This title set the standard for new games, has it all.. Stunning visual, awsome sound, and a great story!
Are you like me bored to death by the brown/grey/black FPS games theese days? I am honestly sick of that all new releases in the FPS genre has fallen into that the standard should be boring and litteraly all blown up estetic, this title is nothing like any other game it is butifull, this aside i'll go deeper in that further ahead in my review.
------- ------ ------ ------ ------- ------ ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
[i]First we take a look in the [b]story/synopsis[/b][/i]
This is the story of "Faith", a ung girl witch make her way thru as a runner, delivering secret documents, far away from the very strict regime.The government has surpressed all democracy and now the only way for the "free people" is to hide and do things in the secret, this is where faith fits in, she and other runners make the delivery of papers witch never will see the hands of the corrupt goverment.
But one man stand up strait and runs for gouvenor, he promice to set the power and back to the people, he gets killed and Kate, Faith's sister is framed for the murder she didn't do.
Without spoiling anything i can tell you that this will evolve and the story goes deaper in to this as you play the game.
------ ------ ------- ------- -------- --------- --------- -------- --------- ------
[i][b]Game play[/b][/i]
Faith is a runner, and what she does best is obvious running/jumping and doing a whole lot of air acrobatic.
If you look at any game play video one quite fast figureout this game don't play just with one buttom on your controller.
You'll nead to know all the buttons on your controller but it really isn't that hard to "get a grip on it". litteraly... After 5 minutes of the first tutorial you'll know all you nead to play thru the game, but there are dussins of "combos" to figure out while playing also.
Unlike most FPS games this game does not meaning you will be shooting and blasting your way thru each chapter, but more often you will find that the best way is go another route so you won't be running in a gunfight. But in some situations you'll pic up a gun or automatic riffle to get the "blue".
Faith isn't rambo with the guns, but she can use them if she get hands on one, but you cant bring the riffle when you try to jump, so for most time it isn't a good idea to carry any weapon.
There are some frustrating "trial and error" in this game but it does somewhat fit's in plaze, you'll feal really good when you for the 8:th time actually get the "wallrun and jump" combo rigth and lands on the edge of a house roof.
------ ----- -------- ------- -------- --------- ---------- ---------- -------- -------
[i][b]Visual and sound[/b][/i]
Wow, i really don't know where to start.
This game is sooo difrent to any game visually, brigth and colorfull, and the look of the city you're playing in is almoust abnormal beautiful and very detailed.
From the first to the last chapter evry objekt is rendered very tastefull, even if the variety isn't the best.
"Motion blurr" and nice textures is all over the game.
I am amaced that the game played as well as it did on the 360, because it's filled with beautiful graphic, and actually not a single hicup from the xbox!
The moust cut scenes (between the chapters) are drawed in comics style, even if it's very diffrent from the gameplay visual it does in a good way tell the story. There are small cut sceenes also with actual gamepley fotage, thoose are also very nice.
The sound is very good, and the best part is actually Faith's footsteps and breathing, it makes this game very "adrenaline pumping" to play, the music does extend theese fealings, the music is soft when you're taking it easy, and just as the first gunshoot arrives the tone has changed and the beat of the music is in a whole other paste.
You will at times feal really stress'ed when you have some "coppers" running behind you and you hear their footstep and the music playing fast. Adrenalin!
----- ------ ------ ------ ------- ------- -------- -------- ------ ----- ------- -----
[i][b]Conclution and personal thougths on the game[/i][/b]
As i already written in the first llines this game has a whole diffrent approach visually than all other FPS games i've played.
I really hope this set a new standard estethic so we can see more fps with more gun action in brigther enviromets instead of dark cellars.
I like the story, it's very involving even tho it does leave out many things, you don't get to know as much about the charractors, but my guess it that this is just the way "Dice" wanted the game to be.
The story does end in a way that indicate that there are atleast one sequel coming soon, this is good because i was very sad when i saw the end credits, i just sat a while and admired the names of thoose made this great game alivalable for all game fans.
This is the best game i've played in modern time, and i enjoyed ewry second of the game.