kind of underrated. it's a step down from 2 and 1, the shooting and actual in-game visceral quality feels nerfed and turned down significantly. thematically the game has shifted from trying to trick and gaslight and question Isaac Clarke's sanity. it's a much more straightforward story which kind of works although makes it feel more isolated and detached from what came before. I enjoy the ice setting and some of the zero gravity space stuff. it is overlong though. i played half the game close to 10 months apart. the last couple of hours are a real slog. i feel like writing my superficial thoughts nearly a month after finishing it was probably a bad idea because I am not sure it's a good game or if i even liked it but just appreciated the direct John Carpenter homage and the potential of the game based solely on concept art.

I'd be intrigued to see if the remake this down the line after the new remake because I think there's great potential to rewrite and reshape this installment; improving the gunplay and plot while maintaining the ice planet setting would be pretty cool