adventurene

User Score
5.5

Presentation - 6.0
Gameplay - 7.5
Value - 4.5

From the start the game opened as the typical button smasher would.  You have all the powers unlocked and you can kick major booty.  Of course we soon realize that the main character is going to lose those abilities and start from scratch real soon. 

Starting from scratch isn't so bad, though and the controls, although a bit clunky with a mouse or a laptop touchpad have a pretty shallow learning curve and soon you'll be smacking around the military like it owes you $20.

I am currently playing on normal difficulty and the game has yet to really challenge me.  Being that I have played a few MMOs in my time, the XP...I'm sorry EP grindage is pretty light.  If you move around enough and find a modest amount of the hidden goodies you'll unlock most of the powers you'll need through the game. 

This is a good game to just bust out when you have 30 minutes or so to kill and want to get out some frustrations as the GTA style open world presents you with a good opportunity to basically smash the crap out of stuff without too many consequences.  So long as you save regularly, there isn't much of a chance that you can screw things up too bad.

I do have one major gripe with the game, especially as I play it on a laptop.  The camera seems to really dislike being where it should be and makes the game about 50% harder than it needs to be.  There were quite a few times that I just didn't get why the camera was pointing where it was and sabotages your controls when it isn't in the correct place.

I haven't finished the game yet, but so far the story is pretty standard.  You were wronged by the military that messed up and blah blah blah blah...  I know I shouldn't expect Hemmingway from an action game, but I should at least get some semblance of a good story. 

All in all, if you come across it cheap, pick it up, otherwise wait for something more developed.