Extinction Reviews
The premise of Extinction is brilliant in theory, but its execution is boring and hindered at all times by a camera that refuses to point where you want it to, and a control system that often doesn't even respond to simple commands.
Extinction is a clumsy and frustrating game that struggles to put its potential to good use.
This game had some interesting buzz at E3 2017, Does it stack up? Checkout Preston's review on Extinction.
As a whole, Extinction is a game built around plenty of promising ideas, but the execution fails to live up to its promises on almost every single point. It's hard to shake the feeling that Iron Galaxy didn't provide the game with the resources it needed to come close to reaching the heights it was aiming for. That's a shame, since all we're left with is a massive skeleton of a game that could have held some real meat. Ultimately, Extinction is not worth buying, especially at its absurd $60 price point.
Extinction’s dated presentation, repetitive mission objectives and clunky gameplay mechanics conspire to bring down what could have been a decent alternative to Koei Tecmo’s Attack on Titan games.
Extinction is an undercooked, mind-numbingly repetitive action game that fails to do anything interesting past its first few missions.
Extinction could be an entertaining experience, but only for the first couple of hours. after that, everything becomes awfully repetitive and the fact that you have to pay 60 bucks for such a mess is enough reason to stay away from it.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Extinction is a fantastic idea buried in mediocrity. It's one trick is stunning for a short while, but quickly runs out of steam as repetition, flimsy combat and a glib story cuts it down to size.
As a game, it sits somewhere between an indie title and AAA. Unfortunately, its priced as AAA which in my opinion it falls short of.
Exctinction tries to do a lot of interesting things with its combo system, but its procedural generated maps, lackluster campaign, reliance on Giants to give any sense of accomplishment and overly repetitive gameplay loop are its downfall
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
It’s really a shame that Robot Entertainment created Orcs Must Die so many years ago, cause that would have been the perfect name for Extinction.
After playing my review copy of the game for an hour, I sat back with a sour expression on my face. “What the hell is this?” I wondered. Is this what I was excited for? I was mostly confused because whatever the expectations I had built up about the game, and I couldn’t remember them, there was a nagging feeling deep inside telling me something wasn’t right.
Extinction appeared as a rather interesting title, but there must have been serious problems during the development. The promising concept hasn't been transformed into a successful result.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Despite the good inspirations that Extinction appears to have, everything is misused and have no originality when executed. The gameplay is flawed at crucial moments and the story does not develop enough to become interesting. It is sad to see that a game with potential gets lost in basic mistakes and that it is not worth the price that is charged at its launch.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
When Extinction presents its large ogre titans, you get an inkling of what could have been. Instead, randomization and procedural generation rule the core gameplay and feel to really liven up what's a generally below average story, combat and world.
A fine idea at its heart, Extinction ultimately falls flat on its arse thanks to a dearth of interesting objectives and gameplay sorely lacking in variety. Chucking in loads of content clearly isn't the answer when you're doing the same damn thing over and over again.
Extinction fails on every level. An interesting idea for the story fades due to boring dialogues and hunting quickly becomes a monotonous chore.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Some will relish the gruesome spectacle and challenge, but Execution manages to transform giant-slaying into something of a chore.
Extinction is a game that feels like a novel idea that didn't get fully fleshed out. I wanted to love it, but the repetition really drags it down. At a lower price or with a little more variety to the encounters this game could have been something special. As it stands though it is nigh impossible to recommend it.