This review contains spoilers
Pros
+My first Arkane game. Now I can see why so many people love Prey and the Dishonored series.
+Environments are so much fun to explore at different times of day to see what was switched up.
+The enemies are IDIOTS...but it's explained why that is in the story. I feel like they integrated a reason for some of the bad AI behavior into the world itself. Thought that was funny.
+I've been waiting for time loop games to finally become popular, and we're here at last.
+Legendary weapons that transform are so dope. The dual pistols and that shotgun I used the whole game along with a silenced pistol. More of that please.
Cons
-I felt as though it was easy to get way too powerful way too quickly. Stealth felt like a bore once enemies with rare drops appear in the wild, and any normal gun can become a powerhouse. It also took away from sidequests like "What's in this safe that needs a crank?" Or "What's behind this door with three combinations?" Usually just guns that are weaker than the ones I found while finding the combinations. Anything purple should not have been dropped or found in the wild by anyone. Maybe Julianna could've dropped 1-2 instead. I think they were going for a randomized loot thing, but I'd prefer less and more quality than more and useless by the end.
-I was hoping for a bit more Majora's Mask-isms to exist. The whole "guys digging a hole, come back later!" Leads to jack shit. More manipulation from morning/noon should've affected afternoon/evening more. Scenarios like, "What if I kill Fia then meet up with Charlie?" that could result in more purple upgrades/guns or something. I know they did this somewhat with Frank, but I just wish there was more in the world overall.
Lastly, I'm hoping there's DLC that shuffles everything around more. Give more backstory as to who the Visionaries are, who they were before the loop, their relationship with Colt, etc. Maybe be able to kill all Visionaries in one loop but in many different ways. That could add plenty of replay value just by shuffling around characters. Explain it away with quantum theory or something, I'm not picky.
+My first Arkane game. Now I can see why so many people love Prey and the Dishonored series.
+Environments are so much fun to explore at different times of day to see what was switched up.
+The enemies are IDIOTS...but it's explained why that is in the story. I feel like they integrated a reason for some of the bad AI behavior into the world itself. Thought that was funny.
+I've been waiting for time loop games to finally become popular, and we're here at last.
+Legendary weapons that transform are so dope. The dual pistols and that shotgun I used the whole game along with a silenced pistol. More of that please.
Cons
-I felt as though it was easy to get way too powerful way too quickly. Stealth felt like a bore once enemies with rare drops appear in the wild, and any normal gun can become a powerhouse. It also took away from sidequests like "What's in this safe that needs a crank?" Or "What's behind this door with three combinations?" Usually just guns that are weaker than the ones I found while finding the combinations. Anything purple should not have been dropped or found in the wild by anyone. Maybe Julianna could've dropped 1-2 instead. I think they were going for a randomized loot thing, but I'd prefer less and more quality than more and useless by the end.
-I was hoping for a bit more Majora's Mask-isms to exist. The whole "guys digging a hole, come back later!" Leads to jack shit. More manipulation from morning/noon should've affected afternoon/evening more. Scenarios like, "What if I kill Fia then meet up with Charlie?" that could result in more purple upgrades/guns or something. I know they did this somewhat with Frank, but I just wish there was more in the world overall.
Lastly, I'm hoping there's DLC that shuffles everything around more. Give more backstory as to who the Visionaries are, who they were before the loop, their relationship with Colt, etc. Maybe be able to kill all Visionaries in one loop but in many different ways. That could add plenty of replay value just by shuffling around characters. Explain it away with quantum theory or something, I'm not picky.