Came out yesterday, anyone got it? i did, loved the demo.
Here are my views after one night of playing-
Pro's-
-Some nice cinematic camera shots,
-good graphics
-some great 'staged' moments that will scare the hell out of you.See spoiler if you want-
One moment there was a mirror in a small bathroom, you had just cleared the hotel room of freaks, then you notice a mirror above the sink. Huh, havent seen a mirror before, so though id have a look (duke nukem style) and see myself. Just as i was looking i saw a creature thing running up behind me!!!! scared the hell out of me, couldnt turn around quick enough!!! Proper horror movie effect!!
-Freaky , gory, and jumpy moments
-Great sound effects, keep you on the edge of the seat..."what was that? behind me?"
-Story line seems good
-Makes you feel part of a horror movie
- You are a crime scene investigator (kind of) and you have some useful tools- camera, UV light- (shows blood trails!), Beacon detector (Game ref) and Map.
-Crime scene investigating is good fun, you look at the evidence and have to provide answers from a multipule choice menu, get a better score if you 'investigate' it correctly.
Cons
-Controls are a bit jerky
-FPS view is jerky (Your meant to be an alcoholic so that could be why)
-Some sound files must be missing? on the demo theres a window that is smashed at the end of demo as a bloke is killed. In the full game, you get to the same point and theres the same scene, but no Sound effects when the window smashes?!?!!
-Theres a weird (Not SFX) noise- sort of like a crackling noise which you can hear. really annoying, after reading over reviews, it appears lots have been moaning about it. Hope Sega fix this as it ruins the ambiance.
-Not enough ammo for guns so far...want more than 5 shots in my shottie
- You can only carry one weapon...so its either gun or baseball bat .
-Multiplayer is unimpressive so far- only played a couple of games- Team deathmatch- was 2 v2 , think if more people get it, then more will be online, but 2 v2 in a massive farmhouse is boring as you cant find eachother!! then you can only use fists or handheld weapons- no guns!!!!! i hope there are other maps / weapon set ups you can use, but when i tried setting up my own game, it froze on the menu screen (either that or was loading slowly ) and so had to restart PS3 after 3 mins.
Sure as i play it more, i will grow to like it more, but at the moment it just feels like Sega didnt finish this before release
Edit: this has scared me more than Doom 3 so far, so if you like scares, then this is for you!!