Today it’s time for some futuristic sci-fi action with (the terribly named)G String.

Old school shooters are still in vogue and that’s basically a good thing.

But I wonder where it’ll lead.

A screenshot from G String showing the torso of a masculine, bald android, mounted on a wall. It is asking the protagonist to take it with them.

G String might offer a clue.

I’m surprised at how refreshing I found that.

Comparing it toHalf-Life 2is inevitable.

A hallway in G String, the lighting yellowy green. Some kind of large piece of circular stained glass is propped against one wall. There is a patchwork of different coloured, patterned rugs on the floor

Not only does it run on the Source engine, but it has practically everything you’d expect.

Turrets you could defeat by picking them up and putting them in a corner until they learn to behave.

I disliked Half-Life 2 a lot (invite defeat by fighting me), but I like G String.

An outdoor shot from G String. There’s a large ship in the sky, which is pink transitioning to orange and yellow. The floor is littered with different bits of circular scrap metal

It also doesn’t have quite the motivation it really ought to in the opening hour or so.

You’re a test subject in somewhere when… something happens.

It’s not clear at all.

But those environments are positively dripping with detail.

It’s also in sore need of a directional damage indicator.

Middle school, you know?

It’s a mood, innit.

Do I miss that era?

I didn’t think I did, but G String has got me rethinking that.