I'll keep this simple. This is a sizable AA game that, while rough around the edges, takes place in an immersive and unique environment and has a lot of potential to be improved upon. Worth a buy for at least $20-30. Pros: - Immersive atmosphere that is bleak, macabre, and hopeless. You can really feel the desolation and fear overtaking the town. - Decent graphics. Some of the building textures almost have an oil painting quality to them that feels suitable to the rest of the game. Character are detailed and believable. - Good voice acting, particularly the protagonist's - Overall good environemental sound design - Ease of character movement - The community/character web is fun idea, if a bit bare bones - The story is well told and kept me interested during my entire playthrough. The beginning realy hooks you in. Cons: - Wooden character animations, mostly when it comes to facial expressions. This is off putting when juxtaposed with the otherwise well done voice acting. - Stiff and simplistic combat. - Lack of controller button bindings. - There is not very much genuine investigation to do. No collecting evidence and figuring out the story for yourself. There are a handful of side quests that allow the player to figure things out themselves. - Unless I missed them, I have not found any quests that can end in a fail state. Feels mostly on rails as far as the story is concerned.
