It is, however, just the same boss fight twice, so the second time around it’s a lukewarm and repetitive way to close out the chapter. There are two scripted boss fights against a few-dozen BEA-Ds that have formed what essentially looks like a giant, weaponised Mr. The others are BEA-Ds, which are basically inflatable gym ball-sized bots that can combine to form more powerful foes. They also toss their limbs like boomerangs, which is a neat idea cheapened by the fact that this attack could be effective through walls.
The new humanoid robots – which are characterised by a more crash test dummy appearance than the sleek, moustachioed attack bots we were carving up back in February – creepily tiptoe towards us like deadly dolls. The new robot types are well designed – not surprising, following the strength of the enemy designs in Atomic Heart – but there are only two of them. However, while it includes some open space above ground, Annihilation Instinct otherwise funnels us through a linear set of encounters that don’t give us a great deal of scope to explore its interesting world. It features a terrific set of environments that are easily on-par with the atompunk-inspired labs and facilities of the original, and the retro-futuristic aircraft hangar is particularly strong – even though it’s not actually somewhere you need to linger long. It’s a little like trying to explain nuclear fission to your dog.Īll of this takes place in Mendeleev Complex, an entirely new location which is under the iron grip of the naughty NORA, and once again there’s admittedly little to fault in Annihilation Instinct’s visual design.
I will admit, there were also times where Annihilation Instinct leans a bit too heavily into its techno-babble, to the point where I found myself simply nodding along politely. It also creates a weird kink in the storytelling where we know more about certain characters than P-3 does himself in this timeline, thanks to a pivotal encounter that appears now to have never occurred.
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