The comparisons to Far Cry are evident from the start. It's first person,
open world and looks amazing…but that's about it for the Far Cry comparisons.
The control scheme seems really odd (I have always played games where X is jump
with the occasional O) but in this game it's mapped to the shoulder buttons.
However the controls were surprisingly easy to get used to. It took me a very
short time to stop throwing out all my valuable items when I meant to jump. The
graphics are pretty dam good, right up there with Killzone Shadow Fall. The
gameplay in repeatative but fun. Yes it's tough to start with when you have no
good skills or weapons (unless you google where to find the easter egg weapons)
HOWEVER when you start getting better weapons and equipment you end up with a
stockpile so big you never need to worry about being outgunned. Gunplay is also
only a small part of the game (that goodness because the aiming is stiff as
heck) The first person free-running is fun ONCE you get used to it. You have to
be looking exactly at what you are wanting ti grab otherwise you fall to your
death which happens alot. The voice acting is great and it's hilarious hearing
the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog as the main character. The story of
what's happening outside the city really pulled me in more than the main
characters story which is great in its own right. But its not all sunshine and
flowers. Downsides are as follows: Stupid online trophies CHEAP EXPLOADING ENEMY
PLACEMENT (seriously you'll spend close to an hour kicking butt, earning xp,
grabbing gear then you'll lock pick a door only to walk into an exploading
zombie that kills you instantly takes away your xp and sends you back to your
last checkpoint) First person free-running in unresponsive at the worst times
(infrequent but still annoying even after patches) The fact that you loose a
tonne of hard earned xp when you die (wouldn't be a bad idea except you almost
always die because Crane didn't grab that ledge he was rubbing up against and
falls to his death, or BS exploading zombies) That eater egg machete dissappears
when you throw it :'( Challenges suck Missable side missions. That kind of seems
like alot of negatives bur they're more just minor annoyances (apart from the
exploading zombie placement and freerunning bugs those are frustrating as heck).
This isn't as good as Far Cry but it's way better than Dead Island. Although
comparing it to other games isn't fair. Super stupidly gory zombie free running
action, pretty dam good if you can get it at a decent price.
