In the Binary Domain universe, the world is faced with global warming and many formerly sprawling cities are left to be taken by the sea. Just above them, new ones are built and the technology strives. In this world, humans have developed highly advanced AI for the robots to use. So advanced that they started infiltrating the human society and entering the government. The problem is, not even the machines know what they are. Soon after this is discovered, panic spreads and many murders take place. This is the world of Binary Domain, a third person shooter with a surprisingly philosophical bearing. Be warned, though, this is a Japanese game, and there's a certain "anime" flair to the story and characters. This isn't a bad thing in any way,but you can just expect to see some quite naive revelations along the way. Despite this, there is a surprising amount of layering behind this shooter: emotions are actually a thing here and most characters act as actual humans. Fighting the machines isn't a simple task by any means: there's the usual tactic of aiming for the head, of course, but the adversaries will always remind you of their synthethic origin. The first burst from your weapon will only rarely kill them, tearing their armor off instead. This way it's imporant to this where you're aiming. This way, the player is forced to use his squad effectively and quickly, since the machines do not stop nor do they fall down easily. They're not terminators, no, but they're tougher than your average TPS grunt. There is much background to the events taking place and the game brings some new ideas to the table. Unfortunately, it was ported rather shoddily to the PC. If you can deal with some fiddling around in the settings, you'll be just fine.
