Does seem to be a bit of a Marmite game this.
A mate of mine, and I both got our copies around the same time.
It was me that talked him into getting it, from what I'd seen and read on the net, sounded brilliant.
I installed it, I was wowed by it, I really think the styling of it is simply superb. But, after getting so far, and having to run all the way back somewhere to get a key or something, to find that I can't get the key, as something else is wrong, and having to backtrack further to do something, to unlock a door, to get a key, to unlock another door... by the time I'd done this, and gone to and fro the same locations where I'd been before, I simply quit, uninstalled it, and hated it, and thought what a shame.. such great promise, thrown away on boring objectives.
On the other hand, my mate who wasn't convinced at first, is still going, and loving it.
It really seems to be a Marmite game. I did feel somehow let down by it though. I know, it's only a bloody video game, how can you feel let down by it. I think it's just because initially, it came across as being so damn good, the powers you have were fun, and again, the style, and the world just sucked me in... I was frustrated that something that looked so good, could be so bad, Like they spent all their time on the graphics, and indeed the gameplay itself, but quickly threw together the actual objectives at the end.
I dunno, I'm not wishing to argue with anybody, I know many people love it, and good for them, I wish I did, but I just got really fed up with it. I'm not calling it a crap game, just calling it not my cup of tea. It does amaze me though, that so many people think it's so good, and so many think the exact opposite. As I said at the beginning, a real Marmite game. Hell, PC Zone gave it 96%. From them, that's one hell of a score!
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EDIT: Sorry,I was doing a few things at once, whilst typing this, and now I come to read it back, I realise how many times I used the name Marmite! Maybe I should get paid for advertising?
