Had a couple of hours with this last night and feel quite underwhelmed by it TBH. I had high hopes for this after seeing the trailers and other footage but it seems after you do the tea room level you have basically seen it all. Dont get me wrong I am still having fun with it but its just so, normal.
Having played right through Lair recently and being blown away by Heavenly Sword I think I went into this at the wrong time as it just feels flat in comparison to these games. I say this because all I could think about last night while playing it was "I want to play Heavenly Sword again"
If I had picked this up on its own I would probably be really enjoying it but after the first 2 levels I can see this becoming quite tedious to get all the way through.
Technically, its quite impressive with every kind of destruction imagineable going on in the levels. The physics on display here really are well executed. From massive explosions to tiny wood splinters, Rag dolling enemies 20 ft in the air to a good precision shot right in the berries, it all works great and performance never really takes a visable hit.
I have yet to try out the live portion of the game but imagine it is fun with a room full of friends shooting the **** out of each other so will give that a try tonight.
Overall, its an average game with some nice touches but is nowhere near the quality I or anyone else for that matter expects from our top end titles these days. And as Bleeders mentioned earlier if Heavenly Sword has taught us one thing, it is the power of a good cut scene. I dont know what they paid for Chow Yun Fats involvement but it sounds like he phoned his performance in.
Having played right through Lair recently and being blown away by Heavenly Sword I think I went into this at the wrong time as it just feels flat in comparison to these games. I say this because all I could think about last night while playing it was "I want to play Heavenly Sword again"
If I had picked this up on its own I would probably be really enjoying it but after the first 2 levels I can see this becoming quite tedious to get all the way through. Technically, its quite impressive with every kind of destruction imagineable going on in the levels. The physics on display here really are well executed. From massive explosions to tiny wood splinters, Rag dolling enemies 20 ft in the air to a good precision shot right in the berries, it all works great and performance never really takes a visable hit.
I have yet to try out the live portion of the game but imagine it is fun with a room full of friends shooting the **** out of each other so will give that a try tonight.
Overall, its an average game with some nice touches but is nowhere near the quality I or anyone else for that matter expects from our top end titles these days. And as Bleeders mentioned earlier if Heavenly Sword has taught us one thing, it is the power of a good cut scene. I dont know what they paid for Chow Yun Fats involvement but it sounds like he phoned his performance in.
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