bunbun
1997
so, so good
2020
this is so, so, so good! weirdly mixed thoughts around the end of it, because there seems to be a part 2 to the campaign that i really wasn't enjoying very much, but it felt very separate from the main campaign so i didn't finish it. I'm happy with reaching max level and calling it 'complete' around 25 hours in, and i had an absolute blast with my time spent. a new favorite, for sure
2019
very fun
this is a weird one because there's lots of really cool things this game does:
a pretty large world that's mostly interconnected and wraps around on itself in some cool ways, like legit has a few "oh i was here an hour ago and didn't know what this part of the level was for, it's really sick that i ended up back here" moments
honestly really well done voice performances with really funny dialogue, vin diesel is so good and massive props to whoever wrote his stuff for this game because its perfect and hilarious and awesome
sick atmosphere with some neat setpieces and fun little exploration puzzles that are fun to figure out about 80% of the time
HOWEVER. god it feels really bad to play sometimes. there's some stealth sections that are laid out really well, but enemies will rapidly switch between "i don't notice a grate being kicked out directly in front of my face" and "i saw a pixel of riddick's arm from 100 feet away through a crack in a wall and now the entire level is shooting at you insantly'" without any warning or consistency, and it ends up turning those 'good' stealth sections into just "follow this exact path you've minmaxed over and over until the game works and enemy detection doesnt break"
and the gunplay is kind of horrible, with the exception of the few times that enemies are spread out 1 at a time, and you can crawl through areas and pop them with a quick headshot. that feels good. but the rest of the time, they have crazy good aim and your gun will shoot literally everywhere except the reticle unless you are directly on top of them with a shotgun
oh, and there was also like 4 or 5 times where i'd make it through some wild scenario with 1 hp left and get to the place i thought i was supposed to be going, only for the button prompt or cutscene to just decide not to load this time, and have to just die and do it again before it worked
so... yeah. its weird. very neat little game with some really cool ideas that is just kinda painful to actually play a lot of the time and frequently feels like you're playing it wrong. but i still had fun? really makes you think
a pretty large world that's mostly interconnected and wraps around on itself in some cool ways, like legit has a few "oh i was here an hour ago and didn't know what this part of the level was for, it's really sick that i ended up back here" moments
honestly really well done voice performances with really funny dialogue, vin diesel is so good and massive props to whoever wrote his stuff for this game because its perfect and hilarious and awesome
sick atmosphere with some neat setpieces and fun little exploration puzzles that are fun to figure out about 80% of the time
HOWEVER. god it feels really bad to play sometimes. there's some stealth sections that are laid out really well, but enemies will rapidly switch between "i don't notice a grate being kicked out directly in front of my face" and "i saw a pixel of riddick's arm from 100 feet away through a crack in a wall and now the entire level is shooting at you insantly'" without any warning or consistency, and it ends up turning those 'good' stealth sections into just "follow this exact path you've minmaxed over and over until the game works and enemy detection doesnt break"
and the gunplay is kind of horrible, with the exception of the few times that enemies are spread out 1 at a time, and you can crawl through areas and pop them with a quick headshot. that feels good. but the rest of the time, they have crazy good aim and your gun will shoot literally everywhere except the reticle unless you are directly on top of them with a shotgun
oh, and there was also like 4 or 5 times where i'd make it through some wild scenario with 1 hp left and get to the place i thought i was supposed to be going, only for the button prompt or cutscene to just decide not to load this time, and have to just die and do it again before it worked
so... yeah. its weird. very neat little game with some really cool ideas that is just kinda painful to actually play a lot of the time and frequently feels like you're playing it wrong. but i still had fun? really makes you think