Hmm, I know this is one of those games that you're basically not allowed to criticize but I'm not feeling this so far. Way too many enemies, many of which I'm pretty sure spawn out of nowhere which is a pet hate of mine. Both of these were problems with Bioshock too but they're even worse so far in this.
The music and sound effects I have mixed feelings about, on the one hand they do a great job of creating a tense, frantic mood, but on the other hand that's not a mood that I enjoy being in, plus the constant loud noises combined with the lack of subtitles means that I often miss bits of dialogue which is annoying.
The setting is less interesting than Bioshock, I'm pretty sure that even when this came out this would hardly have been of very unique or interesting setting. The story I'm sure will pick up but so far isn't doing much for me, the mechanics I'm almost certain will open up but again so far seem pretty limited (e.g unless i'm missing something there doesn't so far seem to be any real way to kill enemies other than just shooting at them or hitting them).
Oh and I hate weapon damage/jamming etc. I just about tolerate it in Fallout and Stalker because it fits the setting, which I'm not convinced that it particularly does here, but either way, it's something that I always find annoying.
So yeah, not a bad game, most of my complaints are things that are either very subjective or probably improve later, but I'm not sure if it's for me. It also doesn't help that I played Bioshock first, because it feels quite samey, which I guess must have been how Bioshock felt to everyone who played them in the right order. Anyway, as you can probably tell I'm not very far in at all, so maybe I'll change my mind later, but it's not immediately wowed me in the way that I expected.
The music and sound effects I have mixed feelings about, on the one hand they do a great job of creating a tense, frantic mood, but on the other hand that's not a mood that I enjoy being in, plus the constant loud noises combined with the lack of subtitles means that I often miss bits of dialogue which is annoying.
The setting is less interesting than Bioshock, I'm pretty sure that even when this came out this would hardly have been of very unique or interesting setting. The story I'm sure will pick up but so far isn't doing much for me, the mechanics I'm almost certain will open up but again so far seem pretty limited (e.g unless i'm missing something there doesn't so far seem to be any real way to kill enemies other than just shooting at them or hitting them).
Oh and I hate weapon damage/jamming etc. I just about tolerate it in Fallout and Stalker because it fits the setting, which I'm not convinced that it particularly does here, but either way, it's something that I always find annoying.
So yeah, not a bad game, most of my complaints are things that are either very subjective or probably improve later, but I'm not sure if it's for me. It also doesn't help that I played Bioshock first, because it feels quite samey, which I guess must have been how Bioshock felt to everyone who played them in the right order. Anyway, as you can probably tell I'm not very far in at all, so maybe I'll change my mind later, but it's not immediately wowed me in the way that I expected.
