I mean...it's not entirely awful. There are less box puzzles than BS3. There are a couple of funny jokes. That's about where I leave my positives. The main problems with BS4, as I see them, are: 1. Nico's voice. So apparently they changed voice actor in every game but wow...no. Not even remotely like the Nico of the first 3. Just generic French, and not great. 2. Illogical puzzles. I've always valued the brilliant puzzles in BS (apart from the boxes.) But in 4 there are a lot of solutions that give you absolutely no hope of figuring out, because they just aren't logical enough. Additionally, a lot of fiddly mini game type puzzles and a lot of objects that are easy to miss make for a frustrating game. 3. The story structure. The story itself is a little bland but ok. But the structure is terrible. There's a load of muddling around with very little detail, no build up of tension and the ending...is just terrible. Nowhere near as cinematic or interesting as the first three. 4. The controls. Admittedly, this is probably mainly a frustration made from playing this in 2018. But many, many times I'd slightly miss a ladder, or get caught on the scenery, or struggle to get through a camera angle. Overall...it just seems to be missing the passion of the first three games. I'm surprised it reviewed favourably on release. Worth a play only for diehard fans making there way back through the whole series. Worth keeping a walkthrough on hand.
