To start I feel like I should say that I've seen the show and about half of a playthrough of this game before playing it myself so I knew most of the things that were going to happen in the game. Those along with the dozens of glowing reviews I've seen for this game over the years have given me extremely high expectations for this game. Unfortunately this game was not able to reach those but it got pretty damn close. This game was incredible and I'm not even sure how to put the experience into words. The story and characters were all written amazingly and felt real, more so than nearly any other game I've played. It took me places that even as someone who has experienced a version of this story I still wasn't expecting. The arcs of the characters and how human they felt made the experience. None of these characters are good people but the game makes you sympathize and relate to their issues so perfectly. Other than the masterpiece of a story though, this game wasn't super special. Stealth was the highlight of the gameplay though because as someone who is not the biggest fan of stealth combat, I was engaged with it and the game made it feel really tense. The graphics of this remaster/remake were very good on a machine other than mine but unfortunately mine wasn't good enough to get it looking as good as it could. Other additional features with the remaster/remake were fun to mess around with and the gameplay modifiers will be helpful for future playthroughs, but I wish they would have been available from the start for players who struggle with games like this and just want to experience the story. All in all this game was amazing but there were some issues that made it not quite perfect for me. Definitely still a must play though

Reviewed on Dec 30, 2023


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