It's a good 3rd person shooter along with some elements of horror.
The glaive features abilities such as throwing it to chop off the limbs of enemies, slicing their throats and heads off. Fun eh? Yes, very fun. You gain ablities throughout the game such as aftertouch---where you press rb then press and hold down again to guide the glaive in flight)--- also you gain the ability to throw the glaive with full stregneth by simply holding down RB until the glaive aim sight turns yellow and you release. You can also put fire onto the glaive or electricity and that gives u different abilities for solving puzzles and simply killing enemies in a faster way. The glaive also is good for stealing items from a distance. It never gets old to use and it really makes the game what it is.
Graphics are amazing overall and up to par with any other next gen game to date. There are a few low res textures on the walls here and there, but overall the water is pretty and shadows/reflections are gorgeous. Player models are also fantastic to look at.
Controls are sometimes a little clunky because ur character doesn't necessarily move the fastest and sprinting is a little hard to steer. At first when you start playing, you'll notice that aiming is a little fast. You can downtone the sensitivity though in the options at any point in the game.
As i said in the title, this game does have elements of horror in it. A lot of the environments you will explore can be downright creepy especially with the infected jogging to attack you. They are not ur typical zombie though because they use weapons or their hands to kill you. So i would not put them in the same boat as a zombie.
Sound is great and the music really goes well with the current situations. Never once will you feel bored in this game because the sound effects and music really keep you on ur toes.
As far as multiplayer goes, it really is a fun experience. Although, one that only can last for so long unless they add more game modes. Only 2 game modes is kind of ridiculous because the ones they offered were really fun. A team deathmatch where everyone plays as hayden would be tremendous and I don't see why they couldn't include something like that in the multiplayer. Lag is a slight issue though because sometimes you will be kicked out of games and sometimes you see ppl moving in one place and it will just freeze all together. Grenades will freeze mid-air even if there isn't any lag at all which is kind of irritating.
This game really is a good one and something different since GoW. It has decent replay value as long as they add more features to multiplayer. Single player is really fun and I can see many ppl playing through it again and again. I reccomend this title to anyone that wants to play something different or ppl who just like 3rd person shooters. Too bad multiplayer is too shallow currently and there isn't a splitscreen/coop option which would've have made this game ultimate.