Roughness more in a sense to describe the worlds they create. More mature, rough, dark and less black & white worlds than the usual western or especially Japanese developer.

Guess that’s what being raised with Vodka instead of milk does to you ;D

I really liked the last game so I'll definitely get this.

All their games are among my favourite shooters for sure.

I saw the games before for the XB1, unfortunately I couldn't find the PS4 version.

I'm a physical copy guy.

I can't really blame you. The game takes forever to get going. A little too much world-building and story set-up for my taste. Once it heads to the surface it really becomes something special, though.

I'd say give it another chance. If you can make it to "Dead City" at the end of chapter 2, you should be good!

Yeah.  I mean, I don't think I even experienced "game-play" other than set pieces.  I much prefer jumping into a game and saving most of the world building for after I'm hooked.  Otherwise, my attention drifts.

As far as the darkness, I've read that the lighting in Redux is improved and uses a much better method.  It also seems that some people experienced a bug relative to the darkness, so maybe that was my problem.  I just remember trying to navigate the town and not being able to see a damn thing.  

If you liked the games, I really recommend you to read the book if you still haven't. You won't be dissapointed.

I really like how well stealth is implemented in the game and that it encourages ya to use it. The dark environments and russian accents also added alot to the experience.