Going into this game after having it in my library for so long and reading a bit of it just to get an idea out of the two screenshots i saw two years ago made me a bit happy, "oh boy so its a stealth game?" not really "and also an immersive sim?" maybe. My butt feels kind of sore now after just going through a miserable 4 missions but that's the general aftertaste this game gives me, the aftermath of being anally molested by a vomit made slime, leaving aside its general aesthetic and the theme of the game, that have already been said in these backloggd reviews, this barely feels like an stealth oriented game and an immersive sim. yes having a silenced weapon is fun but if the only "tactical stealth" elements that your game incorporates at the start are shoot before they see you, and a barely working uh... visibility indicator? that shows up randomly then... i can only smile at you awkwardly...

Not finishing this.

Everything about this looks visually like shit and its sad that i've gotten to the point of praising something because "it looks ass" and i laugh about it, its like laughing as a kid because because your teacher said "penis" or "vagina", now i dont even know where im getting at with what im saying but is JUST LIKE IN THIS GAME, no i dont want arrows, i dont want to be handheld to where i have to go, but the fact that this gives me the same feeling as [insert empty sandbox openworld] speaks volumes for me so the shelved games it goes, i'll pick you up some day again baby because there's still something in you i could dig up...

I always liked how remedy games have this sense of rush, going straight to the objective, what the game wants you to achieve, instead control gives you it's premise, and then it adds a maze within itself which makes you backtrack, look for other stuff; you never go straight to what the game wants to get to. "yeah i want my brother but sure let me get this thing finished first, oh wait i'll finish this other thing oh wait-"yadda yadda. ALRIGHT i dont mind it but i really dont think it fits with how remedy's general storytelling works.

Gunplay progression is fun as FUCK, fuck, and due to a bunch of friend's with high autistic enjoyment of brutalism i appreciated the general look of control.

I will probably finish this some other time, i dont feel like rushing this but i also dont feel like playing it.