Do Not Buy Alone In The Dark
The title says it all. Unless you are some kind of masochist who enjoys games with frustrating and overcomplicated controls, within five minutes of playing Atari’s saviour (which will probably end up becoming its killer) you will probably be wondering just how a game that spend four years in development could be so completely broken.
The controls are simply terrible, first person view is an improvement on the third person camera. Edward Carnby moves with all the poise and grace of Davros trying to negotiate his way into a parking space. The action is clunky, and overall the game is mind numbingly frustrating.
Problems with the fundamental game experience aside, the game does look incredible. The set pieces are truly stunning at times, and you would forgive the game a few of its foibles if the fundamental control system for the entire game wasn’t so broken.
All of the reviews I have read now all say the same thing, there is a really good story hidden underneath the gameplay, but you must have the patience of a saint to get through the slog to find it. Right now, the slog can forget it. When I play a game I want to be entertained, excited and thrilled. I don’t want to be unleashing a stream of enough profanity that would fill up a swear box in the time it takes to boil an egg.
Utter garbage, please do not waste your money in the same way I did!
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Wow, I’m glad you said something. I was thinking about getting this game later on.
It looked so promising what with fire spreading from one thing to another and such.
The fire looks great, and the game COULD have been incredible, instead its a janky mess. FOR SHAME!
I agree, the game is not that good, i had it on tuesday and i covered it for my site
Agreed, this game is worse than awful.
Suggested better use of £40 – burning it – much more satisfying that sitting through this torture.
Atari should be ashamed and embarrassed to have released this ‘game’.
rating: 2/10 (the fire looks good, about as annoying as aids though)
I haven’t been able to summon up the enthusiasm to put it back into my 360 since. It’s sat on the shelf now, I might try and eBay it. Or just throw it at a passing tramp.
With how good the original game was, this sucks. But now the question is, which is worse? The new game or the movie with Christian Slater?
Ah now that is a very good question Bush. I would have to say the new game is worse, because at least the movie is only 90 minutes.
Ha ha ha, now that’s funny.