Now this is not meant to start a flamewar or a fanboy outrage. I am just very upset by all the glorious reviews this game got. I don't think it is that deserving.
Now I'll list the good first (I'll try to keep this as spoiler free as possible).
It is fun, yes. It is pretty, yes. Very good graphics for a true sandbox game. The electrical effects are great looking. Some very minor graphical glitches, but nothing as bad a Fable 2. I did get stuck in the level more than once, but I can forgive that. The city has three islands, and there is very little diference between the three other than the major set pieces (tower, police station, etc...), but the city is neet. The Karma system isn't great in that your options are either save an old lady or eat a box of kittens (there is not grey area), but it does give you some replayability to play the other side. Movement around the city is fun. Riding the rails or wires is cool as well as your little thrusters.
That is the good... now for the bad...
The Karma system leaves no room for the middle ground, if you want to advance and level up, you have to be either a saint or a devil, your experince means nothing if you are neutral. That is not really a big problem, but it does break the whole karma down to two polor opposites and those are your only choice. This is not my biggest gripe.
Here is what really bothers me... this game is a shooter. Your weapons are pistol, grenages, rocket launcher, and sniper rifle. You've got freaking lightning hands, couldn't you come up with some better attacks? You have a mechanic that could lend to some really imaginative gameplay, and you had to resort to the same BS that every shooter has. Shame on you Sucker Punch. I could sit down for an hour and come up with better weapon mechanics than they did.
Lastly, it is short. If you are going to call it a sand box game, you are going to be compared to other good sandbox games like Saints Row and GTA. Each of those games has over 50 hours of gameplay. I beat this game in under 20 (which is long by today's standards... sadly). The side missions vary, but they are all really short. Yeah, you can extend gameplay by playing as your polar opposite, but that means you are playing the same game with diffent decisions... twice. I was just expecting more I guess.
Now this is obviously my opinion and everyone has their own opinions, but I have a real issue with all the uber high reviews this game has gotten. With PS3 coming up 3rd (and sometimes 4th) in the console wars, I am wondering if these reviewers saw a slighly better than average exclusive overrated it to "help them out". I don't really like number rating systems, but I would have to say that this is not a 9/10 game.
Now I'll list the good first (I'll try to keep this as spoiler free as possible).
It is fun, yes. It is pretty, yes. Very good graphics for a true sandbox game. The electrical effects are great looking. Some very minor graphical glitches, but nothing as bad a Fable 2. I did get stuck in the level more than once, but I can forgive that. The city has three islands, and there is very little diference between the three other than the major set pieces (tower, police station, etc...), but the city is neet. The Karma system isn't great in that your options are either save an old lady or eat a box of kittens (there is not grey area), but it does give you some replayability to play the other side. Movement around the city is fun. Riding the rails or wires is cool as well as your little thrusters.
That is the good... now for the bad...
The Karma system leaves no room for the middle ground, if you want to advance and level up, you have to be either a saint or a devil, your experince means nothing if you are neutral. That is not really a big problem, but it does break the whole karma down to two polor opposites and those are your only choice. This is not my biggest gripe.
Here is what really bothers me... this game is a shooter. Your weapons are pistol, grenages, rocket launcher, and sniper rifle. You've got freaking lightning hands, couldn't you come up with some better attacks? You have a mechanic that could lend to some really imaginative gameplay, and you had to resort to the same BS that every shooter has. Shame on you Sucker Punch. I could sit down for an hour and come up with better weapon mechanics than they did.
Lastly, it is short. If you are going to call it a sand box game, you are going to be compared to other good sandbox games like Saints Row and GTA. Each of those games has over 50 hours of gameplay. I beat this game in under 20 (which is long by today's standards... sadly). The side missions vary, but they are all really short. Yeah, you can extend gameplay by playing as your polar opposite, but that means you are playing the same game with diffent decisions... twice. I was just expecting more I guess.
Now this is obviously my opinion and everyone has their own opinions, but I have a real issue with all the uber high reviews this game has gotten. With PS3 coming up 3rd (and sometimes 4th) in the console wars, I am wondering if these reviewers saw a slighly better than average exclusive overrated it to "help them out". I don't really like number rating systems, but I would have to say that this is not a 9/10 game.
