It is crazy that this game is part of the start of sony's modern format of high octane first party releases cause it is just alright. Everything from the visuals to the gameplay is just rather bland and mediocore with solid writing being the best part of the game. Even then, you often only get to hear the great character work for brief periods before the game find an arbituary reason to split the player from their companion. I think this game more than anything needs a from the ground up remake as it's age at this point because the story, concept and setting are so unbelievably solid and fleshed out but are held back by weak gameplay, aging graphics and clunky controls