Great Detail ... But The Mystery Is: What Is Lacking From This Game?
The Good:
- This game is a great game for thrill-seekers. It is full of suspense and immerses you in the gaming environment from start to finish.
- The graphics are very impressive. This game appears to me to have the upper hand in graphics compared to my other two games (King Kong and Gun). Looking at the concept art, it is apparent that the team involved in the creation of this game was able to come up with something they were proud of.
- Avoids many FPS cliches and has a unique presentation. (e.g. Only being able to carry one weapon at a time)
- Interactive environment (related to weapons) and interesting AI ... it's like they want to re-position themselves in places to scare the crap out of you all over again.
- Great selection of melee weapons ... a lot of them I probably used to think about being able to use ... "it'd be cool ... if like ... there was a game ... where like ... you could just like ... take a pipe off the wall and beat somebody up with it." :-)
The Bad:
- Everybody talks about how cool it is being able to smash them over the head with a this or that ... including myself ... but what very limited options you have for swinging them. Getting similar reactions from many of the weapons makes you feel like the weapons aren't being used to their potential.
- For how realistic the environments are, it seems that some of the character models weren't so much that way. I'm not quite sure if I could say what exactly could have been improved on that.
- Very short. You probably read above ... about me buying it yesterday and then finishing it today. On the plus side, it was good enough to keep me going from start to finish.
- Little replay value. There are some weird unlockables involved, however. Much like a suspense movie, it is just about a one-shot deal. I think I just don't want to bother with such repetetive fighting motions again.
The Downright Ugly:
- I think this stretches into the "bad" category as well ... the repetetive combat options. I just was disappointed with the lost potential there. The strategic placement of certain weapons was nice and the idea behind it all was very well done ... but to summarize ... you can't hit a homerun with the best of baseball bats if you don't know how to swing it.