True digital painting, an aesthetic joy
What a pure joy, like a breath of fresh air. I am so tired of all that brown tinted, dark console games. It's so refreshing to play a character nicely equipped with something high-tech and in the same time believable and stylish instead of being a cartoony looking guy, with a head smaller than his boot and a ridiculous chainsaw as a weapon. And this is a first game that looks like a virtual reality and you feel you are not playing game but you are really there. It's also a plus the game let you make a choice what kind of game-play you want. You can set an easy level and go through the whole game giving no release to a trigger of a machine-gun. That way is a bit boring on my taste so I have gone through a half of the game without a single shot and a single bullet hit me. I like hideous and clever style and the game gives that choice. On my way I did myself a pleasure of turtle hunting, rock climbing and also a dodging of a shark that kills you if you try to swim out of the area. It's like a nice mini game inside of the main plot.
This is a first game that have not a good graphics. Graphics it's all about consoles. This game is a digital painting. A realistic painting. So many great art innovations and inventions. It's really a direction I do hope the games will follow and it's too bad I will no more be able to play other games. The only thing you need to do to feel the beauty is turning off post effects. I honestly don't understand why those effects are implemented. They makes the game looks like a console. Blurry or overexposed.
Aside of the game is probably best looking one I can say I want more. More versatile environments, more natural looking materials and textures ( sometimes they are not very good) , more visual realism in rocks and foliage, more versatile and natural looking ground cover, more populated and colourful underwater. I want characters with signs of life and emotions on their faces like my forever beloved Alex Wane. I want a true virtual world in which I would find my own way to entertain myself.