My feelings afterward are pretty close to my initial feelings which was surprisingly decent, yes it does operate like a launch title BUT Rare knew the formula to make a good FPS for the system. I like the setting, and the practice mission to start it all off. They did reuse some assets for Mission 7 & 8. There are some missing mechanics that I’m used to like jumping, and the next checkpoint can be very unclear at times. I think the developer knew this because if you get lost enough the game gives you a form of guiding arrows to get to the next part. It’s hard to believe this game is 18 years old already. I still enjoyed this game but Mission 4 almost lost me, I had to lower my gameplay down a level to get through it, and it was merciless on the lack of a checkpoint. The checkpoint system was hit and miss. And for a spy espionage story it got a little supernatural at the end there. I did have to chuckle because the switch in the middle was like how Haze played out. Still though compared to Haze this is Mozart and without comparing it I still found it to be competent but lacking in some finer details.

Sounds like I’m about a third through the game here and here are my thoughts on it so far: the graphics are pretty bland, environments are too large and comes off as unimpressive. The story is pretty rote, something something lead character works for the bad guys without knowing it, switches sides once he meets the leader of the rebellion. The main character is largely forgettable and so is the team of alpha male bros he works with. As far as first person shooters are concerned, it’s pretty basic with a twist of “nectar.” The controls are barely explained and the objectives are very unclear at times. This is closer to a 2.5 out of 5 than a 2. So barring some huge change in the next couple hours I have a feeling this rating will stick.