So I really, really wanted to give it a fair review and not jump on to the hate wagon, but man... Ok, so I don't have the best PC in the world, but I easily pass the minimum requirements for this game and I'm playing everything on low. I got about 11 hours in, 6 of which I can say is actual gameplay and not replaying missions, restarting or in any other way wasting time in the game wihout actually playing it. On day 1, I ended up having about 1h gameplay and never got past character creation and even when I did the game crashed at the first cutscene and I later figured out why. It went as a corpo and viewing myself in the mirror crashed the game. Ok, got around that and picked a different start and avoided mirrors. Well, now I'm at the part of the game after the heist and guess what? I NEED to look into a mirror. I've tried it at least 12 times and haven't been able to progress. I'm giving 2 stars because the world itself is gorgeous and I enjoyed those few minutes I had of emersion. But for me, the game is literally unplayable. Not even going to go into detail about bugs and glitches, though my favourite one is when you're sneaking and trying to move a body, placing it on the ground gently and for whatever reason it makes a big splash of blood on the floor and catapults the body into the air where it gets stuck lol
''How much orange do you want?'' ''Yes.''
The game perfectly captures the atmoshper it's set in. Everything you do will revolved around survival and moral choices for your survivor, which won't always feel right, but you know it has to be done, which really captures that feeling of desparation but with a tiny dash of hope. Art style is simply gorgeous, everything is so wonderfully designed- from the buildings to the world at weather effects. Every person has their name and description, which will make you feel like you're really among them and part of the struggle. All that combined makes for a very immersive experience. All that being said however, it feels that the game falls short after a few hours of gameplay. Survival gets harder due to cold, but it's always the same princaple- research heat/insulation, stock coal and survive the freezing wave. Soon you run out of unique challenges and the game becomes a little more boring. It's the same with the Book of laws, where there are 2 main trees (Adaptation and Purpose), it feels like those could use some expanding. Overall, I'd recommend playing it for the unique experience of the game itself
