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Pros
Respawning
Devastation builds some interesting gameplay around this tired old cliché
Rat drones
A cool weapon that’s halfway between the snark and the redeemer
![Devastation Review [ Hi, I'll be your AI today @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/25-s.jpg) Hi, I'll be your AI today
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![Devastation Review [ Generic lab artwork @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/26-s.jpg) Generic lab artwork
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![Devastation Review [ Ho ho ho, now I have 2 machine guns @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/27-s.jpg) Ho ho ho, now I have 2 machine guns
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Cons
AI
So poorly done that it’s an active impediment to playing the game
Physics
Not only useless, but thoroughly wacky
Level design
From the Make Everything Rundown and Gray school of design
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![Devastation Review [ The shark has pearly teeth @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/29-s.jpg) The shark has pearly teeth
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![Devastation Review [ Blowing up a bubble truck @ 640 x 480 ] > View Full-Size in another window.](images/30-s.jpg) Blowing up a bubble truck
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Storyline
It’s a standard-issue dystopia, but with guys peeing