This was Raven Software's third and unfortunately their last major title before the doors closed. My interest was instantly peeked when I saw this beauty was on GoG's game list. Unfortunately, at the time of this review, it was retailing at $39.79 AU. OMG. My advice is wait for a sale, or wait for GoG to lower the price to a more sensible, 6 year old priced game. My thought? US$10. So, to write this review, I re-installed my ORIGINAL discs and after downloading all the updates, I sat down and played what I remembered was an interesting game. When I purchased it at release, I was so impressed, I played through many times, just to see everything. The first time, it's like "KILL, plot, KILL, KILL, plot". Second time, it's more of "KILL, KILL, but more attention to the plot. And so on. This time I was more attuned to the graphics, sound (which if you have a GOOD pair of headphones, use them) and the all-over immersion of it. I looking at and appreciated the many different enemy types, and the environments in which you encounter them. The plot makes sense even if some of the level layouts don't. But then, it's a game...it's not based on REAL-LIFE ;p The graphics are made possible by Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3, and of course, Raven's clever programming skills. I must say that the ONLY part of this game I feel lets it down is the enemy AI's path tracking. Sometimes you have a situation where the dopey buggers will run (if you don't shoot them) all the way up to you and then run away again. There were times when walls and chairs had them stumped. Admittedly, no game to date has perfected the AI to simulate true Human behavior, but this game will show you where they were back then ;D If your new to PC gaming, or just looking for an interesting time-travelling quest-er, you could do a LOT worse than this. Its unique game-play and interesting plot will have you return, as I did. I gave this game 5 stars, because the buggy AI still happens in today's games. I therefor cannot fairly fault Raven for their attempt. ENJOY! HISTORY I have been playing computer games now for over 4 Decades (I currently stand at 55 y.o.), with my earliest gaming and programming encounter on a TSR80. I have witnessed the development of games, as well as the Rise and Fall of the Systems (Atari, Amiga, Sega) which played them. This is my FIRST game review.
