Action movies and action games are two separate beasts with two different appeals.
The idea of translating the Bourne movies to a videogame is a relatively good one, but how they went about it here is the same way they went about the recent James Bond games, if you'll pardon the obvious comparison.
These movies aren't about the action, they're more about the stealth, and, in the case of Bourne, the mystery.
Sure, you watch the movies for the action, but if you watch even one of the movies these games are trying to emulate you'll notice there's little to no weaponry, and if there is it's hardly ever the main character using them.
Meanwhile in these games, the main character uses a weapon like 80% of the time.
Now I did enjoy the Bond game Blood Stone but that was because the stealth felt satisfying when you pulled it off.
Here, the stealth, the aiming, the three different meters and even the story, are all just not great.
Enemies vision isn't made clear so you'll be trying to sneak up on someone and get spotted.
You automatically get thrown into a fight as soon as you run into someone which can make running through doors a gamble (since you can't see what's on the other side), and you can't exit until they're dead, which means you'll be peppered with enemy fire.
The "aim" button locks onto an enemies torso and tries to get you to shoot there despite the head being a one-shot kill, and shooting literally anywhere else, even the neck, will take up to five shots.
While you're trying to shoot an enemy in the head you'll be slowly moving the cursor up (because the aim sensitivity is awful) while 3 to 5 other enemies are filling you with more holes than SpongeBob.
The story is essentially that of the first movie but because it wasn't "action-y enough" every time a scene from the movie plays out you get a flashback scene that's a lot more engaging, and if you're lucky you get to play through a scene from the movie afterwards.
Developers need to start taking risks because I seriously don't like this game.
This spits in the face of an amazing movie and twists it's words to make sure you're shooting everyone.
If you want to play Call of Duty, then just play Call of Duty. Don't make us Bourne fans suffer.
The idea of translating the Bourne movies to a videogame is a relatively good one, but how they went about it here is the same way they went about the recent James Bond games, if you'll pardon the obvious comparison.
These movies aren't about the action, they're more about the stealth, and, in the case of Bourne, the mystery.
Sure, you watch the movies for the action, but if you watch even one of the movies these games are trying to emulate you'll notice there's little to no weaponry, and if there is it's hardly ever the main character using them.
Meanwhile in these games, the main character uses a weapon like 80% of the time.
Now I did enjoy the Bond game Blood Stone but that was because the stealth felt satisfying when you pulled it off.
Here, the stealth, the aiming, the three different meters and even the story, are all just not great.
Enemies vision isn't made clear so you'll be trying to sneak up on someone and get spotted.
You automatically get thrown into a fight as soon as you run into someone which can make running through doors a gamble (since you can't see what's on the other side), and you can't exit until they're dead, which means you'll be peppered with enemy fire.
The "aim" button locks onto an enemies torso and tries to get you to shoot there despite the head being a one-shot kill, and shooting literally anywhere else, even the neck, will take up to five shots.
While you're trying to shoot an enemy in the head you'll be slowly moving the cursor up (because the aim sensitivity is awful) while 3 to 5 other enemies are filling you with more holes than SpongeBob.
The story is essentially that of the first movie but because it wasn't "action-y enough" every time a scene from the movie plays out you get a flashback scene that's a lot more engaging, and if you're lucky you get to play through a scene from the movie afterwards.
Developers need to start taking risks because I seriously don't like this game.
This spits in the face of an amazing movie and twists it's words to make sure you're shooting everyone.
If you want to play Call of Duty, then just play Call of Duty. Don't make us Bourne fans suffer.