If you need your horror fix at least give it a rent
1. I don't have gamefly and couldn't just rent it
2. I love horror and I needed my fix
Its certainly not the worst thing in the world but it sure as hell isn't the greatest. The voice acting is bad. Really bad. So bad I would be surprised if it WASN'T intentional. Its obviously a satire of teen horror movies and it kind of succeeds in that aspect as it is somewhat funny at times.
The controls, ehhhh. When you have a melee item equipped it can be a pain to control. I want it to swing down and club the little bug type monsters but my character will start doing some crazy combo move and miss the little bugs completely. Guns...You can lock on but if you reload or are hit your lock on goes away and frankly, I forget to lock on again. You can still shoot and hit without the lock on but obviously its better to have it on.
Your ally is a retard. Changing direction in a narrow corridor almost always means changing character because they love to stand right in your way and not move.
Oh also DO NOT LET YOUR ALLY HAVE ANY GUN! You tell your ally to use the stun gun, great. This is my favorite strategy. They can actually stun enemies and I save ammo by clubbing them when they can't retaliate. however if they have a gun in their inventory despite you explicitely telling them to NOT shoot it they will take it upon themselves to waste all of your ammo in the most trivial of situations when you were trying to save it for say, a boss? Ammo is not the most common thing in the game so I try to save it. That's good in a horror game though. It adds tension. Also health is found in a similar fashion, although slightly more abundant.
The puzzles aren't very hard. Only one puzzle really got me thinking and that was the warehouse. It was only hard because I did not notice the second block for a very long time. Cleverly hidden.
As for the "wild camera" everyone complains about, its not there. The camera moves like most wii FPS. Bring the pointer to the end of the screen and it moves. If you DON'T do that then *gasp* it doesn't move.
The graphics. I like the ingame graphics more than the cutscene ones oddly enough. Probably because they do close up shots and try to make it look cool in cutscenes.
Anyway it definitely has its moments and despite some flaws it can still be fun. If you love horror and have taken notice of our horror drought, in both movies and games, then at least give it a rent. I'll give it a 6.5