/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4359632

Tekwar is more frustrating than actually difficult.

The combat itself is technically kinda hard. Enemies are hitscan and there's no way to throw off their aim like in Douk, making combat a pure DPS race. The energy gun in the first slot will often stun them, cutting down their DPS while doing a good amount of damage on them. You could probably beat most of the game with it, only needing the regular pistol for the hologram enemies, while are immune to the basic energy gun. Most enemies are easy, but the respirator guys will slice through your health quickly, so it's best to avoid them, especially if they're in groups.

The level design varies from okay to "fuck you". The maps are filled with hidden areas and doors that don't look like doors at all. You need to have the automap open all the time if you want to have a chance at finding some of these obscure areas. The automap is automatically filled in as soon as you start a level, making it much easier to find out where you could go. Even then, you can get fucked over by the hub system, as most of the Teklords you have to kill are often on a different map than the one that has the keys. The third one really screwed me over big time by doing this, as I had no idea I had to change maps to find his hideout. I roamed around the beach area for a long time trying to find the boss, but it was actually in the next map.

The most annoying part is the cybermaze the game forces you to go through at the end. It consists of seven stages, all of which are confusing and slow to actually go through. See, the game lets you move up and down, but it takes fucking forever for your guy to actually do this. The levels themselves are filled with frustrating bullshit, like being actual mazes, switch hunting, and a case where a vital switch refused to work, forcing me to restart. The automap is even more required than it was in the regular levels.

Pic related. I have to have the automap on almost all the time.