Now that the sequel is out and we are necroing back this thread I think the review couldn't be more dead on.
I played through the first level on the PC and realized that I really didn't want to play the rest. The graphics were spectacular, the story was decent but the gameplay was entirely shallow.
And everyone said how great the story was. Well compared to Doom yeah it was an OK story. But it seems like modern gamers are mistaking "good story" for "has a story". See back in the olden days games didn't rely on graphics as their main asset. So games competed based on writing and gameplay.
The whole point of an inventory system with carrying limits is so that the player has to make choices and these choices impact gameplay. Same with a skill/purchasing system where you can't be good at everything. Without that decision making the gameplay isn't any different than Doom with fetch quests.
The hacking game was beyond insipid. Even Bionic Commando Re-Armed did hacking better. And scripted events are fine but you can't sustain a game with those unless it is strictly an adventure type game.
And I heard BS2 was even worse in this regard...it was a straight shooter with no pretense to rpg elements. Oh well.
I played through the first level on the PC and realized that I really didn't want to play the rest. The graphics were spectacular, the story was decent but the gameplay was entirely shallow.
And everyone said how great the story was. Well compared to Doom yeah it was an OK story. But it seems like modern gamers are mistaking "good story" for "has a story". See back in the olden days games didn't rely on graphics as their main asset. So games competed based on writing and gameplay.
The whole point of an inventory system with carrying limits is so that the player has to make choices and these choices impact gameplay. Same with a skill/purchasing system where you can't be good at everything. Without that decision making the gameplay isn't any different than Doom with fetch quests.
The hacking game was beyond insipid. Even Bionic Commando Re-Armed did hacking better. And scripted events are fine but you can't sustain a game with those unless it is strictly an adventure type game.
And I heard BS2 was even worse in this regard...it was a straight shooter with no pretense to rpg elements. Oh well.
... Does anybody see Anything wrong with this picture? ANYONE!!? No? Guess it's just me then 
