Damnation

by Codemasters

Product Features

• Take up a rough fight against the PSI in a world inspired by American history and steampunk aesthetics
• Explore huge, detailed environments that maximize the impact of vertical space and levels that each include up to three hours of game play
• Cling to ledges, hang from scaffolding, slide down ropes and climb up them, all while taking part in firefights
• Use your unique Spirit Vision ability to see friends and enemies through walls or from far away
• Experience four distinct multiplayer modes and support for up to eight players on each map

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001DI73HG
• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: May 26, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,707 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: PC

Amazon.com Product Description

Bringing dramatic third-person shooter action to huge, steampunk-inspired environments, Damnation for PC puts a range of unique weapons in your hands and lets you test the limits of the human body by performing acrobatic stunts to move through vertical levels. Set in an early 20th century world where the Civil War never ended, this game will have you climbing walls, commanding killer vehicles, and seeking out ways to stop industrialists with a thirst for totalitarian power.

Make use of ten distinctive steampunk weapons and take control of any situation. View larger.

Learn to take aim while sliding and climbing in vertical worlds. View larger.

Otherworldly aesthetics add to the imposing nature of your enemies. View larger.

An Alternate History: the Peacemakers and the PSI
You'll follow an ensemble cast including the hero Rourke -- a veteran of the war that ripped the country into pieces and member of a guerilla army called the Peacemakers. These rough fighters are up against the PSI led by William Dean Prescott, a powerful and manipulative man angling to become the dictator of an industrialized empire. As the complicated, multi-faceted story unfolds around Rourke and his cohort, you'll find that he is still looking for his son and fiancee, who went MIA during the war.

The cast of characters includes native healers and seers with unique abilities. And fighters can employ a special spirit vision ability to see enemies through walls or from far away, making it impossible for anyone to stay hidden for long.

Rich, Innovative Vertical Environments
Featuring rugged, detailed environments that have been designed to maximize the impact of vertical space, Damnation follows the action as it moves though deep canyons, up shear cliff faces, into secret caverns, around towering skyscrapers, and toward PSI's factory fortress, which sprawls across the tundra. Each location offers miles of horizontal ground and thousands of vertical feet for players to explore and exploit.

This means you're movement isn't just limited to running, ducking, and driving a burly motorbike. If you want to survive, you'll have to master shooting while in the middle of climbing scaffolding, sliding down ropes, and using vehicles to jump huge chasms. And, of course, the developer's emphasis on vertical movement adds a whole new dimension to the concept of holding the high ground in a firefight, since attacks really can come from just about anywhere.

Rounding out your experience, a combination of dynamic 3D graphics and tough, steampunk aesthetics brings an iconic look and feel to the game's ten distinctive weapons, edgy playable vehicles, and bold industrial structures.

Epic Single-Player Missions and Multiplayer Modes
Damnation offers options to keep play interesting, from campaigning on your own through a series of levels that each offer up to three hours of playing time to competing with friends in four distinct multiplayer modes and support for up to eight players on each map. Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, King of the Hill, and Capture the Flag each offer distinct possibilities for you and your friends to battle each other and compete for superiority.

Product Description

For more than 20 years, the Coalition and the Nationalists fought their bloody war. With war comes technology, and it developed at an astonishing pace. The two armies fought each other with ever more powerful weapons, yet neither side gained the advantage.  Ultimately, the two sides ran out of funds, willpower, and men. As the armies collapsed leaving the country in anarchy, a new power rose.  Sweeping down on the exhausted country, PSI's forces obliterated the remaining armies and began its conquest of the East. Now, the Western territories, mostly unaffected by the civil war, find themselves suddenly defenseless against a new and quickly growing east coast power.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Damnation...had potential, but ultimately very disappointing...2 1/2 Stars, May 26, 2009

By 

R. Nicholson - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)   

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Damnation (DVD-ROM)

'Damnation' is a new game by Codemasters and Blue Omega. I purchased it through 'Steam'; it's a huge game with the download taking almost 15 hours.

The Game:

'Damnation' is a third person (above and behind) platform game WITH some fighting thrown in. Running, jumping and sequenced key-strokes are required to get through each level; the fighting is from a third person perspective. What makes this game different is the stress put on traversing the massive vertical challenges. The visuals feature one stunning vista after another, encompassing spectacular canyons, cliffs and structures; one can easily feel some unease here if your uncomfortable with heights.

The first segment is your basic tutorial to help you get use to the movements required to jump and maneuver etc.

The Interesting:

1.)On-line (deathmatch, win the flag etc.) and co-op play are available through 'Gamespy' and LAN (I was unable to try this, as there was no one else to link up with at this time, so my experience is limited to single player only). There is also an on-line 'Versus' mode of gaming.

2.)There is a list of 'unlockable' items that, I assume, are available once certain criteria or achievements are accomplished. There is no hint as to what these are, nor does the rather scant on-line manual give any mention to these 'unlockables'.

3.)There are times that you get to ride a suped-up motorbike. VERY arcade-like in quality...but a lot of fun.

4.)The puzzles seem to be fair; when the most obvious way to accomplish an objective or to get from point A to point B didn't work, there was usual a different or more remote way to accomplish the task.

5.)If you miss a jump and die from a fall, you regenerate from where you fell.(not back at the beginning of the level)

The Cons:

1.)Having played this game for several days now, I'm beginning to see a very repetitive pattern to some of the platform puzzles and their layouts and to be honest I'm starting to get a little bored with trying to find a 'new' path through a slightly different scenario.

2.)The battles with enemies are very poorly done; the AI of the enemies is extremely 'dumb' and the AI of your fellow comrades is even dumber. All fighting has a very poor, arcade quality to it.

3.)There are no player game saves (F5 etc); there are however, check-point saves, generated by the game. This COULD be very irritating, because dying via a gun battle results in restarting the level over again at the last check-point game save (which could be quite far back...especially the finale).

4.)The audio features an ongoing propaganda announcement that continually plays in the background in nearly all of the in-town levels. The same announcement, over and over and over...very annoying.

5.)Some of the conversations between your computer comrades are very cliched and inane...like squabbling siblings.

Overall Impressions:

A game that seems to broken down into 2 components...

1.) an interesting platform game that focuses on massive vertical challenges and requires some spectacular jumps and leaps; as well as some precision key strokes.

2.) a VERY poorly done third person shooter, done in the most basic arcade quality...in a word TERRIBLE.

Conclusion:

A game with an enticing and nifty looking package. (how many times have I fallen for that trap; you'd think I'd have learned by now)

A game with that appeared to start with definite possibilities has quickly become rather repetitive and tedious to play. But to its credit, the platform aspect is well done, and any true enthusiast of this genre may very well love this challenge, however, I find it hard to think that I'll actually finish this game.

Rating of Platform aspect...3 1/2 to 4 Stars
Rating of 3rd Person Shooter...1 Star

R. Nicholson (cujo)

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Can I Give This Game Zero Stars?, May 27, 2009

By 

VolFan - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Damnation (DVD-ROM)

This game doesn't deserve 1 star. The AI is terrible. My teammates in single player mode kept getting hurt (you're supposed to revive them when this happens). I noticed that they were just standing still and getting shot repeatedly by enemy AI. It's almost comical, until I realized that I paid $40 for this crap. Also. when you want to reload your weapon, you have to AIM it before you can reload. What is that about? The graphics are barely average. Not much thought was put into creating a visual environment. Save your money.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Damnation Review (catchy, huh?), June 3, 2009

By 

Brent V. Edminster "Soflawed" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Damnation (DVD-ROM)

Here is my super-short summary of Damnation:

Damnation looks cool because it has steampunk cowboys. Riding steamcycles is fun but pointless. Enemies are not smart. The "vertical" factor is a neat gimmick, but is not fully realized. Climbing around like Lara croft is kinda fun, but becomes kind of annoying about half way through the game. You travel with companions that are exceptionally hot, but fairly useless. There is a checkpoint save system, which always sucks. In-game movies look like crap. Very linear. Beautiful enviroments-it's a pretty game.
Wait to buy used or super-cheap on steam or D2D. This game is an obvious port, but not a bad one. A decent distraction until better games come along.

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