Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!
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Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War is dull, uninspired, and devoid of the series' characteristic wit.
Playing as a Trooper or a Bug in this stylised retro shooter is every bit as entertaining as the movie that inspired it, with a bonus hit of nostalgia for fans of golden-era military shooters. It doesn't take a brain bug to realise that multiplayer would have been a great addition to round out the package, though.
Yes, the presentation and fan service is welcome and there is an okay game here for fans of the franchise, but it feels like a quick stopgap between Warhammer 40,000 games and the bug levels are some of the worst bits of a game I've played in a while. I'm afraid on this occasion I will not be doing my part and replaying Ultimate Bug War.
Starship Troopers Ultimate Bug War is a solid experiment in old-school 2D FPS design-fun and ferocious. It's a shame it only lasts around four hours, and in the gameplay-both as humans and aliens-you can glimpse some untapped potential. Still, it feels like the right foundation on which to build a bigger and better sequel in the future.
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Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War is a fun shooter with a fantastic presentation. It doesn't do anything major or push the genre forward, but it provides a fun, entertaining experience with one of the more memorable franchises on the market.
If you want to shoot a bunch of bugs, cause a ton of explosions, and watch some genuinely funny cutscenes all through the lens of an in-universe highly propagandized video game, Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War! might just be for you. While it has its flaws (namely, squad gameplay, objective variety, and the Bug mode), it's entertaining to say the least.
