A game that could have been astonishing
came out early in during the gameplay ...
After i finished the game ... i must say ... mostly i was right... BUT i suggest no1 to waste they'r money over this crappy unifinsished game.
Story is flat and predictable, endings are .... junk....
The "do not kill" for a better end system is just, lemme find the world ... ah here it is : SHIT !! Developers pushd that idea trough the game to not kill ppl just because the game is soo easy that you must ply it in the harder way to feel .... that the game is too damn easy.
No freedom, no story, no nothing.. STAY AWAY from this junk.
Combat system is just ridicolous, sneaking system is one of the worst ever seen (try the first splitercell then start making snkeking games you useless developers )
What more.... well i was totally scammed ... i admit... i'd like to have my money back but i can't...
STAY AWAY FROM THIS GAME !!!
[OLDER REVIEW i'm not deleting so you can undestand the feeling at the beginning and at the end of the game(read above)]
As i asy in the title this game could have been astonishing.
I play on the pc and the first thing i saw in the game is the constant "console-factor" resulting in a too easy game.
Pc controls are smarter than a console pad so pc players need more from a game as we have a better equip switch control, movement reactions and precision.
The game presents himself with a long intro where players is imbued with names, places and so on ... the event that throws the main character in the action comes fast at the beginning giving the player no time to understand a simple fact "Who am i playing? Who is that ? What is this? "..
In my opinion a couple of starting mission for you "Empress" should have been better, so you could take confidence with the control system but more with the story and the environment. In addicition that would have been better for story immersion.
Btw developers missed this aspect.
Well after the first runaway you are catapulted inside a political war and you do not say a word(when i'd just like to blow up almost every 1). So you get missions (with some little decisions to take that will make the game change ).
So then you must pickup your equip(thanks to Piero always available to upgrade your assasin's tools). I must say that weapons are very few and not so different... that is not bad so you can focus better on what you really need instead of carrying out tons of useless equipment or "junk" items(instant sold on pickup).
Combat is quite intersting (whenever you get caught and need to fight), in very hard mode even 1 enemy can kill you in 1 or 2 hits... btw if you focus on combat and wanna slay enyone ... well with a bit of mouse+keyboard skills you can easily kill up to 10 enemies (slow time -> kill -> blink -> blink -> kill and so on) ...
Powers and charms makes the game really a walk in the woods with some exiting moments as i find this game very easy to play..
To conclude, this game i more an interactive movie than a real game. Good graphics and good makes you want to know how the story ends. On the other side the sneaking lacks alot and is too easy to sneak around.
I think this game take a lot from deus-ex mechanics but simplifies alot the seaking side as it's very easy (you can choke and enemy just next to his friends as you sound does not go far. You can face an enemy in plain sight during the day as his view cone is so restricted and short) ...
A good game to play instead of watching a movie... but nothing more.