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3.0 out of 5 starsSwing and a single?
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2022
Oh how I wanted to like this game more than I do. The good: graphics are good, load times decent, story starts off pretty strong. Guns are pretty good.
The bad: Clunky mechanics and controls, better figure out the dodge timing early on.
graphics good but are they getting the most out of your PS5 ? I don’t think so.
On the easiest setting resources are ridiculously difficult to come by. Credits are few and far in between and the really good upgrades cost thousands on top of the thousands you’ve spent to get to that upgrade level. The problem is that the average enemy spits out 20 credits and you rarely find “big ticket” salvage you can sell for…1,000 credits. By the end of the game I had one gun maxed, and finally got the cool homing ammo that is used against you very early in the game. Most of my stuff was in early upgrade tiers. I painstakingly looted. Oh, and don’t waste time trying to loot anything but enemies you’ve defeated (there are bodies everywhere) and chests. I’d say there are a couple dozen small boxes to break, and half as many proper chests. Heads up: if you use the GRP glove to toss enemies into spikes which are inexplicably everywhere, chances are good you won’t be able to loot them. Of course this is the easiest way to defeat enemies and it’s a real trade off. You basically have to use this tactic in many areas because if you are facing more than two enemies, they are simply too powerful and you’ll likely die.
Can’t skip cut scenes. Makes it tough to replay and enjoy those weapons you spend so much time on and invariably will still have multiple upgrades available.
Hard. I found this game to just be unrewarding in its difficultly. The juice isn’t really worth the squeeze. Get ready to play the same scenes over and over. The save points are set up where you have to perform the same looting actions to then get to the main attraction, die again, do it again. The worst curse of some survival horror games and it’s here in spades.
Tough to recommend it although it’s generally interesting and you’ll want to like it.
It’s a challenge on “easy” so if you like a game that requires early mastery to finish, repeating areas numerous times and melee combat because there aren’t many bullets or guns- this is for you!
