Inversion | Xbox 360

About the Game

Inversion is a third-person shooter set in the near future and the fictional Vanguard City. Players control the cop Davis Russel when the city is invaded by an unknown enemy called the Lutadore and his daughter Leila is kidnapped. The game starts at the end of the story, when he is captured and about to be executed, and the preceding events are then played as separate episodes in a flashback, leading up to the final moment. The game starts at the beginning of the invasion when Russel patrols the city and the first sightings are called in.

Gameplay & Core Systems

That way Russel suddenly fights from the side of the building he was just passing by. He also encounters zero gravity zones where he is able to float with a boost to move forward. As many other objects also float in the air, the same cover-based tactics can be used with backflips and boosts to move between parts of the environment and shoot opponents from the air. Multiplayer includes a four-player cooperative mode called Survival. It is a separate campaign with a set of maps where players need to work together against computer-controlled opponents and progress against a time limit.

Standout Features

• Much of the game is played like a classic third-person shooter with different weapons, cover-based movement, and different teams of AI-controlled allies that provide assistance but cannot be controlled directly.
• The gravlink device is worn as a backpack and allows him to manipulate gravity to his advantage.
• The technology can also be used to lift opponents from their covered position.
• Later in the game the gravlink becomes stronger and it can be used to pin enemies to the ground or to lift objects to construct a makeshift cover position.
• The manipulation of objects is not done entirely freely, as it applies only to some items and not all of the environment can be transformed.
• At other points gravity can also be reversed 180 degrees.
• As many other objects also float in the air, the same cover-based tactics can be used with backflips and boosts to move between parts of the environment and shoot opponents from the air.
• Multiplayer includes a four-player cooperative mode called Survival.

Modes & Ways to Play

Multiplayer includes a four-player cooperative mode called Survival. A competitive multiplayer game mode is Hourglass, where objectives need to be captured and held to swing a meter in your team's favour. The final mode is King of Gravity. It is a King of the Hill mode with a single gravlink per game.

Player support includes Co-Op and Free-for-all / One-on-one (VS).

Presentation & Atmosphere

The manipulation of objects is not done entirely freely, as it applies only to some items and not all of the environment can be transformed. The same limitations apply when the entire environment's gravity is shifted. As many other objects also float in the air, the same cover-based tactics can be used with backflips and boosts to move between parts of the environment and shoot opponents from the air.