The Suffering is an ambitious effort that will keep you hooked, while it lasts...
In The Suffering, you play as Torque, who is a convicted inmate caught on a nightmarish prison on an island. The story and the characters seem riveting at first sight, but the repetitive action sequences will shift your focus to a more clichéd experience. This is where The Suffering really suffers. Considering the numerous number of levels, more variety should've been put into this title.
The Suffering looks great. Unfortunately, it looks and plays exactly like its PS2 counterpart. The developers decided to keep everything as it is. So Torque will look slim like he’s suffering from some kind of food deprivation syndrome, strange… The monsters are really inspired and varied but eventually become dull as the same models appear again and again. The bosses are very imaginative, especially the gaseous monster.
The score is really amazing and sound effects are fit to the overall claustrophobic mood of the game. Again, not too much content to really satisfy.
Overall, what starts as a promising masterpiece ends up as an slightly-above-average been-there-done-that cliché, which you will enjoy while it lasts.