| guiduc said: Oh, so now it's Game of the generation? Didn't know that. |
With the "remaster" they'll be going for Game of 2 Generations now.
@OP
I have to agree. The story was amazing, but I felt the gameplay to be lacking. I found myslef playing to get to the next cutscene to progress the storyline, which says to me that this should have been a movie or short TV series.
I never felt the horror aspect of the game; instant respawns take away any punishment for dying, so I could just brute force a section if need be. Immersion was hard to maintain during gameplay; companions walking around in the open, while enemies were searching for me, was a common problem.
Scripted sequences threw the basic game rules out the window: the player would be given unlimited ammo, or could only kill a certain way (I tried sniping the sniper, what a waste of ammo), and it took me right out of the game.
The basic game formula was very repetitve: extremely basic puzzle of find the ladder/raft, scavenging area, then shootout/steath kill zone, so it was easy to tell what was coming up, which again took me out of the game. The only time I was really immersed was during the cutscenes.
It was definitely not a bad game, but I place more importance on gameplay, so no amount of excellent storytelling could overcome this for me.
And besides, game of the generation was Wii Sports.
