arkane try to make the most arkane game possible and, unfortunately, dont quite reach the mark. the level design is fantastic as always but unfortunately the four (4) levels dont quite live up to the 10 or so hours the game asks of them, and the game's strict linear nature doesn't quite live up to the endless marketing hyping it up to be a unique puzzle experience a la Outer Wilds where solutions would come to the player by natural exploration. instead, Arkane delivers the same waypoint based FPS experience with an interesting coat of paint and writing that is endearing when it comes out of Colt's mouth and cringe when it's anybody else. still fun, by virtue of being an Arkane game, but hard fails to deliver on its premise.