{"id":93934,"date":"2026-03-12T04:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/john-carpenters-toxic-commando-review-a-strange-experiment-that-just-about-works\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T04:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T07:08:34","slug":"john-carpenters-toxic-commando-review-a-strange-experiment-that-just-about-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/john-carpenters-toxic-commando-review-a-strange-experiment-that-just-about-works\/","title":{"rendered":"John Carpenter\u2019s Toxic Commando review: a strange experiment that just about works"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Publisher<\/strong> Focus Entertainment<\/p>\n

Developer<\/strong>: Saber Interactive<\/p>\n

Format<\/strong> PS5 <\/a>(Reviewed), Xbox Series X\/S<\/a>, PC<\/p>\n

Platform<\/strong> Swarm Engine<\/p>\n

Release date<\/strong> 12 March 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

John Carpenter is a film director who has been in the background of my life for decades, from childhood memories of The Thing to annual dips back into Big Trouble in Little China and The Fog. So a game, John Carpenter\u2019s Toxic Commando, inspired by Carpenter, really can\u2019t be turned down. From Metal Gear Solid to Still Wakes The Deep, Carpenter continues to inspire devs, but this one has his name on the box, so it really should be the full Carpenter experience, right?<\/p>\n

Carpenter\u2019s films thrive on throwing ordinary people into impossible situations, an oppressive dread creeping through empty spaces, and that low electronic synth pulse promising something awful just out of frame. So when a co-op shooter arrives bearing Carpenter\u2019s name and leaning into that same synth-heavy fog-filled eerieness, I\u2019m already halfway convinced.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, John Carpenter\u2019s Toxic Commando understands the assignment. Even when the game erupts into full zombie-splattering chaos, the tone still carries Carpenter\u2019s fingerprints. A pulsing synth soundtrack hums beneath the action, the story centres on reluctant anti-heroes rather than soldiers, and a neat Cinema Ambience graphics mode subtly shifts the colour into Carpenter-style palettes.<\/p>\n

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Thick on atmosphere, thin on detail<\/h2>\n

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