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Spent a few days over the weekend playing this and recently finshed it.

In all fairness i have simply played through it over about 8 hours and managed 390 points, but i wasn't overly impressed with it TBH. I would put it in the same league as king kong about 5-6/10.

The graphics are decent dont get me wrong and it has a few nice touches such as the little 360 console items hidden away but it felt kinda bland to me It reminded me of resident evil 2 to a certain extent but whilst graphically it is certainly better it doesn't seem significant for what is now about 10 years on from that game, the story seemed rather generic, whilst i understood the plot to a degree i never really felt involved if you get me, i feel it lacked atmosphere and after a while killing the enemies seemed rather a chore and once you understand how to defeat the end boss well its too easy, slot a couple of FMV's at the end and well thats one poor ending TBH.

In RE2 (only similar game i've played really) i felt you had to work more to complete the game and the puzzels really got you involved, this game is just basically guideing you too much at times, telling you exactly which button to press etc, the skill requirement is almost non existant and to get most of the other achivements seems to involve playing only with certain weapons and painstakingly looking for those items, hmmmm.

A little overhyped perhaps, just my 2 pence anyway, will be coming to an auction site near you soon :)
 
Well, this game was only really hyped up on these forums. The chaps here really loved it. Most of the official reviews cite your reasons for why it wasn't a particularly fantastic game after the first half an hour.
 
Chads said:
Well, this game was only really hyped up on these forums. The chaps here really loved it. Most of the official reviews cite your reasons for why it wasn't a particularly fantastic game after the first half an hour.


Thats a bit unfair as it was getting 80% + marks from most places which makes it a pretty decent game.

http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages4/926309.asp

I didnt find it bland in the slightest, and to be honest other than Oblivion its my favourite 360 game. As in all things, its horses for courses, some people just wont like it. Look at the scores at the bottom of the list in the link above. The lowest review being 40%, that reviewer obviously just didnt like the game while most others as i said were 80% +.
 
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My mate mentioned how he didn't like it today, he got it at launch and hasn't really played it. Personally I like it, there's a lot of room for improvement though.
 
melchy said:
Thats a bit unfair as it was getting 80% + marks from most places which makes it a pretty decent game.

Sure, I never said it wasn't a decent game.
 
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