There are plenty of FPS titles around, and there are even more sci-fi based FPS games. However, 2009 hasn’t seen that many, and actually, Section 8 is the first AAA (or just, “AA”) sci-fi FPS title this year.

Section 8, developed by the guys who did the FEAR expansions, is a sci-fi themed first person shooter that focuses on multiplayer action, much like Battlefield. The goal is to control a series of points in a game mode called “Conquest”, again, much like in Battlefield. However, Section 8 is far from a rip off; for instance, you no longer have to wait for a respawn timer to tick tock away so you can get back into action, no, in Section 8, when you die, you are instantly dropped from the sky and have the glide on to the battlefield. This is quite a unique take on the respawn mode, and it works quite well in practice, as you can decide where you want to land, whether you wanna drop close to the enemy, or perhaps a little further back and get an overview of the situation. READ ON »