Who has played this game? First off, it's bloody difficult. I like that part and for an open world game, the cheap death factor seems to be rather low. Some of the missions are nearly impossible, though... I ended up coming up with some very interesting methods of beating missions (my favorite being "that door is big enough to fit a car through"). What irritates me about this game is the massive amount of potential left wasted. The story could be fantastic and VERY out of the norm for a video game and the world's use of color is inspired, to say the least. Truly an excellent take on Nazi-occupied Paris. The world is pretty rich with life and the characters are mostly interesting (not a single American in the game thus far, YAY!).
Now on to the bad. Seriously, this game straight rips the mission structure from GTA (by far the worst part of that series) and the climbing and stealth components from Assassin's Creed (not a bad thing but the climbing is vastly inferior to AC). The game is a hodge-podge of other games and it shows through mostly uninspired gameplay. Even the disguises felt like they were taken directly from the early MoH games.
Overall, I think it's a decent game but after initially reading about this game two years ago, I was expecting a lot more out of it. I think it's one of the more interesting titles I've played in awhile but I end up walking away from the game wanting more. I want more Paris, I want varied mission structure, I want less GTA, and I want more character backstory. But climbing the Eiffel Tower in a Nazi SS uniform was pretty lulz-worthy.
Over the past week, I've gone through over half of The Saboteur, finally got around to beating ODST (holy shit, giant "meh", especially the ending), and Arkham Asylum. Huge thanks to whomever recommended Arkham to me a month back... Truly an awesome game and the best comic-based game I have ever played. The boss battles were Kojima-esque (until the end, when they became repetitive), the dialogue was funny and true to the characters ("We found the Joker's bomb, it was a hoax. The box was full of kittens and marzipan."), and the gameplay felt like a mix of God of War (minus the lame QTEs) and some of Nintendo's best franchises (several features of the game reminded me of TLoZ, a very good thing).
Anyway, just thought I'd ramble a bit about the games I've been blowing through in anticipation of getting my grubby mitts on Mass Effect 2 in the coming week.
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