Section 8: Prejudice

Armored infantry drop from orbit into sprawling war zones where positioning, timing, and equipment choices matter as much as aim. Section 8: Prejudice is a fast, tactical sci-fi shooter set during a conflict between humanity and a force bent on its extinction, with soldier Alex Corde at the center of its campaign. The mood sits between military grit and high-tech spectacle: squads trade fire across open deserts, industrial facilities, and fortified bases while gunships and powered armor turn small skirmishes into larger battles. Rather than funneling players through narrow corridors, it favors wide arenas and player-driven objectives.

Combat revolves around customizable loadouts, letting players tune primary weapons, sidearms, ammunition types, armor abilities, and support gear around aggressive assaults, long-range defense, or team utility. The defining trick is its deployment system, which lets fighters choose landing points across the active map, making it possible to reinforce a collapsing front or appear behind an enemy position. Jet-assisted movement, sprint overdrive, and hard landings give battles a vertical, mobile rhythm, while deployable turrets, supply stations, vehicles, and air support offer meaningful tactical options. Dynamic side missions can suddenly ask teams to capture intelligence, destroy installations, defend targets, or call down strikes, giving matches more variety than a simple race for capture points; progression also opens a sizeable selection of weapons and upgrades.

What separates Prejudice from many arena shooters is the mix of large-scale military objectives and the freedom to alter the battlefield with player-called equipment. Its scale feels closer to Battlefield’s objective warfare, but its mobility and customizable soldier builds add a more futuristic edge. The single-player story provides a focused introduction to its factions and betrayals, though the strongest experience remains its squad-based competitive modes when multiplayer services or community options are available. Fans of overlooked Xbox 360-era shooters, especially players who enjoy strategic class builds without losing the immediacy of an FPS, find plenty to like here.