After over 100 hours of gameplay and beating it 3 times I am finally reviewing.
GRAPHICS: 8
For the most part the graphics are very nice and play well into the game. However there are some parts that just look horrific, most notably in the rubble. They try to give the illusion that the piles of rubble around you are actually there where instead it is a near perfect dome on the ground with a 3D looking texture on it. Which looks good from 1 angle, but when close to it, then it sticks out like big black eye.
CONTROLS: 9
Simple to get a hang of with only a couple little annoyances. First I wish that you could just use your mouse scroll to change weapons, You can pretty easily go through a battle without needing to change weapons but if you are ammo conscious then you want to be able to change weapons without having to going into your inventory. They did try to fix this by setting it up so that you can assign your weapons to your number keys, but I found it annoying to remember what I had assigned where because I would use many different weapons, that would word well with just 2 or 3 guns but no more.
GAMEPLAY: 8
I have to admit, I was rather disappointed with the missions that are given to you in the game. With only I think 16 misc quests there is not enough there to give it a high replay value. There are multiple ways to complete each quest however there is no real mystery to the outcome because you are told your options and what will happen whichever way you choose. This takes away from the replay value of the game IMO. Another thing I disliked was the fact that you cannot get downtown without going through the sewers, this game is suppose to be about an open world and freedom to do as you choose, but with giant walls of poorly placed rubble blocking the entire downtown area in a big circle really takes away from the immersion.
SOUND: 9.5
Creative sounds were used and I like the voices used for each of the characters a lot. I only with that you felt more of impact with each of the weapons you use in the game, for such a gorey game they showed brutal impact and looked spectacular and you could really feel what was happening, but the sound just didn't match up to the visual effects.
STORY: 8
Nothing to special here but it was something that hasn't been done before, otherwise I would have given it a 7. You can skip ahead if you know where to go but is otherwise very linear and again, has very little replay value to it. When I replayed the game the main story was more of an annoyance that I simply had to do.
MULTIPLAYER: N/A
FINAL: 8.5