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Quick review:
Played about 12+ hour so far - just made it back to Detriot after visiting our Canadian neighbors (no spoilers). Probably the most engrossing game I've ever played. Very hard to put down.
A couple of thoughts:
+
Multi-layered story keeps things interesting (reminds me a lot of MGS - SoL but without a lot of the over the top antics and plot twists)
Main character sounds and acts like Dirty Harry, black chick must have been modeled after Halle Berry
Like MG, feels like you really accomplish something if you get through an entire quest without sounding an alarm, killing a guard, etc
Like the aug enhancement system - decisions have real consequences as you get further into the game
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Playing console so the controls are a little ackward - would imagine the PC experience is a lot smoother
Combat system is sub par, covering system is too advantageous and makes some of the level design feel lazy, predictible
Enemy AI is a joke (bosses are a little better but not by much)
There are too many vents in the game, a grappling system enhancement would be a nice addition
Not enough weapon variety
Overall, a solid 9+ score out of 10.
Played about 12+ hour so far - just made it back to Detriot after visiting our Canadian neighbors (no spoilers). Probably the most engrossing game I've ever played. Very hard to put down.
A couple of thoughts:
+
Multi-layered story keeps things interesting (reminds me a lot of MGS - SoL but without a lot of the over the top antics and plot twists)
Main character sounds and acts like Dirty Harry, black chick must have been modeled after Halle Berry
Like MG, feels like you really accomplish something if you get through an entire quest without sounding an alarm, killing a guard, etc
Like the aug enhancement system - decisions have real consequences as you get further into the game
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Playing console so the controls are a little ackward - would imagine the PC experience is a lot smoother
Combat system is sub par, covering system is too advantageous and makes some of the level design feel lazy, predictible
Enemy AI is a joke (bosses are a little better but not by much)
There are too many vents in the game, a grappling system enhancement would be a nice addition
Not enough weapon variety
Overall, a solid 9+ score out of 10.
jarude
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Game owns. It owns pretty hard, that being said... a few gripes:
Inventory management
Jumping puzzles
REALLY, REALLY EASY.
Also, the game really really really favours stealth over combat. Gunning everything down leaves you with no ammo and dead shortly thereafter, whereas going the stealth route even without the stealth augs is ridiculously easy. I don't have any of the quiet walking or LoS/noise visual aid stealth thingies, and sneaking around is stupid easy. Getting the ghost achievement is almost a given if you have a working brain and some patience. I got the social aug and maxed my hacking asap and the game has been pretty easy. I think I'll try another playthrough trying to kill absolutely everything; I feel it'll be much harder.
Game thus far: break a wall/hack a terminal/fall into an otherwise unreachable area. Crawl through vent. Sneak up on guard(s), hold Q and kill. Hack now accessible terminal. Continue on to next area. Sneak up, hold Q, kill. Hack next terminal, crawl through another vent. Talk to NPC. etc. etc.
That being said, the game is awesome and is a great successor to the first. I remember reading absolutely every newspaper and geeking out over all of the lore and conspiracy in the first one - its nice to be able to put together the story by yourself via logs/newspapers/ebooks/pocket secretaries and whatnot. I have a notepad and I write down who is emailing who and whatnot - it really makes the story shine when you get that "ohhh snap" moment after reading a sneaky email or something.
Inventory management
Jumping puzzles
REALLY, REALLY EASY.
Also, the game really really really favours stealth over combat. Gunning everything down leaves you with no ammo and dead shortly thereafter, whereas going the stealth route even without the stealth augs is ridiculously easy. I don't have any of the quiet walking or LoS/noise visual aid stealth thingies, and sneaking around is stupid easy. Getting the ghost achievement is almost a given if you have a working brain and some patience. I got the social aug and maxed my hacking asap and the game has been pretty easy. I think I'll try another playthrough trying to kill absolutely everything; I feel it'll be much harder.
Game thus far: break a wall/hack a terminal/fall into an otherwise unreachable area. Crawl through vent. Sneak up on guard(s), hold Q and kill. Hack now accessible terminal. Continue on to next area. Sneak up, hold Q, kill. Hack next terminal, crawl through another vent. Talk to NPC. etc. etc.
That being said, the game is awesome and is a great successor to the first. I remember reading absolutely every newspaper and geeking out over all of the lore and conspiracy in the first one - its nice to be able to put together the story by yourself via logs/newspapers/ebooks/pocket secretaries and whatnot. I have a notepad and I write down who is emailing who and whatnot - it really makes the story shine when you get that "ohhh snap" moment after reading a sneaky email or something.
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Can't blame them for selling a product as "New" only to find out they physically opened it and removed contents from the box? I don't do much, if any, gaming these past few years, but if I did, I would boycott Gamestop.
Can't blame them for selling a product as "New" only to find out they physically opened it and removed contents from the box? I don't do much, if any, gaming these past few years, but if I did, I would boycott Gamestop.
Reggs
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Square Enix did not inform them that their copies would be packaged with content that directly promoted their competitor. Other than simply flat out refusing to sell their whole PC stock and waiting for another production run, I cant really think of a solution. What would you have done if you worked at GameStop?
I'm really enjoying the game. I maxed out hacking, and I'm also finding a lot of skills like the Icarus falling system and wall breaking to be more useful than I thought. I stopped using the PEPs gun after I got the double take down since I use them in the same situations. After I finish this game, I would like to play it again with minimal hacking skills, most of the combat oriented perks.
I'm really enjoying the game. I maxed out hacking, and I'm also finding a lot of skills like the Icarus falling system and wall breaking to be more useful than I thought. I stopped using the PEPs gun after I got the double take down since I use them in the same situations. After I finish this game, I would like to play it again with minimal hacking skills, most of the combat oriented perks.
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