game or solve certain puzzles.
Sparse bits of music play in Killer 7 in certain parts, and it's all really creepy and weird. The graphics in have a very comicbook feel to them, which sets it apart from just about any other game out there.
In a word, Killer 7 is unique. And very much so.
It's not for everyone, and it incredibly violent and there's a lot of langauge, but if you stick with it you'll find a game that pulls you in and make you keep playing to see what weird thing will happen next.