Posted on: August 15, 2025
mannyterwilliger
Verified ownerGames: 120 Reviews: 6
Great, but flawed
"Innovative" is used in the description of this game, which may be a little bit of an exaggeration. That being said, it is a very unique, very cool game with absolutely top-notch aesthetics. The gameplay is fun and well-realized, if somewhat one-note. Combat is a weakness, though in spurts it can be very entertaining; the problem becomes more of a puzzle-solving exercise on how to isolate and eliminate enemies while exposing yourself for minimal damage. In general, the whole game kind of feels like a puzzle. As I said, the game is short; the time trials have a very "tacked on" feeling, just being snippets of the main game, and unfortunately the unique, artistic, minimalist DLC maps that were on consoles never released on PC to my knowledge, so you can't get them. In my mind, that's points off, as they offered some very good challenges. I also would like to point out the TERRIBLE animated cutscenes that look like the old e-surance commercials. They completely go against the bold, colorful style the rest of the game has, with a generally more muted palette, and they are poorly animated and clearly (in my mind) were the result of lack of time/money to do proper cutscenes. Indeed, the entire rest of the game is in first-person perspective, like Half-Life 1/2, and the incredibly bad cutscenes only make me wish for how cool some of those scenes would have looked with in-game graphics. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoy playing this game every couple years and have beaten it maybe 8 or 10 times just for the sheer joy it brings. Not everyone's idea of a great game, but certainly worth checking out if the idea intrigues you. PS: Avoid the sequel like the plague. It is one of the only games I've ever gotten a refund on.
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