Extremely fine.

It's got some good characters, and great face models that really sell the idea that these people are completely fucked, but serviceable gunplay and a hollow open-world just feel tacked on and unnecessary. You spend most of your time running between fast-travel points because traversing the city itself is just so boring. There's nothing going on. No cool wee moments to stumble into.

The overall narrative doesn't feel cohesive. There are many threads that are kinda linked, but quickly fray away to nothing and never seem to appear again. What seem to be big decisions often resulting in character deaths do little to nothing for the actual story. Accidentally killed one of a warring father and son? No biggie, either will do the exact same job for you afterward. These, once again, have no impact on the ending.

I don't mean it as a crap pun, but the game is just very shallow in general. However, for some reason I had a decent enough time to feel like this deserves a 6. Maybe it's Charles Reed's dry wit and sarcasm, or just the cool weirdos you encounter, but there was something here that kept me coming back.

Reviewed on Oct 01, 2022


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