way better then what everyone says
The plot is that in the past lots of people continually went missing over and over they were all simply announced missing but then vampiric creatures called nightwalkers were discovered. these creatures cannot normally multiply and so bite and kill humans turning them into nightwalkers as the only way to multiply. As you could imagine the AIB (American information bureau) set up a anti nightwalker combat unit for controlling the threat. you play john Lloyd who is a member of the anti-nightwalker combat unit. hes the only one on his team who has combat experience with the nightwalkers. This game is definetaly a stealth game before action or horror. the nightwalkers are like super humans in a sense because they run very very fast and pretty much if they get close to you your as good as dead unless you have some team mates and you get lucky. You can kill them though if you take them on when theres only one in the area and if your pretty far away. so don't expect to run through the game with guns blazing. as the actual gameplay goes this feels like splinter cell with vampires in my opinion. there is tons of acrobatic parts in the games like climbing up pipes hanging on ledges and even repelling occasionally. the shooting goes into an over the shoulder view though you can move freely like in graw. on most missions you are equipped with an assault rifle a pistol night vision goggles, binoculars (well sort of), and necrovision(which allows u to distinguish humans from nightwalkers). you cannot perform stealth kills until a little later in the game when you acquire UV knives (which are limited but semi plentiful).
Now for the actual review
gameplay: GOOD: the stealth works great and is very realistic (compared to most games anyways). you have to be patient and move very slowly when going for a stealth kill or just avoiding the nightwalkers, unlike most games you cant just RUN towards the enemy and expect them not to turn around before u can get a kill which i like. the acrobatics while simple work good. the weapons you start with like i said aren't great for killing nightwalkers but later in the game you occasionally get to use weapons like shotguns and snipers. The shotgun (unless overwhelmed in NW numbers) turns this into an action game the parts you get to use it at least. the sniper is special because its capable of killing a nightwalker in a single head shot. the necrovision makes it easy to identify nightwalkers so u don't get surprised if u normally wouldn't see one. another thing i like about the stealth is if u are in range of a nightwalker seeing you and not to close the game gives you 3 chances to get the hell out of there, Eyes will appear on the screen and will tell u if u stay in the same place the nightwalker will see u and come for u (of course if ur to close this wont happen and theyll come right for you).
BAD: most will complain that this game is to hard to all of you i say be more stealthier and have PATIENCE! although i do think this game is hard mostly because of a lack of checkpoints since if a nightwalker sees you, your pretty much dead so this is a trial and error type game for some people so i would've like the ability to save checkpoints like in Hitman (with a limited amount of saves too)the shooting in the game is a little plain, it doesn't feel like you are shooting a real gun but more like a air gun, the shotgun feels like a real gun though.
GRAPHICS: i cant say these graphics are up to x box 360 standards, more closer to ps2 really. but some touches in the game are very nice like the rain effects on the character models and environment look realistic. the games graphics do look dark and not colorful but I'm pretty sure thats what the developers were going for. overall the graphics aren't very good but presentable because of the rain effects and some occasionally good lighting.
SOUND: the voice acting is bad not horrible but bad. the music fits whats going on but theres not much variety. the gun sounds are ok, most guns are silenced but like i said most sound and feel like air guns except again for the shotgun. there also isn't a lot of variety in enemy voices or lines which is annoying. overall the sound is the worst part of the game.
MULTIPLAYER: the multiplayer is almost standard with the standard modes(deathmatch, team deathmatch, CTF, king of the hill.) but the twist is they let you play as the nightwalkers (you can transform at will depending on the game settings though u cant go back unless u die). the nightwalker stuff makes the games multiplayer a lot funner then you would think and you get such a good feeling when you take out a nightwalker when your being a human which will get u a lot of extra points apposed to killing a human as a nightwalker ( just so you know the nightwalkers aren't as defensively strong and quick depending on the game settings as they are in the single player). overall the multiplayer is fun and a nice edition to the game.
OVERALL this is a very fun and deeply underrated stealth action horror game that anyone who like vampires or stealth should definetaly check out. the only real problems with the game is the sound and graphics but they can be overlooked by most. OVERALL: 8.3 (the new rating system wont let us give something an 8.3 so 8.5 is the closest to it)