Protect and Sever
Something tells me I shouldn’t like Section 8 as much as I do. One can only go so long before drawing the inevitable Halo comparison - you do, after all, play as armour-powered space soldiers, soaking up damage with a recharging shield while juggling two weapon slots and driving around in multi-seated vehicles. Despite all this, I like Section 8: Prejudice a hell of a lot more than I like Halo: Reach, which says a lot to the quality of this $15 downloadable title.
The game gets off to a good start, of course, by having a features list usually reserved for a triple-A release. 32-player online multiplayer is the real draw here – Section 8 (the original) was hailed as “your next favourite online shooter” pre-release, after all. It’s impressive, then, that Prejudice also packs in a reasonable single-player campaign, a handful of co-op gamemodes, and a load of challenge maps. It speaks wonders about Timegate’s ability to craft a quality game, even a relatively small online-focused, download-only FPS.
