man.... okay.

it's a basically competent stealth game. i really liked exploring all the hidden passageways in prague, to the point where i'd found loads of stuff before the game had even told me to go there. it's a lot of fun to get up on the rooftops. i still like the silenced pistol with a laser sight, and still didn't use anything else.

the writing is stupid, though. it's a world of conspiracy where everything is exactly as it seems. there are no surprises, no major heel turns; just the same stuff from start to finish, with some minor choices in between.

it's a big budget slice of Okay, and that's tragic. jensen is still an absolutely unlikeable meathead, and it's still completely humourless. it also has the Prequel Problem, where it keeps referring to characters from the original which you can't interact with in any way because that would break continuity.

i don't know. i wish these games were more ambitious, rather than just safe safe safe. i wish they were a bit more self-indulgent, a bit less cynical and ambivalent. it's frustrating.

i don't want to play as adam jensen any more.