So if Kojima's previous game was Blade Runner mashed with Terminator. Policenauts is basically Lethal Weapon in Space.. If Riggs was an unstoppable sex pest.

I thought the setup was pretty fantastic for this. One of the original Policenauts, Jonathan Ingram has an accident testing a spacesuit and is lost, presumed dead for 25 years until he is recovered unaged in cryostasis. A couple of years after being rescued Ingram, now working as a private detective, is visited by his ex-wife, now in her 50s to search for missing husband (whom she remarried while Ingram was presumed dead).

Obviously this leads in to conspiracies and adventure ensues. Unfortunately while I enjoyed the plot, it never lived up to the promise of the opening.

Gameplay wise this is a point and click, visual novel-esque game like Snatcher. For better and worse.

It's worth a play if you're a Kojima fan, but it is a bit more of a slog to get through than Snatcher, I was ready for this one to end.

I actually really enjoyed this despite it's flaws. I loved the style, sprite work, music and voice acting (especially for the time). Yes, it's borrows very liberally from its influences. When those influences are Blade Runner, Terminator and Invasion of the Body Snatchers amongst others though, it's hard not to like it.

I enjoyed the story, although the gameplay does require you to ask about/investigate the same things repeatedly to progress and it's got a lot of that trademark, dated Kojima seediness.