I've always associated this game with it's gameplay from what I heard about it. While it's third-person, always aiming shooting is pretty fun, the narrative and feel of the game really stitched the package together. Albeit, the game does feel a little too easy on the default difficulty, so this rating shouldn't be taken as an end all. But man, Fugitive mode sure is easy-peasy. Given that I played on that difficulty, a big complaint I have is that I never really felt incentivized to explore the weapon-set besides out of self-obligation. Ammo was plenty and enemies were made of glass. I really feel that my only difficulty was with one combat encounter near the end, and a couple of trip mines and bottomless pit deaths that claimed me very handily. I will say regarding the story, I didn't know just how confident Max was in this game. He's a really cool character to see in action, I love his cock-sure, can-win attitude even if it is stained with depression and regret. A fun dynamic that's done extremely well, because Sam Lake is that dude