NOTE: I did not play the multiplayer because I had zero interest in it. These comments/my score are only in reference to the first SP campaign, Operation Catalyst.
I was actually one of the few people interested in this game for a couple reasons - I love Remedy, and I have a soft spot for CoD style campaigns (minus the blatant pro-American-military propaganda CoD has become more and more of over time).
My brother and I played this at around the same time and came to literally the same conclusion - I don't think this is a 3/10 like IGN said (and I think their views of the campaign were colored by their very negative MP experience). But it's not very good either. It's just kinda...there.
What I played of the campaign follows a pretty standard CoD-esque formula - lots of ambushes, dramatic slo-mo, some character swapping for specific moments. The game looks fine, but the weirdest thing is that the controls and shooting feel like they all suffer from a half second of input delay. I was eventually able to adjust to it but it feels weirdly clunky compared to Control. The story is generic and sadly doesn't have anywhere near the amount of Remedy Weirdness (TM) that the trailers teased.
I don't think this game is an offensive blemish on Remedy's gameography like it's being made out to be but it's also not anything special and feels like mercenary work the team did to fund more Control and Alan Wake games. Unless you're really in the mood for some CoD style shooting, it's a safe skip.
I was actually one of the few people interested in this game for a couple reasons - I love Remedy, and I have a soft spot for CoD style campaigns (minus the blatant pro-American-military propaganda CoD has become more and more of over time).
My brother and I played this at around the same time and came to literally the same conclusion - I don't think this is a 3/10 like IGN said (and I think their views of the campaign were colored by their very negative MP experience). But it's not very good either. It's just kinda...there.
What I played of the campaign follows a pretty standard CoD-esque formula - lots of ambushes, dramatic slo-mo, some character swapping for specific moments. The game looks fine, but the weirdest thing is that the controls and shooting feel like they all suffer from a half second of input delay. I was eventually able to adjust to it but it feels weirdly clunky compared to Control. The story is generic and sadly doesn't have anywhere near the amount of Remedy Weirdness (TM) that the trailers teased.
I don't think this game is an offensive blemish on Remedy's gameography like it's being made out to be but it's also not anything special and feels like mercenary work the team did to fund more Control and Alan Wake games. Unless you're really in the mood for some CoD style shooting, it's a safe skip.