The side missions are more interestingly written, highlighting the heartstring-tugging plight of civilians in a war-torn city, but I didn’t get a chance to complete many of them, unfortunately – I only had so many materials with which to craft exploding cans and so many bullets. The main quest mostly consists of wading through an absolute sea of hostile forces to reach an area where they’ll inexplicably stop attacking you.

Our three heroes must go full 1984 Red Dawn to save civilians, thwart the bad guy, and maybe make it out in one piece. After the nation of Garmonia invades the neighboring Ruthenian border city of Novo Slava in what should have been the least-surprising surprise attack ever, you’re dropped into the combat boots of three different people over the course of its broken, slow adventure, all of whom would be easy to empathize with were they not so poorly written and voice-acted: A whiny Wanzer (mech) pilot with a stunning lack of common sense, a competent cop with not even an ounce of luck, and a gruff revolutionary with lots of scars both physical and mental. The military story is the only part of Left Alive I found remotely decent, thanks to a couple of surprising techno-thriller twists, but even that is mediocre when compared to Metal Gear Solid or prior games in the Front Mission world. When the Metal Gear pastiche falls apart, what’s left is technical shortcomings, wonky controls, poor balance, and so much frustration it wasn’t worth suffering all the way to the end after I’d already wasted dozens of hours on it.

And yet it fails on every level, including at performing acceptably on a PC above the recommended specs. Left Alive Free Download Unfitgirl Left Alive tries to be so, so many things: a stealth game, a military thriller, a third-person shooter, and an urban survival adventure.

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