Gotham City Imposters (PS3)

This is a game that kinda took me by surprise. I went into the beta going "well, this is interesting." I came out of the beta liking the game, so I bought it. I was pleasantly surprised to find that for fifteen dollars the game is pretty fun. More than that, it's a great multiplayer shooter that takes an idea and runs with it for great results.

Graphics-wise this game is not breaking any new ground, though for a downloadable title it looks fantastic. The characters are hilariously great looking and the environments fit perfectly for the mood that the game wants to set. I did notice some texture pop in and for a brief second while I was doing the training mode I was holding an invisible gun, then a textureless gun, then it looked like an actual weapon. Kinda strange, but that's not a huge problem.

The game's sound is good. The voice actors do a great job with their characters and the different voices add a great sense of humor to the title. Gunfire and background noises are pretty decent and help add to the atmosphere along.

Gameplay-wise this game doesn't exactly break any new ground. There are three modes to play and five maps to play on. There's standard team deathmatch, there's fumigation which is a king of the hill mode, and psych warfare which is kind of a capture the flag game. These modes take place over five levels that help the action along with a lot of tight corridors that lead to open spaces with several different levels of height. Your completely customizable character has several tools to help get around these environments including, but not limited to, grappling hooks and roller skates. There are quite a few choices for weapons and any of them can be your primary or secondary weapon, giving you the ability to outfit your character to fit whatever situation you want to fit.

Basically, this is a multiplayer only 6v6 online shooter. It has all the fun of a Call of Duty, but with about a quarter of the seriousness. I think you should pick this up and give it a whirl. Gotham City Imposters is available for PC and PS3 for $14.99 or on XBLA for 1200 ms points. I give it an 8.5/10 and say that you should play it. See You Online.