It's true that the gameplay may not feel 100% intuitive and it definitely feels clunky, but for those who are big fans of RPG's in general, it should not be completely shunned. Beautiful music and fascinating setting/world for the story. Gameplay wise, the combat mostly revolves around using spells and learning each characters different "Chain-attacks", then creating effective combos with them. The trick to learning a new chain is to keep using each of the starting ones over and over again until you "evolve" a new one, then keep using the new one to get the last one unlocked. And if you get frustrated with the combat, there ARE certain skill combinations that are practically broken because of how powerful they are (Trip and back stab, cough cough, firewall). If they could have made this game a true co-op (and I don't think it would have been too difficult), this game would be 5-star worthy.
CoP gets everything that the previous two did right, and adds a little more. Almost all of the glaring gameplay issues from the previous installments are gone or at the very least have been lessened by new features. My only disappointment with this is that there isn't quite as many shoot outs like before since most of the enemies will be mutants (depending on how you play :) ). A tip for you newcomers to this game: Sometimes you will see you got an achievement. Those achievements aren't just for show; they give special benefits that help you! Check your in game PDA for details on them.
One of my most favorite and influential games that I have ever played has finally come to GOG. I honestly thought this game would be overlooked and never considered. I could not be more happy to be proven wrong! Like others have said, this game has a unique atmosphere that cannot be matched. The storyline & artistic concepts are wonderfully dark and twisted. And best of all, the sound and music: From incredibly disturbing insane-asylum lullabies to ethereal soundtracks that really bring out a sense of being in the world of the dead. Not to mention the many disturbing screams/chattering from monsters and weapon reports which are unique to this game. Cross over to the other side with Shadowman!
