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Iji is like any other game. You’re the only hope in an apocalyptic world, there are aliens taking over, and you are the only one who can stop them. You’ve got shotguns, reflectors, lasers, etc and the enemies do too. But this game is not simple, because of the love poured into it by Daniel Remar. This ordinary game has been modeled into a complete masterpiece, full of character, detail, and outstanding gameplay.

On a visit to her father’s workplace, a research facility, the alien race of the Tasen bomb the entire planet, save for the facility which is now a base of operations. 3 doctors hole up and reverse engineer the alien’s nanotechnology to create a unstable but operational cyborg. The doctors are killed, and the weight of the literal world is placed on Iji. Now she must find out how she can get the Tasen to leave, fight political corruption, and deal with the burden of being a convict or a mass-murderer.

Without going into more plot, it must be said that the characters are truly realistic and suffer from many footfalls humans do. The writing is fantastic, the plot is engaging, and it has terrific back-story that is incredibly intricate. By reading Logbooks of all the aliens, you can piece together many things. Past events, fears, even alien soccer.

Daniel makes great use of a palate, changing the colors of each level to reflect the mood appropriately. Though the backgrounds are mainly a washed-out blue, a simple look around the room reveals many details- overturned chairs, bloody walls, cracks and distortion, yet if that’s not your thing it’s also very easy to continue on and tune them out, since they have a nice blending effect with the wall.

The gameplay is fluid, fast paced, and easy to get into. You have many stats, all of which can be upgraded with spare nano you can find by killing enemies or searching the level. There are 8 main weapons, 4 for each race, and they can be combined to make a total of 16 weapons. Not to mention that there are 3 secret weapons, however, making it a grand total of 19.

While there are boring weapons such as the shotgun or machine gun, there are many fun ones as well, such as MPFB devastator, Shocksplinter, and Resonance Detonator, making gameplay very interesting.

If you ever consider killing your enemies immoral, you can always take the high road. Iji features a pacifist mode where you can go through the game without hurting a fly. It changes the dialogue significantly and has a impact on the ending, along with another in-game event.

It’s very, very hard to find a video game that is so decisively simple, yet has such depth and love put into it as Iji. Iji has all the important parts of a good game down: It’s fun, simple, and it truly molds to fit your play style. It is a game not for Action fans, not for the casual, but for everyone. Do everyone in the world a favor and download it from Daniel’s site, and start playing it now. It’s free, nonprofit, and takes up miniscule space. No installation necessary!

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