sigh i've spent like a decade not entirely hating on this game but definitely calling it overrated. i was wrong, the game is good. like all of the trends it started (every game dev seeming to draw narrative inspiration solely from cormac mccarthy's the road) suck and i hate and i think are ruining gaming and also i spent five years calling it "an HBO show version of a video game (derogatory)" and then they literally WENT AND MADE AN HBO SHOW OUT OF IT like dear god we are just eating our own tail here culturally BUT the game is good. its good! the narrative is good (couldve used more inspiration from greek epics but oh well) and it controls WAY better than I would expect a third persons shooter from 2013 that created a custom control scheme to control and im probably gonna dislike part 2 but thats fine because this is one is Actually Good