Like many RPGs, this one has a carry weight restriction. Unlike many of them, it is easily manageable. I liked this game and would recommend it to others. Some fights are easy, but not all, and some will cause you to scurry for cover. It's a good game with likeable and hateable characters, just like life. A few are genuinely funny! I'm always pleasantly surprised when I find a game I don't know anything about, and like it.
I was looking for something to get me through to my next great game, and this one turned out to be pretty great itself. It's not especially challenging, but there is some challenge, or deep like some of the legendary games out there, but it is fun to play with lush scenery once you get rid of The Gunk. Most of the puzzles are fairly simple to solve, but there are a couple that make you think. You often have to go right to go left and down to go up, which is just part of the exploratory nature of the game. Combat is not difficult, but still, a fight or two will require some strategy. All in all, I liked it and would recommend it to others looking for something to hold them over til the next big thing.
I've tried playing the first two Bioshock remasters, and both are tragically broken on PC from my experience. The first had many performance issues, including crashing and freezing. The second was doing fine until I entered the door marked Future, and it refused to play past the initial scene at the top of the stairs with the two splicers and the chair-mounted machine gun. Crash! Crash! Crash! Fixes were no help because the problems are code-related and never patched, so it's time to move on. Sad.
Three stars, but not because it's a bad game, it's a great game! But the execution for PC leaves much to be desired. In checking the online forums, I found people experiencing several types of problems, mine has been freezing and the occasional crash. I tried all the workarounds I found, but none seem to work for long. The menu button is one culprit, but not the only one, Sometimes it freezes going through doors you have to open, and sometimes for no apparent reason. The only answer I've found is to save often.
I played Arisen, then bought and played Dark Arisen twice on 360, so I like the game. When this came out I played RPG's almost exclusively so this was right in my wheelhouse but good. I've since come to like shooters and adventure games quite a lot but playing this game again takes me back to my roots.
