It's quite fun to analyze Binary Domain in the context of its time. Cover shooters were all the rage in the Western gaming space, and a couple of Japanese studios felt the urge to join in, probably in a bid to get mainstream success. In comes Sega's Ryu Ga Gotoku studio, giving the cover shooter formula an honest shot. And I gotta say, they've done a heck of a job here, especially considering it's a rookie's attempt.

The gunplay is a blast, shooting robots legs and bashing their heads on the ground while circuitry and sparks fly all over the place never gets old. I enjoyed the story too, the plot is nothing too crazy but it definitely has fun characters and memorable moments. At the 8-9 hours length it has, it moves at a nice pace and it kept being exciting the whole way through.

It pains me that we'll probably never see a sequel, because Binary Domain is such a solid start. I would put it as my favorite RGG game; as a cover shooter enjoyer, they ticked all the right boxes for me, and then some. Personally I would love to see them making more shooters, although I'm definitely in the minority with that, haha.

Best dying robot animation/vfx ever.

Also, more seriously, this is a game made by people who obviously have real, rich and full lives and understand that your work in this or any space is an opportunity to show that your core values can effortless come to the fore within a world of mad Japanese Death Robots. If you're brave enough.

If the upper-tier producers of the Army of Two franchise saw half of the ♥♥♥♥ that's in this game, they'd have a heart attack on the spot and bite down on their cyanide pills, terrified that they'd be exposed for making an actual creative decision.

This is game is all heart. It's all balls. It's all ♥♥♥♥♥.

It is a high-five between a metal-head and a drag-queen at end of an encore from a Sturgill Simpson set performed in a Moroccan prison.

I still remember the day I got to play this masterpiece, skipped school that day went straight to a gaming cafe started playing this game and was immediately hooked, shame they stopped making fun games like this.