Steam sale, got this game for 5 dollars. Was it worth it?
At the same time however, the game was really well done. The graphics were amazing. The feel and gadgets were really well done, and for a game to be based off of a book I would say they nailed it on the head. But in terms of content, it kinda fails miserably.
Some things worth mentioning... This is not a free-roaming game like fallout or dead island, it is a linear action shooter. Coming across ammo in the game was difficult nearing the end. I played the game on normal mode and I made it to the end of the game with basically 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 on every single weapon I was carrying aside from grenades. (Which as it turns out I never even used) I mean, the mutants move too quickly and rush you, so you can't really use grenades on them, and going silent seems to be better vs other humans... so I'm not really sure the purpose of these pipe bomb grenades. They seemed entirely out of place in this game.
Buying/selling with "pristine" ammunition in the game was kind of cool, but I'm not sure why other things weren't used as currency, like liquor or something.
Nightvision was cool, but was also wonky at the same time. Sometimes I felt like I had to turn on my flashlight WHILE USING nightvision to see in the dark hahahaha so that kind of defeated the purpose. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. I'm going to have to give a thumbs down on the nightvision.
Gas masks were cool, but after a while listening to the guy breathing... I was looking in the audio options to shut him up. Sadly that option wasn't there.
If you take enough damage while wearing one, it will break. If you're in an area were you need one, its basically game over unless you find a new one laying around. You'll find a lot of dead dudes and stashes laying around the levels, so the game forces you to explore every nook and cranny. (You aren't going to make it in this game if you only run and gun)
One very annoying thing in this game that I can't get over, is that if you are using a silencer and headshot someone, sometimes they die screaming which will alert other humans if you are trying to be sneaky. This didn't make much sense to me. Shooting a guy in the head and watch blood spurt out, then having them die yelling and screaming, was pretty dumb. It made the silent approaches completely unappealing to me. I ended up just blowing everyone away because every time I tried a silent take-down they would alert the entire area, regardless of headshots, or stabbing someone from behind at point blank range. So, on that note, the game failed miserably.
Cutscene's were far too frequent and far too long in this game, making the actual gameplay feel that much shorter.
In all honestly, I think I would have just preferred to read the book rather than play this. I got bored several times while playing this.
I did enjoy the game for 5 dollars for what it does. However I am still very disappointed that it was only 8 hours long with frequent long cutscenes, while also being extremely linear and lacking in actual gameplay content.
If I bought this game for 50 dollars, I can tell you without much doubt that I would have probably been pissed off and would have wished I purchased the actual book instead of the game. But I bought it for 5 dollars, which might even be cheaper than the actual book is lol. Knowing what I know how after playing the game, if I could go back in time I probably would have just purchased the book.
Sayin' it like it is, as always ~ shelledfade ~