While the obvious comparison when it comes to gameplay is Hotline Miami, there’s a hint of Arkham Asylum in the combat as well with how fluid and intuitive things are, allowing you to seamlessly jump to other enemies and deliver a stunning blow or a finisher, then have you successfully parry an attack and deliver a successful counter, all with intuitive controls and prompts. And yet there’s still genuine intrigue to be found here as well, especially given the hints to Babyface’s history, all worth paying attention to.īut the meat in Midnight Fight Express, of course, is its combat. It helps that for the most part, the game has a good sense of humor all around, with each gang having their own unique flair and your drone friend nicely delivering a good supply of snark and quips in between fights. The number of connections between each crime boss and their lackeys and every other group practically hits “six degrees” levels after a while, and it’s delightfully absurd. The numerous twists and turns in the plot to Midnight Fight Express easily make up one of the best reasons to keep playing it, just to see where things go from here. And that is all I will say about the plot, because it quickly starts to go off the rails after a while. It would seem that on the night of this siege, Babyface was sent a talking drone that told them how they were actually a sleeper agent programmed with a ton of fighting skills, and that they were now being activated in order to take down the boss behind all of this sudden chaos, preferably via the method of beating the crap out of everyone in your path. Set in a city under siege by seemingly every single criminal possible, Midnight Fight Express sees you playing as someone known only as Babyface, recounting their tale to a pair of police officers. What went wrong when so much was going right, and why does it still feel like it’s not enough to truly kill the game as a whole? Well, let’s try and find out. And yet, something felt wrong, even though it almost felt like that shouldn’t be the case. There’s a lot to love about the game, yes. Something made it start to feel like playing it was dangerously close to becoming a chore. Non-stop action everywhere.So with that in mind, why was I starting to feel bored while playing it after a few hours?įirst, I want to stress that overall Midnight Fight Express is good, but after a while, something just stopped clicking. It is the type of game to make sure every moment feels like it came straight out of one of the most insane action movies ever made, one where you control the hero as they bash their way through everything thrown at them. One moment you’re leading from speedboat to speedboat while shooting down a helicopter, another bashing in a pirate’s head in with a frozen fish, maybe fend off makeup-clad dancers armed with twirling blades in a diner. It’s a gonzo isometric action about fighting of hordes of colorful criminals, gang members and the like, constantly shifting scenes at the drop of a hat. Midnight Fight Express, the latest game from developer Jacob Dzwinel, immediately hits the ground running with both guns blazing.
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