Operation Tango PS5 Review 4K | James Bond The Game? PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5
Welcome back to PlayStationCorner, my name
is Alex and today we’re taking a look at
Operation: Tango on the PlayStation 5.
A co-op only Spy adventure is it worth your
time and will you hate your friends after
it.
Quite possibly honestly so hit subscribe,
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get started.
So for those that don’t know we do run a
Nintendo Switch focused channel, SwitchCorner
and a Twitch channel known as ConsoleCorner
which is led by Corey which I will link below
as most of today’s footage will be directly
lifted from that, so check it out if
you haven’t already.
Story and essentially you are a team of 2
spys taking influence from the likes of no
doubt James Bond, Mission Impossible and,
the devs direct quote here, Carmen San Diego.
While I wouldn’t say the story is particularly
complicated, it is entertaining enough as
you set out as a team, hacker and spy to stop
an evil nemesis that is set on destroying
the world we know.
Think somewhat futuristic, a risk of society
crumbling and you get the idea.
It’s not a deep story honestly, more a excuse
to send you trotting across the globe but
it was
for some unique locations.
So gameplay and first off no single player
at all, the concept is 2 players only similar
to that of it takes two and a way out.
You must play with someone else though and
the game fortunately not only features crossplay
but also allows for friend play meaning only
one person needs to own the game, the other
can jump in for free.
A common trend in this genre that I’m really
starting to appreciate.
Its not the longest game either, we finished
it up in around 4 hours I would say playing
as one character each though naturally, the
design of the game means you could easily
revisit the game as the other character for
role reversal essentially doubling that run
time.
It has a very good learning curve to it all
though as it slowly brings you into the fold
and this world’s rules and near instantly
myself and Corey were working together while
also blaming each other for our shortcomings
as Spy and hacker.
The best way to look at these characters is
for a good majority the Spy is more action
packed, more first person movement and more
exploration, the hacker, more menus, unlocking
doors and accessing terminals.
The latter might not sound all that exciting
but it’s surprisingly interesting as no
doubt the hacker really is the leader in these
scenarios and it’s all a little more complex
in the brain power required.
Missions though take you all over the place
from secret facilities to trains to airplanes
and the games variety is key to it’s success
rarely repeating itself in the puzzles it
presents to you.
Requiring a microphone to play as well, you
will not succeed here without communication
and it’s best played without seeing what
your friend is actively doing taking out the
fun of describing a scenario or a button or
something they need to spot in the world around
them.
Some particularly intense moments as the hacker
include navigating these locations full of
lazer grids as the spy tries to build them
without being able to see them and yeah, here,
we got screwed a whole lot.
This is perhaps the games biggest omission
for many which is no split screen play but
when you do jump into this one, it makes absolute
sense and I see exactly why they opted for
this design, it just wouldn’t work and the
game would lose a lot of it’s intensity
in the process.
Problems and very few honestly, we had a few
challenges where you had to time up actions
in unison but not the games fault, rather
a delay with Discord so take that as a warning,
it’s designed for native voice chat and
then controls wise, jumping around the menus,
entering codes, moving leavers can be a little
clunky with a controller in hand, no question,
it would be easier with a mouse and keyboard
at our disposal.
It’s also a little disappointing for PS5
users to see a lack of dualsense support as
I really think it could add to the immersion,
or atleast I didn’t notice any noticeable
implementation.
Overall though, gameplay wise, it is short,
but it’s a blast, we walked away with exactly
what we expected which was we laughed, we
nearly cried, we argued and eventually we
succeeded even if it took us about a hundred
attempts and some work on our communication
skills.
Visually, I’d describe it has low poly,
low detail but extremely stylized.
As a hacker expect a whole lot of matrix esque
environments representing almost code while
the spy gets the real world and while some
models can be a little lacking at times, overall
I really liked the cartoon vibe it was rocking
somewhat reminding me of charactures of real
life.
The locations, mostly solid as well, the opening,
a warehouse a little generic, a whole lot
of shelves and boxes but from there it just
gets better and better and the highlight for
me, easily the train, so simple but a bit
of a classic of the genre for me in the sense
it’s such a small location but so much is
happening at once.
From there, a clean User Interface wraps things
up and while I don’t think it pushes the
PS5 at all, it still looks great rocking 4K.
Audio finally and it’s solid going for the
old school spy vibe meaning it’s light hearted,
this isn’t a game taking itself seriously
and that reflects not only in the visuals
but in the music too reminding me of almost
that playful pink panther vibe for anyone
old enough to know what the hell I’m talking
about.
Sound effects then aplenty for both the hacker
and the spy and while many are simple commands
and inputs in this world they fit the tone
you would expect of this futuristic setting.
So the final verdict and Operation: Tango
is a great surprise that not only demands
2 players for any sitting but absolutely delivers
an experience that justifies the reason behind
it and why single player is not an option.
The entertainment here isn’t necessarily
the gameplay itself but rather the interaction
you get with your squad mate and in that sense
we had a blast and that’s why I think it’s
more than checked all the right boxes.
It is short which may put people off no doubt
but for me, it’s retailing at right around
20 dollars currently or your local equivalent
and if your willing to play as both roles,
your looking at around 6 – 8 hours of gameplay
which isn’t all that bad in my opinion.
At launch as well, it’s free for PS5 owners
with PSPlus so even better but would I recommend
it after that, absolutely.
It’s a relatively simple collection of puzzles
that come together to create a world where
communication is necessary and that’s exciting
because so few developers out there are bold
enough to take that risk.
Is it as good as it takes two, no, it’s
not but it’s a really solid alternative
with a setting that will no doubt appeal to
many and with that in mind a great 8 out of
10 from me and a strong recommendation.
Hopefully from here, they expand on the world,
add new missions and build out from what could
be considered a very strong start and I will
happily pull out my credit card and invest
in the expansions because it’s a refreshing
change of pace from the norm.
Will you be adding this one to the collection?
Have you downloaded and played it already?
Let me know in the comments down below and
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