The first thing Crusader impressed me with was the details. Viewed from an isometric top-down perspective, it added a breath of fresh air to the slew of copycat first-person titles wanting to cash in on the popularity of Doom. While the story was simple back in the day, the gameplay was not. But just like any rogue bad guy turned good, Crusader was betrayed by the government and joins the Resistance to topple the fascist regime and redeem his name. The gladiator clad Crusader was a former member of an elite, but highly feared military group called the Silencers. Released in August of 1995 by Origin and published by Electronic Arts, Crusader: No Remorse had a simple but elegant story. And I do it with absolutely no regrets and no remorse. I find it, open the door, and blast away at the remaining enemies. I rummage through his pockets in search of access cards to unlock a door. I pulled the trigger and BAM! the factory worker crumpled to the ground in a pool of blood. Unfortunately for them, I took cover behind some pallets and took them out the only way I knew how - quick and painful. I thought about not shooting him for a second but remembered that only minutes ago, he raised the alarm calling in more guards to take me out. "I'm unarmed! Don't shoot!" begged the factory worker as I pointed the barrel of my gun right at him. How does it stand up today? In one word: GREAT! on the crusade Try looking on eBay for boxed copies of No Remorse / No Regret, if you're really interested - if you're lucky, you can find mint condition / still shrink-wrapped for $30 a pop (scalpers will ask for $70-100+).TL DR: It's been 25 years since Crusader: No Remorse was released. Havn't even had the time to play RUINER either. The gameplay itself is also seems rather static and monotonous (shoot, hide behind objects, shoot again, run away, repeat). Synthetic would need more varied, futuristic and gorey weapons, just to start coming close to a Crusader. Seems like they could make it really fun, but currently looks rather static and not very fluid - the way the character is animated and moves is just awkward (Crusader's movement was way more fluid, though it was locked to tile-based-movement, the animations gave the character weight and presence). There's a more recent game by the name of Synthetic, which some reviewers dubbed as a sort of spiritual successor to Crusader (maybe more superficially, as being a 3rd person shooter with guns in a more modernized dystopian future with an evil corporation, etc). (Mechs, destruction, explosions and gore!) I havn't had the time to play it, but I'll have to set aside some time soon. Will play Ruiner once I'm done with another game, but hopefully later this week too - hopefully just after it gets the update (or so I read somewhere it shoudl be soon).įunny you mention Brigador - it is the first game I've seen in a while that I felt really captured the style and gritty dystopian future and feel of Crusader (maybe moreso that 80/90's concept of such, as you mention). It was very thick box, almost twice the width of other big box releases of that time. ![]() Gog version is one thing, but man, I wish I still had my big box of Crusader. It's more of a sandbox though with tons of lore thought. The mayhem is totally there, just like it was in the Crusader games. Originally posted by Spectrum Legacy:Recently I had Crusader No Remorse vibes from Brigador, despite it's a game about mechs, tanks and hovercraft in this cool 80s-90s rendition of how the future would look like. (Just picked this up, so I will have to actually play before I can really comment on this game, but it is at the top of my to-play priority list!) Theres just something about the mechanics (hackable/controllable mechs & security-cams, badass weapons like the 'Crystallizer/Liquefier/Broiler & remote-controlled spider mines, keycards for special/secret access areas, etc) and general tactical-action that I've never seen done as well since the 90's. That same part was hoping that Steam Workshop support would be a part of this game, and that people might make a Crusader mod for it (being that, I do not expect the devs to try to remake or emulate the classic Crusaders, but I sure as hell would buy it if they were to make one :) ![]() Some part of me wishes this was it, as it gives the same kind of vibes. Wonder if there will be a spiritual successor to the Crusader series. ![]() I picked up RUINER for this exact reason: If it only gets me closer to the badass corporate-techno-dystopia world of Crusader, I'm happy. Old post, but searched for 'Crusader' and had to reply.
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