I've played about 3 hours of this game and I honestly don't feel like playing any more. I'd rather put time into voicing why this just doesn't work.
And the core of it is control. It's probably not the case but all of Arkane's games feel like they have some horrendous input lag, and the whole control experience is pretty stilited and lacks any flow. Aim Assist is rough, the control scheme on PS5 is laughable, the menus are a nightmare and blast you with paragraphs of text every 5 seconds. For what's basically a Dishonored Gaiden it feels an awful lot more complicated for no reason.
On top of that the structure of the game just feels really off. In the first few hours of this game it legitimately requests you go down the same path, stealthing or murdering the whole way, legitimately 4 times, like i'm playing Flower Sun and Rain again - Because despite this being an immersive sim where you're expected to go to and from the entrance all the time, Arkane have bafflingly made the levels long and thin. And the level structure itself is just bleh. Go to the great big spot on the map where it tells you to, kill, rinse repeat.
And maybe worst of all, the game just undercuts it's own core. Within minutes of starting the game you get a cheat death card that lets you die 2 times per location, practically 8 times per Day, with basically no consequence. It's like a studio mandate legitimately taped to the first door before you get into the game.
I was expecting I might not vibe with the game, I often don't with immersive sims, the only one I really, really like is Cruelty Squad, which you should probably just play instead.
And the core of it is control. It's probably not the case but all of Arkane's games feel like they have some horrendous input lag, and the whole control experience is pretty stilited and lacks any flow. Aim Assist is rough, the control scheme on PS5 is laughable, the menus are a nightmare and blast you with paragraphs of text every 5 seconds. For what's basically a Dishonored Gaiden it feels an awful lot more complicated for no reason.
On top of that the structure of the game just feels really off. In the first few hours of this game it legitimately requests you go down the same path, stealthing or murdering the whole way, legitimately 4 times, like i'm playing Flower Sun and Rain again - Because despite this being an immersive sim where you're expected to go to and from the entrance all the time, Arkane have bafflingly made the levels long and thin. And the level structure itself is just bleh. Go to the great big spot on the map where it tells you to, kill, rinse repeat.
And maybe worst of all, the game just undercuts it's own core. Within minutes of starting the game you get a cheat death card that lets you die 2 times per location, practically 8 times per Day, with basically no consequence. It's like a studio mandate legitimately taped to the first door before you get into the game.
I was expecting I might not vibe with the game, I often don't with immersive sims, the only one I really, really like is Cruelty Squad, which you should probably just play instead.
dwardman
2 years ago