I had some problems with the game freezing my entire PC, hard lock, requiring a forced restart via power button, but I switched to DX 11 and it seemed to fix it (Luck?) The story and characters carry this game. All of the characters are good, and you can have them tell you random backstory stuff throughout the game which really adds to the atmosphere. The story is also good, with an ending sequence that is satisfying (at least with the good ending). The gameplay on the other hand is hit or miss. Sometimes it's good othertimes its rage inducing. Enemies are often bullet sponges if you don't get a headshot (which is always bad imo) but the enemies move irratically and often move like they can sense where you're aiming, combine this with random bullet deviation and sometimes you'll just miss every shot even if you were aiming perfectly centered every shot. This is annoying and not fun. The weapons get dirty a little too fast, and having to charge your flashlight manually gets old pretty quick as well. There are also certain enemies that are just bullet sponges for a fake difficulty boost, which I also hate. But outside of that, movement feels pretty good, when the game actually lets you hit stuff the impact of the shots feels legitimate, the stealth is solid. So the gameplay is mixed good and bad. Some enemies I feel were designed just to be annoying as well, with wierd mechanics that make it impossible to not take at least some damage, its poor game design imo, but... The story and characters make it worth dealing with the nonense.
As of May 13th 2025 the game is still playable here without having to install epic files or the launcher.
