A game you play to waste time!!!

User Rating: 7 | Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy PS3
By DM2438 | Review Date:
The game is nothing more than a shorten rehash of the movie. It is one of those stories which can only makes sense and flow properly if you have seen the movie. If you are not familiar with the movie or the series in general, this game will still make sense, but the way the story is executed does little to get your attention. The game feels stiff and the controls need a little tweeking because trying to do combos and change weapons with poor controls deteriorate the fun factor in a game. Playing the movie through your eyes is capitivating, but poor fighting mechanic weighs down action and fast cutscene way down the emotional appeal of the story. I have never scene a man take so many 'blows' too the face and not die. The game has you execiting life threatening punches and kicks to your oppenent which in real life would kil a man, but instead your oppenent only takes a little damage and is still able to dish it back. Boss fights are long and the moves get repetitive since every move is quiet the same except for combo that include using your surroundings. Using your surroundings are fun, but all of it seems too scripted. Instead of only flipping my opponent on to a table, why can I not body slam him or drive his face into the table. Scripted action scene become repetitive which makes one think if the creators of this game believe in variety. Shooting is a big problem because guns seem ineffective in taking people down and the shotgun is pointless in this game. Some parts in the game force you to think ahead because you will go through levels where life is scarce, so you may have to save some life packs just in case those situations become apparent.

Though there are negatives, the positives are right around the corner. Close combat action sequences are brutal and entertaining, even if they are repetitive, action segments are always intense. The game does have its wow moments and like any great action movie, fire is added for intensity which is a tried and true formula. One segment of the game has you fighting to get your way out of a burning building which graphically looks good for this game and looks almost photo realistic if you do not pay close attention. But graphics do not make a game, though this game could have aimed higher in this department. The game appears to have to best possible graphics PS2 could pump out when it was in it s prime.

Something that would have been made the game better are cutscenes that transitioned in and out of the game action fluidly. There are instance when the games cutscenes are showing your past, but you do not know that it is your past which leaves you kind of confused until you have that "Oh, that's what happened" moment(Have to watch to movie to follow the game). Another thing this game does wrong, like most games who copy resident evil, is include player responsive action cut scenes. I would rather watch the movie, because these type of scenes are unexpected causing you to restart and also make you miss the action that is unfolding infront of you. Something else poorly executed, like in most action games that try to incorporate, is the poor driving sequence which feels too reponsive and unrealistic. This part is also not the strongest part of the game and could have easily been a throw away idea. There are no twist and turns in the story, if you scene the movie you know what to expect.

Overall the game is only worth a rental if even that. It is one of those games that come and go. If you pick it up...Cool...If you don't...your not missing out on anything, just another of the same old same old. It is a good way to pass time though, but not the best way.

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