I feel really ambivalent about this one. On one hand, I know this is a completely bastardized version of the original vision for the game. EA did what EA does and turned an incredible innovative horror concept into a mostly generic third person shooter with tough guy protag #8539024. But on the other hand, I kinda like this game in its own right. Like the dialogue is horrible garbage but at some point it started to become kind of endearing. It's short enough that even when the gameplay starts to get stupid it doesn't overstay its welcome. Maybe this is just because I don't play a lot of third person shooters like this, so I'm not desensitized but whatever. At very least a lot of the art direction was fantastic and the soundtrack was phenomenal. Ending was sick also, reminded me a lot of Jeane in NMH1. If the rumors are true and we're getting SOTD 2, I hope that means a lot of the missed potential here is finally able to be followed through on.