- November 15, 2015
- Deep Fried Enterprises
ROOT
If you’ve been wanting to play a meaty strategy game with cute forest animals attacking each other over parcels of forest land, check out Root.
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Root is a single-player shooter game with hardcore stealth FPS gameplay and cyber espionage theme. As hacker Edward Summerton, infiltrate a powerful corporation's network, avoiding detection or confronting enemies, while dealing with the all-knowing Systems Administrator. With excellent visuals and a wonderful soundtrack, the game offers a challenging and immersive experience in corporate crypto-espionage.
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- The game features a unique and captivating art style that combines cyberpunk aesthetics with a retro feel.
- Gameplay is challenging and encourages a mix of stealth and action, providing a rewarding experience for players who enjoy strategic gameplay.
- The soundtrack is engaging and complements the game's atmosphere, enhancing the overall experience.
- Combat mechanics can feel clunky and unresponsive, leading to frustration during encounters.
- The level design is often repetitive, with a lack of variety in environments and enemy types, which can make the gameplay feel monotonous.
- Stealth mechanics are inconsistent, with enemies sometimes detecting players in unrealistic ways, making stealth gameplay frustrating.
- gameplay48 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
The gameplay of Root is a mixed bag, with some players enjoying its unique blend of stealth and shooting mechanics, while others criticize its simplistic and slow-paced design. Many find the stealth elements rudimentary and the shooting mechanics underwhelming, leading to a bland experience despite the game's interesting aesthetics and atmosphere. Overall, while some appreciate the innovative approach and addictive nature, others feel it lacks depth and variety, resulting in a somewhat polarizing reception.
“The gameplay is fun and unique, the art style is great and I enjoyed the progression and boss fights.”
“The gameplay is very solid and the controls are tight.”
“Don't make the mistake of reading into the word 'stealth' too much - at its core, this game is a hardcore FPS in the vein of early Quake games, but the stealth is added as an option and adds a nice bit of variety to the gameplay.”
“And the problem is that stealth gameplay is very dumb and simple down to the very bare basics of stealth gameplay.”
“The gameplay is also too slow for that, weapons feel very underpowered and the enemies always hit you when they shoot, even when 1 mile away.”
“Unfortunately, it's the atrocious gameplay that almost fails to deliver, since the shooting is simply, well, pretty bad (movement, aiming and generally the whole setting is coded in a terrible way), and the stealth mechanics are rudimentary at best.”
ROOT Review (PC)
ROOT is a hard first-person shooter, an experience clearly designed for players who love the classics of the genre and feel that modern releases are too cinematic and too focused on narrative for their good. For players who are ready to accept that death will be a constant companion and that the level design can often be convoluted, the title offers a few hours of fun and tension. The highlight is the way the game can transition from stealth to full combat in small places very quickly, with the firefights often won by the smallest of margins. Multiplayer would have also been interesting, given the very tight core mechanics and the way Deep Fried Enterprises can create intricate mazes for gamers to explore. ROOT is offered on the PC, Mac and Linux for 9.99 dollars or Euro, and the low price is one reason for long-time fans of the first-person shooter genre to try the experience created by Deep Fried Enterprises out and find a way to deal with its challenging levels.
75%ROOT Review
Off the bat, I had a bad feeling about Deep Fried Enterprises’ ROOT as soon as I clicked play and the only option I had under “Graphics Options” was “On.”
50%These aren't your ordinary forest creatures --- Root Digital Review
Root Digital is another phenomenal adaptation that I have just scratched the surface of. The game has lowered the barrier of entry for many fans, and there are hours of fun challenges that I will enjoy continuing to explore. With a few small tweaks from the developer, this could be one of the best digital board games on the market.
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