Very poor indeed.

User Rating: 2 | Damnation PS3
Wow, where do i begin? Ok, a brief summary.....this game stinks.

Graphics : 2/10 - Simply terrible. You have to go someway back in gaming history to find textures this bad. The characters are fairly detailed but overall the game looks very old graphics wise compared to some of today's polished and detailed games. The graphics do the current generation of consoles no justice at all. They are large and look stretched over cliff-faces and seem to wrap around window ledges. The textures look quite blurry and the whole game seems to lack a certain sharpness that we come to expect from out HD gaming.

Sound : 1/10 - One of the very worst things about this game. The voice acting is flat and lifeless, the sound effects such as gunfire and vehicle randomly stop working and large portions of the game are tied up with annoying repetitive tannoy announcements that endlessly repeat. Some of the conversations between characters, particularly in the motion sequences are choppy and really lack conviction.

Gameplay : 2/10 - Glitchy, buggy and broken. The button layout is all wrong, the guns are useless, the enemie AI is dumb and the enemies are laughable, the game skips and jolts especially in story & aniimation sequences, the levels are long and boring, the characters are forgettable and un-inspiring, and the plot fails to hold you. A total fail all round gameplay wise.

Story/Plot : 4/10 - It did have an honest shot at a good storyline to follow. The idea of playing a rebel fighting a totalitarian state is always a favourite amongst action adventures. However, its badly implemented and fails to captivate or motivate. Instead it tends to drift in and out of the game and feels quite weak, when it could have been strong.

Re-playability : 1/10 - None. Unless you are really, really, really, really, really, really bored and have no other games. Or a door to walk out of.

So, any redeeming features?

Well yes, some of the level design is quite well though out. There is an element of exploration to be had and finding the route is often the goal. Leaping through windows, onto/off ledges and shimming along chains and pipes. You must do a certain amount of navigation in some of the levels, always looking for a ledge or rope to aid you to access your next destination.

Overall : 2/10 - A seriously flawed game, and one which does not justify its price tag whatsoever. Very sub-standard especially considering the quality of games currently available to the current generation of consoles. Dont believe me? Rent it first.