Truly immersive and satisfying. An endless thrill-ride from start to finish, WITH ENEMY NINJAS.
The game is of course, a first-person action/adventure game that integrates the very realism of body-movement and sense of danger. You can grasp ledges, sprint to your destination at high-speeds, vault over obstacles, slide under obstruction, and many other stunts that just feels fulfilling as you seamlessly link all of these factors into a fast-paced roof-jumping adrenaline ride.
After I read the Gamespot review of this game, I realized that maybe the "frustrating amount of trial a error" would cause me to… well… get frustrated. But honestly, unless you just fail as an adept gamer (which is the demographic this game is most likely aiming toward), this game is easy to navigate through, and you need not to worry at all about being stuck for a whole hour just because you can't find the next red-highlighted object in your environment. I admit, you might eventually find a specific area in the game where you're stuck trying to move on to the next one, you're probably trying to solve the puzzle the wrong way. When you finally find the correct way to your problem, it doesn't take a frustrating amount of deaths to move on.
But onto the actual game play…
This game is great. Even if you don't appreciate this innovative style of game play, the whole city, inside and out, is a canvas full of pleasant color-schemes and provides a sterile-like environment (which the plot itself supports).
Faith, the main protagonist and runner you control, is given a lot of thought to. You'll hear her foot-steps, her hands grasping onto whatever solid ground she can get to, her gasps of air, and struggling grunts as you engage in close-quarters combat with the enemy.
At some points in the game, when there isn't any bullets zipping and contacting and all that good stuff, there's ENEMY NINJAS.
Eventually, you'll get to the point in the game where the feds begin to take notice of your feats and send parkour-trained officers who have the same speed and agility as you do. Where you can go, they can go, meaning that escape is no longer an option, but fear, terror, and sense of danger certainly is. And while running away from them is scary in itself, its not even close to the terrifying (but amusing) moment where they catch you and karate-chop you to death .
Ahh~ memories. Anyway, this here's a very great game that will draw you into the many pros it contains, which can certainly trump the cons (short, weak combat, weird non-conclusive ending) by ten-fold. There are no glitches (through my first play-through) and I have the 1.00.0.0.0.00.0.0.000.0.0.0.00 version, not patched. The music matches perfectly with the story and action it presents, and should not be overlooked. Buy this game.
GAME PLAY: 9/10
SOUND: 9/10
VISUALS: 9/10