scary at first but poor a.i and crappy level design lets down what could have been great, not really 'next gen'...
it prmoised awesome ai.
what it meant is the ai choose A: they make a b line to you and relentlessly attack or B: hide, partially, around a corner making sure a shoulder or shadow gives them away.
it promised great next gen graphics.
and although its qiuet impressive lighting wise even halo 2 or far cry looks more next gen than this and the main characters lab assistant rosa looks like a man, theres even a textured 5 o clock shadow on her face, dont get me wrong its a cool launch title , and scary but its not next gen in the truest sense its got mediocre level design theres a direct route that will become blocked ,leading to a side route which is allways, and i mean ALLWAYS searching for a axe ,crowbar or a sladgehammer to open something to continue.
as for the sparesly grouped ammo , its pretty generous even in harder settings and i was pretty dissapointed.
overall this is a mediocre game that uses x files resist or serve style jumps to make you scared rather than complex designs like silent hill or fatal frame.
the story isnt really explained...at all really one moment you are investigating a murder, which leads to 3 hours of trawleing through train stations killing crawling junkies, then in a mall killing manequins whic are really desguised cult members.
all sounds good but its only 7 hours game play and very lame ,in a sense old school "collect the blue key for the blue door" gameplay.
now that its been 6 months since the launch of the 360 i think we really need to wait till dead rising or halo 3 to see "next gen" games, becuase now it appears people only focus on graphics not gameplay, this is most definatly a rental, which you cna breeze through in 2 days easily.
so heres my personal opinion, rent it if you like cheap scares, but if you want something a little more substantial i suggest buying 'farenheit' instead.