Well, I actually liked the old man. Seemed to add some character to an otherwise sterile game. The controls are horrendous I couldn't play it without getting pissed off and that's really kinda hard to do.
I honestly, can't even see what you were thinking with the turret ... I mean trying something different is one thing and maybe if the weapons weren't so slow or you had swarms of enemies in a line that you'd need to destroy right in a row they'd be good ... but for the enemies I faced in the first level ... ugh. I'm trying to turn and face them and chase them and the turret just keeps going. At least if you'd made it so you can lock the turret with the tank that would have helped. But instead the lock keeps locked on it's view ... which isn't even an auto lock view. What good is that? Everything else seemed cool ... if a bit slow paced and sterile. From a technical standpoint it all ran great, no hiccups.
I honestly, can't even see what you were thinking with the turret ... I mean trying something different is one thing and maybe if the weapons weren't so slow or you had swarms of enemies in a line that you'd need to destroy right in a row they'd be good ... but for the enemies I faced in the first level ... ugh. I'm trying to turn and face them and chase them and the turret just keeps going. At least if you'd made it so you can lock the turret with the tank that would have helped. But instead the lock keeps locked on it's view ... which isn't even an auto lock view. What good is that? Everything else seemed cool ... if a bit slow paced and sterile. From a technical standpoint it all ran great, no hiccups.