My "Totally Professional Review" of Remember Me:
Like others, I haven't touched Last of Us yet. I'll get to it, I'm sure, but I watch for a game that peaks my interest. And Remember Me grabbed my attention from the first preview.
I wasn't in love with the plot, and the mechanics were standard enough I didn't even need the tutorial to figure it out. Platform crawling, little melee action, and some puzzles for good measure. It all sounds bread and butter. I can Thief- I mean think of several that match if I Persia- sorry, peruse my game stack.
There were some parts I rolled my eyes about. Like the Slums vs Upper city. I figured we would visit both ends of the spectrum. I was surprised how quickly I went from escaped criminal to common riffraff in the Capitol. Especially with the news lady blaring about my daring escape. No one looked at me odd? No one?
What I fear truly disenchanted me with the game was not all these, however, but the one, awesome thing it had. Memory remixing. I played a demo of that and new this could be a contender. But it's strength was it's downfall. I was halfway through the game, and the remixing mini game showed up one time. I understand you don't want to remix everyone, or have people get tired of the novelty, but I tore through hours of mutants. Overloaded hundreds of guards. Not to mention putting up with a boss fight with a WWF wrestler. Throw me a bone, DONTNOD! This was what set you apart, use it!
Totally professional Reviewer (in training),
Nondescript <---- (Remember Me)