Hello! So this has been on my backlog since I got a Series X (day one) and only just got round to it. It's something that looked good to me but I never had an Xbox One to play it.
I don't think it has any form of upgrade on Series X so I guess I played it on Xbox One settings. The visuals were mostly very good for an Xbox One game, though the motion blur at times was super bad.
I thought this game was significantly better than Control. The story is told in a much better way, and despite being a story about Time (generally always confusing), the main beats are told well, can be followed, and it is entertaining from start to finish.
The game has TV episodes that occur after each act (except the last one) and honestly I was fucking hooked watching these. I actually found them very entertaining and a great way of expanding the story and bringing the characters to life, especially side characters. Such a cool idea that I kind of wish more games would do, but obviously it's kind of prohibitively expensive. I'm not even sure how Remedy pulled it off, honestly. I guess there's also the fact that I am likely in the minority when it comes to liking this aspect of the game.
I found all of the characters to be interesting and likable. Nobody really stood out as grating.
Other than that I don't wanna get too much into the story in case someone uses this thread as a basis to learn about the game and doesn't want spoilers.
The powers in the game were more fun to me than those offered in Control, and I cannot emphasize enough how much I enjoyed using real guns over "The Service Weapon" in Control.
I'd counter that positive by admitting that there isn't a whole lot of variety in the guns.
It's a pretty linear game which I honestly needed after so much open world stuff I've been playing recently.
What was the general reception of this game? Did anyone else like it?
Always felt a bit buried under general Xbox One hatred at the time to me. It would be cool to see it get upgraded for Series X and released for PS5 with renewed marketing.
I don't think it has any form of upgrade on Series X so I guess I played it on Xbox One settings. The visuals were mostly very good for an Xbox One game, though the motion blur at times was super bad.
I thought this game was significantly better than Control. The story is told in a much better way, and despite being a story about Time (generally always confusing), the main beats are told well, can be followed, and it is entertaining from start to finish.
The game has TV episodes that occur after each act (except the last one) and honestly I was fucking hooked watching these. I actually found them very entertaining and a great way of expanding the story and bringing the characters to life, especially side characters. Such a cool idea that I kind of wish more games would do, but obviously it's kind of prohibitively expensive. I'm not even sure how Remedy pulled it off, honestly. I guess there's also the fact that I am likely in the minority when it comes to liking this aspect of the game.
I found all of the characters to be interesting and likable. Nobody really stood out as grating.
Other than that I don't wanna get too much into the story in case someone uses this thread as a basis to learn about the game and doesn't want spoilers.
The powers in the game were more fun to me than those offered in Control, and I cannot emphasize enough how much I enjoyed using real guns over "The Service Weapon" in Control.
I'd counter that positive by admitting that there isn't a whole lot of variety in the guns.
It's a pretty linear game which I honestly needed after so much open world stuff I've been playing recently.
What was the general reception of this game? Did anyone else like it?
Always felt a bit buried under general Xbox One hatred at the time to me. It would be cool to see it get upgraded for Series X and released for PS5 with renewed marketing.
