played this through for the distinct locales and stylishly framed between-level-cutscenes
nails a couple of scenes relating to abusive relationships that could have easily whiffed entirely
ultimately, i'd much rather play stuff like this; that tries new stuff, even if it (imo) misses more than it lands
because gameplay is flat and fails to convince me that max payne / hotline miami (clear influences) works vs mainly melee enemies
a typical level (there are 50) consists of: enter room; slow down time; click enemy heads with pistols (rarely need to bother with anything else other than a few rifle shots) before it aggros/attacks; end level. something like this https://streamable.com/vjyhz5, with bosses also struggling to shake things up https://streamable.com/50g1lg
difficulty emerges in the form of placing enemies behind blind corners, where they'll chunk your health while you wrestle the janky reticle into working up close
i feel like there's a game half as long, taking itself half as seriously, that really gets at what made it's inspirations tick: each room is a puzzle, you have limited but meaningful tools - how will you solve this room?
nails a couple of scenes relating to abusive relationships that could have easily whiffed entirely
ultimately, i'd much rather play stuff like this; that tries new stuff, even if it (imo) misses more than it lands
because gameplay is flat and fails to convince me that max payne / hotline miami (clear influences) works vs mainly melee enemies
a typical level (there are 50) consists of: enter room; slow down time; click enemy heads with pistols (rarely need to bother with anything else other than a few rifle shots) before it aggros/attacks; end level. something like this https://streamable.com/vjyhz5, with bosses also struggling to shake things up https://streamable.com/50g1lg
difficulty emerges in the form of placing enemies behind blind corners, where they'll chunk your health while you wrestle the janky reticle into working up close
i feel like there's a game half as long, taking itself half as seriously, that really gets at what made it's inspirations tick: each room is a puzzle, you have limited but meaningful tools - how will you solve this room?