Fun game. Even if I didn't 100% feel for it I still had a lot of fun with this and it's definitely made me more interested in looking at the rest of the series. It deserves its spot as a top-tier stealth game.
My biggest issue if anything is that the game doesn't exactly teach you the ropes the best way. It really expects you to have played the previous games already, and if you haven't all you have in its place are these overly long "how to play" videos that overload you with information and just leave you more confused. In turn the first few missions, while I WAS able to pass fine, I didn't do as well in mission percentages as I probably could've had I understood how to play sooner. If you do wanna start here, fine, but I would recommend at least trying whatever the first game's tutorial is first.
Only other issue I'd say is that I kinda didn't feel super engaged in the plot? Not that it was bad, it was serviceable, but the overall plot kinda didn't make me feel anything. Again, makes me wish I played the other games prior so I would feel more engaged. I do love the characters, though. Fisher has this old-man vibe yet is still able to crack a few jokes during a tight situation or when interrogating a suspect which made me laugh a few times. The whole crew has this feel of lifetime friends which I love.
In general this game feels like such a giant time-capsule of the mid 2000's with it's product placement and random namedropping of other then-modern things which I can't help but love. It's corny but in a great way. Definite recommend if you haven't played it already and like stealth games.
My biggest issue if anything is that the game doesn't exactly teach you the ropes the best way. It really expects you to have played the previous games already, and if you haven't all you have in its place are these overly long "how to play" videos that overload you with information and just leave you more confused. In turn the first few missions, while I WAS able to pass fine, I didn't do as well in mission percentages as I probably could've had I understood how to play sooner. If you do wanna start here, fine, but I would recommend at least trying whatever the first game's tutorial is first.
Only other issue I'd say is that I kinda didn't feel super engaged in the plot? Not that it was bad, it was serviceable, but the overall plot kinda didn't make me feel anything. Again, makes me wish I played the other games prior so I would feel more engaged. I do love the characters, though. Fisher has this old-man vibe yet is still able to crack a few jokes during a tight situation or when interrogating a suspect which made me laugh a few times. The whole crew has this feel of lifetime friends which I love.
In general this game feels like such a giant time-capsule of the mid 2000's with it's product placement and random namedropping of other then-modern things which I can't help but love. It's corny but in a great way. Definite recommend if you haven't played it already and like stealth games.