i know its old but for a while i was thinking about playing this game seriously, played it b4 for a level or two then stopped and now i reinstalled it and trying it again now,

the graphics in this game is awesome considering the age of this game, the interfaces and the whole computers terminals/pda are unique and really nice, the mosters design is great and the whole enviourment is really good, the sudden stuff thats happening to you and the whole idea of the game being on mars and stuff,

but sometimes i feel like i wanna kill the devs of this game, cause the gameplay is poor:

theres no secondary attack on any weapon, alot of dark places where u must use flashlight and u cant have both fl and weapon u need to cycle them making it annoying, theres no melee attack (not an availble usefull one anyway), alot of monsters knockback you on melee or ranged attacks but u cant (another annoying thing, u open a door then suddenly gets knockbacked to somewhere in the dark... ermm where was i?), this game is basiclly linear but still sometimes u have to backtrack yourself and can go half way back for a small mistake, enemies sometimes appear behind u and noting triggered them (they werent teleported to the place or crawled out some vent or wall), too much indoor activity - not enough outdoor..

this game could have been so much better if the developers came up with a better gameplay mechanic, feels like the game is trying to annoy the player sometimes, overall its a good game but could have been awesome, i'd like to hear other opinions, out :)

That's how it starts. I used to laugh at the WOW players until I finally tried it. I played 12 hours straight my first night. Say goodbye to life as you know it.Jade_Monkey

indeed, you have just ensured the destruction of your world..

ye, thats odd he could survive this amount of time without even having air tank, imo they should have extend the parts in the game where u actually walk outside anyway, more outdoors levels

star wars jedi academy while choosing the dark side :D

or riddick escape from butcher bay..

imo ppl like to play mmos because they tend to change more often and usually provides new content quicker, especially the paid ones.

also playing with real people makes a big difference then playing against or with npcs, makes the game less linear