Your legs are OK.

You Gain Brouzouf

You Gain Brouzouf

Your legs are Broken.

It's not bad, it has its things that make it very special but the huge maps and how few enemies are on them screw it up. Were that to be were corrected the game would become an 8 or an 8.5 instantly. It is also noticeable that he has an identity crisis, to a certain extent: is it a game like l4d, pay day, deus ex,...? I don't know if defining it more would be a good idea, but it has a very particular identity. I didn't get much of the story, especially since the game was bugged during the federation and true ending and I couldn't read the dialogue. It also has too much grinding imo.

I think I've seen enough of this jank with playing through 2 of 4 endings which in both of them you nearly do everything same. hacking SUCKS and its not OPTIONAL. reason why I thought its enough now after seeing 2 endings is getting stuck on hacking a door (to open the door obviously) that I actually succesfully hacked before (now I think about it I got lucky that time) for getting the other ending, I didnt care anymore and quit. there is hacking stat for you to level up and there are 3 different cybernetics (another mechanic for getting upgrades) you can buy about hacking power up, and what they do? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR SINGLEPLAYER CAMPAIGN ITS FOR DEFENSE AGAINST OTHER PLAYERS IN MULTIPLAYER, and worst is GAME DOESNT TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. as you can imagine from my ranting I bought all of them and wasted brouzouf (what the fuck is this currency name) and real time just for what? still, I cant just dump it away because even if I'm frustrated, even if it has worst hacking mini game in any game, even if its a buggy mess, even if setting and story didnt interest me much (also tries to use half assed philosophy in its writing which doesnt work), its gameplay is good and fun.

extra note: after getting a ending game forces you to start over if you dont have your windows defender closed so if you dont want to bother with that open console and type changelevel cc_noctis. endings get branched in the last main mission (mars map, its actual name is noctis labyrinth) so if you dont do this you have to play the game from start

I played this like 5 years ago and decided to revisit it after stumbling upon a video which featured this janky ass game and I realized that I didn't unlock the fun stuff. So, I played through the campaign 3 times in 3 days in roughly 35 hours, got the "true" ending, reflected for 1 hour about what the fuck I just played, and then decided to write this because is 5 AM and can't sleep.

When people talk about how fun is this game, they always forget all the grinding you have to pass through to get the fun OP weapons/psi-cyber-powers. Nonetheless, the gunplay in general is fun, OP weapons or not. I tried every weapon and most of them feel distinct and fun to use, largely thanks to their sound. I love the gun sound in this game. If you are patient you can become incredibly overpowered, like jump 15 floors and run at 300 km/h overpowered. Sadly, this is semi-hidden behind so much grinding (or you can be like me and download cm_farm_alpha23) and very obtuse and janky systems (like the research stuff).

The mood of this game is defined by its narrative, and, oh boy, the devs were at least on ketamine when writing the story. It's very inaccesible. The backstory is presented in walls of text in the main hub, the dialogues are not well translated and are kinda broken and, if you really wanna follow the story and discover the "true" ending (you have to get all the "other endings" first), you also have to be on a ketamine trip. The NPCs that somewhat hint what is going on are hidden inside the levels, and the levels are very, very big and confusing. In fact, I invested early on heavily on my cyberlegs, and I suggest you do too, because navigating through these levels without anything boosting your speed is tortuous, to say the least. You can complete the campaign without undestanding jackshit what happened, and that's fine, and expected I think. E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy is a experience, in the same way a fever dream is also a experience.

Despite all its clunkiness, its jank and its inaccessibility, is a fun and certainly unique game. Recommended to try if you like niche games, the Source engine, hard drugs, brouzouf, shooting at things, W40K and above all, have the patience and tolerance to unlock the cool stuff. I heard the game is much more fun if you complete it with friends on coop (which game isn't?), but for better or for worse, I got through all of this alone.
The quintessential schizo game. Maybe.

don't play with the translation patch! it leaves out a lot of important detail!

i hope Streum On eventually makes a remaster/remake or even sequel to this. better translation, no respawning enemies, something better than the present save system (not necessarily quicksaving), less jank, etc. would be nice.

P.S. there is no escape

At the beginning, you will start off getting one tapped by goons, hacked by doors, and scolded by your boys at the temple. HOWEVER, the weapons and upgrades you get will make that conscript of yours into an unstoppable demi god. Small guns? Use the bear killer revolver for one shots or the uzi with an alt fire that empties the entire clip into enemies in a second. Melee? Wield a katana to block enemy fire or a thunder hammer to pulverize them. Not a fan of combat? Hack em! Have enemies turn on each other or completely fry their cpu for an easy kill. You must experience the story firsthand for how off the rails it gets with its perception of reality.