Patriot: DemocratiZation

Two hours of gameplay in an unfinished game. Even now, it’s not worth the money.

Old not Good Game

Decent game on hard mode. Loved the Donald Rumsfeld posters.

Slavjanks can be a hit or miss. You usually expect somewhat choppy gameplay, but that can be outweighed by originality in the narrative, visuals, or even the gameplay itself. "Patriot: DemocratiZation" is a miss. It’s neither fun nor interesting to play. Its mid-2000s visual charm and silly plot are not enough to outweigh the atrocious gameplay, which is both annoying and bland. I will give this game credit where credit is due: the developers were aware of the common slavjank criticisms, such as convoluted progression sequences and hyper-accurate enemies, and they worked on solutions. “Solutions” is the keyword here. The issues are still present, but there are also “solutions” meant to counterbalance them. Enemies are hyper-accurate and hyper-reactive. They are basically laser pointers on legs that, once aggroed, immediately lock onto the player and run toward his position. I am not exaggerating the laser pointer analogy. It literally feels like the computer projects a las...

It's a game about killing a bunch of NATO soldiers that are wearing the desert camo in urban areas and saving Russia from them. It's a fun and trashy old school shooter that should've been longer but I guess the studio ran out of budget. The only negative is the 30 second lasting stealth segment, but otherwise it's one of those so bad it's good titles.

A pretty fun "jank" shooter - it leans heavily on the jank to the point of being a little jarring at first, but once you get into the flow of the game it's an entertaining experience with a few interesting environment designs. The alternate timeline premise of the game is interesting although potentially Russian propaganda in its message, so avoid the game if that will bother you. Also, it's really short - I finished it in about 1.5 hours, so I recommend buying on sale and playing in a single sitting if you feel like some light entertainment with a retro fps flavour.

From the crew that brought you Operation Matriarchy, one of my guilty pleasures, comes Patriot: DemocratiZation, the only other FPS they ever did... and it's something! No wait, actually it's nothing! This is an absolutely nothing game. Operation Matriarchy was a beautifully disgusting Giger-esque visual experience stuck inside an awfully mediocre first-person shooter that had just enough charm and weird sicko shit going on that I felt compelled to keep going despite it's lacklustre gameplay. Patriot: DemocratiZation is a bland and ugly visual experience stuck inside a boring and monotonous first-person shooter that pissed me off with just how little it does with the medium, especially considering what the developers had previously done. All the hallmarks of a MADia FPS are here — parts of the story/cool tidbits are disseminated through loading screens, gunplay and enemy reaction feels non-existent, you float through the air when you walk down stairs or off a ledge — and it's an a...