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Sarah Barrie delivers such a great cast of characters – she mixes police, criminals, ex-criminals, and civilians to deliver a melting pot of quirky and process-driven people destined to clash.
Retribution’s urban environment is familiar to us all, but Barrie’s use of various settings and their respective weaponry is highly skilled. From building sites that combine heights, fragile safety fencing, and sharp impaling points, to dark and dangerous train tunnels, I loved being shifted from place to place and the exposure to each individual setting’s armory.
Even before she introduces the guns, there was always choice, and I was…
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