this game tries so many things, and doesn't succeed at any of them particularly well. but there is potential there. the mismash of cover shooter and character action doesn't work as neither of them are super fleshed out, and they are largely segmented - most enemies are best sorted out with normal cover shooting, and most bosses are outright immune to bullets. you can see where a good character action game could exist in fights like saha - he has a lot of moves, he is fun to react to, but as a player your options are just not versatile enough nor is he consistent enough. i wish this game had a parry so goddamn bad.

i will say i laughed out loud about 10 times. this game really does try to do the tone and character stylings of metal gear and slap it onto guns and swords action, and if nothing else the characters are successfully very stupid.

BIG MOUSE