Not 4 kids
First let me say that this is not a title for everyone. Obviously by the nature of the game itself i does deserve the proper setting. not your 8 year old's before bedtime game time. Secondly, the difficulty curve has and remains to be higher than others. Patience is a virtue as you wait out the perfect time for a kill... BUT those things aside, pop in the disc and jump in...
The game features were pretty basic, choose your difficulty (sane / insanity) and it sends you in... there are settings available, One of which i found interesting. I personally did NOT care for the noise FX this time around... as they werent prevalent enough to make a large difference like static would, so really it ended up looking like my cables were loose. SO i switched off... preferred the crisp clean look as danny goes running through some of the seediest and grungiest of environments. Which leads to the point of the graphics.
The graphics (in wii terms thus far) would score an 8. Great lighting...nice detail, but still some of the usual flaws of jag's, and facial detail that are subtle enough to let go of. The character designs are varied, although after some of the levels go on you notice quite a few families had twins. better yet quintuplets. But a far cry from bland... the models seemed quite, well...twisted. which fits....
Gameplay was great...enjoyed the dynamics of the game, BUT im not gonna lie...this game DOES have its faults. and they WILL irritate you a time or two. Characters stuck in what looks like a Polka Dance by a wall, which leaves you no choice but to move and be spotted by said dumb*** dancing. Other times characters will simply walk RIGHT by you in broad daylight (Broadcast Interrupted and the following chapter. repeatdly.) But on the whole, there's nothing like timing the perfect moment as they round the corner and BAM. you know the rest....
The for the most part stays the same throughout, BUT i have to say i was mildly disappointed at all the guns incorporated. There were times where it was just to damn easy to grab a gun and throw a headshot to every. single. person. that rounds the corner. and later levels the guns are simply essential as hordes of gang members come 4 at a time in tight quarters. even then...headshot. headshot. move on...
One thing i hate hearing now is the reviews saying how he's simply killing for the sake of killing and why should anyone care, and how it's gone from a survival standpoint to the predator and that's a knock to the game? IT'S THE POINT OF THE GAME! we're talking about a psych patient who is trying to understand his urges to kill and his neccesity for going after those who put him in that state. NOT a guy who is dumped in the middle of a Snuff film. So please... the more you realize that this game is seperate..a whole new premise that will play itself out over time. you'll enjoy the game a helluva lot more.
And of course everyone's favorite...the executions.... after the release of the news of a new verson, I almost stayed in denial of the censoring until i saw it for myself.
and it is, entirely different. His pychosis does truly build (which i thought actually adds to the tension of stayin in stance those extra moments as the screen begins to twist with red more and more until you release the attach. The Gruesome kills, for the most part, are hard to see. you can tell, but you cant. And actually the hasty and brutal kills do in fact show a good bit, such as the hasty crowbar attack, as he plunges into his victims back... so the violence is there. in full force. Head shots lead to explosions of brain, and wearing someone's head on your hand like a boxing glove is anything but tame.
Honestly, was the game worth the wait? Absolutely. Every minute. It's exciting, interesting, difficult, and (dont deny it...) the wii controls are sickly entertaining as a feature for the wii version. Don't miss this game. give it a try...enjoy it, and get ready for what's to come. Don't linger on the thousands of words that the game sites, or i, or anyone says. it's worth a play through...