I really wasn't expecting to dislike this game as much as I do, I thought I'd really like it in fact. But the best I can say about this game is that its got good music, there are some funny memes, and the combat is ok if you completely turn your brain off. Now for the bad.
The combat is boring and has zero depth to it. You hit light and heavy in the random order that feels good to you in that second and just mash the analog stick in the direction of the enemy whenever you do a light so you can parry them. The only thing that changes this is when you need to do the zandatsu or when the enemy does a yellow grab. The problem is, there are like 2 whole basic enemies in the game that do the yellow grab and theyre never placed well with other enemies to actually force that attack on you when youre focusing on parrying fodder. In a 1v1 with them its far too easy to react to and poses a threat only while you dont understand exactly how the dodge attack works. Ultimately every enemy in the game is boring and not different enough from eachother to make how you deal with them any different. You just mash and parry or mash and dodge. The zandatsu is just a flashy slash thing that has nothing to it except requiring you to slash a little more precisely during some boss fights, enemy spines are easy enough to get that they aren't actually a factor. Speaking of bosses, they range from ok (Blade Wolf) to godawful annoyances (Monsoon). Sam's boss fight was an incredible letdown and anticlimax, its the easiest fight in the game and its over in 2 seconds. I can understand there being thematic reasoning for it but its still a shame. The final boss Senator Armstrong has good stuff surrounding him but the fight itself is not fun. The cutscenes associated with him are fun and memorable, but fighting him was not particularly fun.
I honestly just don't see what the game has going for it unless you can completely ignore how boring the combat is and just wanna see the robot man say meme. Perhaps someone who's played MGS2 can find the story interesting enough to justify it.
The combat is boring and has zero depth to it. You hit light and heavy in the random order that feels good to you in that second and just mash the analog stick in the direction of the enemy whenever you do a light so you can parry them. The only thing that changes this is when you need to do the zandatsu or when the enemy does a yellow grab. The problem is, there are like 2 whole basic enemies in the game that do the yellow grab and theyre never placed well with other enemies to actually force that attack on you when youre focusing on parrying fodder. In a 1v1 with them its far too easy to react to and poses a threat only while you dont understand exactly how the dodge attack works. Ultimately every enemy in the game is boring and not different enough from eachother to make how you deal with them any different. You just mash and parry or mash and dodge. The zandatsu is just a flashy slash thing that has nothing to it except requiring you to slash a little more precisely during some boss fights, enemy spines are easy enough to get that they aren't actually a factor. Speaking of bosses, they range from ok (Blade Wolf) to godawful annoyances (Monsoon). Sam's boss fight was an incredible letdown and anticlimax, its the easiest fight in the game and its over in 2 seconds. I can understand there being thematic reasoning for it but its still a shame. The final boss Senator Armstrong has good stuff surrounding him but the fight itself is not fun. The cutscenes associated with him are fun and memorable, but fighting him was not particularly fun.
I honestly just don't see what the game has going for it unless you can completely ignore how boring the combat is and just wanna see the robot man say meme. Perhaps someone who's played MGS2 can find the story interesting enough to justify it.