Recent reviews by MacClarey

It's a mix of original Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon made by single developer. Despite the jank this game provides the best original Ghost Recon experience you can have today.

Pros:
-You have control over 12-men group which you can customize to your heart's content, including weapons, gear and clothing. You have in-depth tactical command mode similar to original Ghost Recon and Brothers In Arms tactical mode. You can freely switch between each operator during mission or use helmet cam to understand their surroundings.
-Maps are of varying sizes and have multiple access and extraction points, not to mention there are different methods of insertion. There are multiple game modes that differ greatly. From all-out war to breaking out and escaping as a prisoner.
-Gameplay difficulty can be customized to your preferrences. It can be sim-lite experience and it can also be almost simulation-like.
-Has well-built photo-mode for those who love to make awesome screenshots. Though lacking in some aspects, it provides a good foundation.
-For those who want to jump straight to action: multiple premade squads and a quick mission customizer.
-Game has map and mission editor. Next update promises us campaign editor.
Cons:
-It's honest in its representation when it comes to damage, armor and camo. Some people might not like it. Damage is represented in certain numbers and it is not shared between calibers (it's true to other tactical shooters, they just don't show it). Armor and Camo is % which I can't reliably tell you what exactly they represent because of the next problem.
-There are lots of options, sliders etc which are not explained. No pop-ups for them.
-Quick order menu is frankly bad. It's more of an afterthought. You have very basic commands which are all over the keyboard (mainly F1-F12 for operators, 1-12 for commands, but it's still cumbersome).
-Lots of small bugs, which I honestly ignore due to the sheer scale of this game. However sometimes pathfinding is glitchy.

Conclusions:
Black One Blood Brothers is a janky mix of original Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon. Rough on the edges, sometimes buggy but incredibly good time. I highly recommend to everyone who missed or wants to play original Ghost Recon again. Solo dev completely outdid Ubisoft when it came to providing good tactical gameplay. It's a steal for such price.

A nice rogue-like game set in world war 2 where you control a whole crew of Lancaster. You get to choose your 7 unfortunate crewmen who will try to chew through Axis' air defences. You get to bomb houses, bunkers, support invasion, even dams and of course take down enemy aces with your gun turrets. Every crewman has his abilities but it take a bit of a grind to level them up, especially when your aircraft is destroyed by anything. The devs said they will make 3 dlc, one of them will add an ability to command other bombers but for now, it's a very nice game, but pretty grindy.

The game is an average shooter at the first sight. First hour it is indeed. But there are some tracks of what seems to be a good narrative. But as the game drives on, and so do you and your character, it turns out to be the best worst shooter. Mainly to its atmospheric sounds and plotline.
I got many good impressions from it, because I expected nothing. Not to my surprise, all my friends who expected this game to be something great in terms of plotline thought this game is "meh" nonetheless, so surprise factor is very necessary.
Game is loosely based on "Heart Of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, which has a film adaptation by Coppola called "Apocalypse Now". Game follows a typical squad on a typical mission, game progresses as a typical modern warfare shooter. The game puts a question mark on all these typical twists and actions that affect world by player following narrative. Some scenes in the game are very postmodernistic and quite often break 4th wall, asking some very obvious but interesting question, like "Do you even remember why you came here?".
Gameplay - it is an average "Gears Of War"-like shooter. Nothing special.
Sound - it is awesome, it adds alot to devastated world of Dubai. Ambient music suits well. Radio chatter is quite ok, voices are done great and radioman turns on some really good Vietnam-era music during your adventure. Not to mention, he often mocks you.
Graphics - they are pretty ok. Aren't the best even for its time, but the game does make some great scenery.
Controls - on gamepad, as my friend told, it is ok, though I didn't play like this and I don't recommend it. On keyboard it's uncomfortable for first two hours, but you get used to it.
To conclude, I recommend this game to be played by everyone just to have an opinion on it. I can't say definitly will you like it or not. But what have I noticed is that people who expect something from this game ofter are dissapointed in it, and those who don't are amazed. So if you want to play it - remember, it's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ shooter you downloaded just to kill some time! Funny as hell, it was the reason I played it and it turned out to be my favorite narrative shooter easily overtaking bioshock.