Of course, like Syphon Filter, most of C-12's meat lies in its combat. You begin the game with a simple energy blade, which means you'll start off engaging in melee combat with the cyborgs. Soon you'll gain a machine gun equipped with a grenade launcher, and later on a variety of heavy weaponry will become available, including a rocket launcher and laser and ion cannons. Like Syphon Filter, C-12 features a target lock-on system that facilitates combat in a 3D space. Holding R1 will (theoretically) establish a lock on the appropriate enemy so that your shots will be directed toward it. Unfortunately, in practice this system doesn't work all that well. Very often you'll find yourself locked onto an enemy other than the one that's bearing down on you directly, making you waste precious time cycling through targets. What's worse, your lock isn't very consistent when you're moving, making it hard to hit enemies on the fly. All of this is mired further by stiff and awkward controls and a camera that's often at a rather unwieldy angle, and the end result is a potentially cool but often laborious gameplay experience.
If you've ever played Syphon Filter, you'll be in familiar territory here.
C-12 is visually pretty impressive for a PSOne game. The environments are suitably gritty and futuristic, and the game has an overall consistent look. The first-person view also has a nice effect and a nifty target ID system. Unfortunately, most any game for the original PlayStation is going to look horribly dated by any other standards these days. On the other hand, anybody who's still playing PlayStation games probably doesn't make graphics a top priority, so your mileage may vary.
At least Sony has kept the PSOne's age in mind by pricing C-12 substantially lower than the average PS2 game, but that shouldn't be enough reason for owners of a newer system to break out the old PlayStation. However, if you're stuck whiling away the hours with the venerable old workhorse, you could do worse than C-12. Then again, you could also do better.
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