Disappointing Experience: A Review of Project Helios

The plot of Project Helios is a major letdown, lacking any emotional weight whatsoever. The writing in the game is subpar, with clunky and nonsensical dialogue that fails to engage. The overall experience is loud, distracting, and repetitive – not exactly what you'd call enjoyable.

One small mercy is that there are no spoken lines in the game. However, this can't redeem the truly annoying music that seems to be the only aspect of Project Helios that brings any sense of pleasure. It's a shame that such an otherwise underwhelming experience is marred by something as simple as sound design.

The graphics are also lacking, with Hanna's firing and cycling of her bolt-action rifle being one of the few well-executed aspects. Unfortunately, this doesn't extend to other areas of the game.

Players will find themselves running out of health, only to have their character die despite having non-frozen health remaining. This is because any non-immune soldiers will have a portion of their health frozen at the end of each AI turn. If you're battling outside (which is most of the time), you'll also need to contend with freeze ratings on the battlefield.

One interesting aspect of Project Helios is its setting, which is a frozen world. However, this freezing mechanic has three uses: reviving downed characters, resetting ability cooldowns, and 'defreezing' health. From what little lore you can gather, it seems that Fulgor – a mysterious substance extracted from meteorites – is used for everything from energy and metallurgy to food and mutagens.

The only reasons to move around the maps in Project Helios are to find new equipment, upgrade skills, or collect Fulgor. Unfortunately, this doesn't make up for the game's numerous shortcomings. Overall, Project Helios fails to deliver a compelling experience due to its poor writing, annoying music, and lackluster graphics.

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