Strange Brigade Reviews

Strange Brigade is ranked in the 56th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
3.5 / 5.0
Sep 4, 2018

Strange Brigade's serviceable but flawed gameplay and forgettable story make for an incredibly generic third-person shooter, but its charming personality, great level design, and well integrated puzzles make for a B-movie romp that's a lot more fun than you might initially expect, even if you plan to play alone.

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Aug 28, 2018

Strange Brigade is now available on consoles and PC.

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7 / 10
Aug 28, 2018

Mixing the best parts of Left 4 Dead and adventure epics like Indiana Jones and Uncharted, Strange Brigade is better than it has any right to be. Enjoyable solo or with mates, the puzzles and the open level design gives the game replayability, but the pacing and the derivative art direction stop it from being immensely compelling.

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7 / 10.0
Aug 28, 2018

Kamp spills out of the screens. If you've watched Mummy with Brendan Fraser years ago, you'll like Strange Brigade. It's a shame that hardly anyone will buy this title, because it's hard to get rid of the impression that the Rebellion team has been one generation late.

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7 / 10.0
Aug 30, 2018

A number of small flaws keep Strange Brigade from greatness, but its style, humor, and core gameplay make for a satisfying romp solo or with friends.

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7 / 10
Sep 16, 2018

Strange Brigade is a solid recommendation for anyone looking to dig into some old school third-person shooting wrapped in that Left 4 Dead campaign style with an added bit of 1930s distinct flavour.

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GameSkinny
Top Critic
Aug 27, 2018

Co-op fanatics have a new pulpy ride to look forward to if you don't mind a few bumps along the way.

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Pardis Game
Mohammad Kiani
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Sep 25, 2018

Strange Brigade, being Rebellion's latest try for a new genre, is an acceptable game. The game has various positive traits and as a Co-Op Shooter does what's best for it; that said, it has also some issues like it's lack of end-game content which makes it less of an almost flawless game.

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7 / 10
Aug 28, 2018

Strange Brigade has some good ideas but they were not executed in the right way. The level design and the performance of the narrator, plus the combination of co-op/competitive made it a fun experience, especially when played with friends.

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7 / 10.0
Aug 27, 2018

Strange Brigade's humour and witty writing have a lot of charm, but some camera issues bland boss fights and inconsistent gunplay take away from the experience, leaving it as something fun to do with friends while turning into a slow grind alone.

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7 / 10.0
Sep 19, 2018

Though I may be harsh on Strange Brigade it is because it is coming from a studio that has consistently put out top-quality, engaging, enjoyable, and replayable titles; Zombie Army Trilogy, next to Tom Clancy's The Division and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands is one of the most-played titles in my household. Sniper Elite 3 is literally one of the only games I have 100%'ed … since the Super Nintendo was the primary household gaming system. I can say this with utter certainty … After beating Strange Brigade I will not be back to play it again for a long, long time. I cannot say the same for other Rebellion titles, as they are not chalk-full of reused and tiresome puzzles, simple and predictable levels, or sympathetic player characters. Sure the mid-mission briefings done old-school Newsreel-style with a bit of comic relief thrown in are spectacular, but it just feels "off."

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7 / 10.0
Nov 1, 2018

There is a lot of stylish hijinks flowing throughout Strange Brigade, which is really what makes the title work. It certainly plays better with friends, but it can be tackled solo as well. Decent weapon variety coupled with varied environments from one level to the next help to offset what is generally repetitive shooting gameplay broken up by puzzles that do help change the pace without ever really taxing my brain. Basically it is good at multiple things while seldom great at any of them. The end result is a rollicking adventure that occasionally frustrates but entertains more often than not.

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68 / 100
Sep 5, 2018

A bare-bones basic shooter that's good for some fun with friends, but there are other, better co-op adventures out there.

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6.8 / 10.0
Aug 28, 2018

Much in the same way we suspect the Strange Brigade must feel after a long and involved mission.

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66 / 100
Aug 31, 2018

As long as you have good company, Strange Brigade is an expedition worth undertaking. However, that doesn't excuse the many issues the title has. The game would have benefited from refinements both to the aiming system, as well as puzzle design. Still, this cadaver-blasting, treasure looting adventure is an enjoyable enough reason to gather a few friends together for, as long as you know what you're getting into.

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6.5 / 10.0
Sep 13, 2018

Creators of Sniper Elite are back with a new cooperative game in which you are a part of a strange brigade. It's just a shame that the brigade is not the only thing in the game that is strange.

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6.5 / 10.0
Aug 28, 2018

Overall, Strange Brigade felt like a game chalk full of good ideas and decent gameplay mechanics that never was able to pull things together all at once.

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6.1 / 10.0
Aug 30, 2018

With just a few small changes in design, Strange Brigade could have been a sleeper hit that people were talking about for years to come. Unfortunately, no matter how pretty the game looks, the flaws in gameplay keep it from being little more than passable and ultimately forgettable as the bigger games release across the holiday season.

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Aug 27, 2018

Fleeting, forgettable fun at its most flamboyant, you'll likely enjoy Strange Brigade for a jiffy before shortly moving on to bigger, better things.

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Metro GameCentral
GameCentral
Top Critic
6 / 10
Aug 28, 2018

A pleasingly straightforward co-op shooter, whose lack of complications will be seen as either a blessing or a curse depending on your requirements as a gamer.

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