It is the first time that i give 1 star for a game and i hope this is the last because i give money for them not copy as a lot of people do.
Where from can i start? The game is horrible! I have been waiting for months to play it, i pay it a lot of euros and i can't play it. Controls sucks! You can't run while you have the camera at 1st person because you dont have 3 hands to move the right analog and the "A" button! You cant "turn off the torch or shoot if there is an object because when you press button it ignores that you want to shoot a bad monster and eg. grab the object. When you are in the third person you cant move the camera!! The fighting system is also sucks! You take chairs, keyboards etc and you have to move the right stick with absolute way down to up, or left to right but most of the time you miss it and you do nothing. Also if you are in the middle of a fight you cant view your inventory as the game dont pause and you lose. Graphics are just OK, not great for the… more »

It is the first time that i give 1 star for a game and i hope this is the last because i give money for them not copy as a lot of people do.
Where from can i start? The game is horrible! I have been waiting for months to play it, i pay it a lot of euros and i can't play it. Controls sucks! You can't run while you have the camera at 1st person because you dont have 3 hands to move the right analog and the "A" button! You cant "turn off the torch or shoot if there is an object because when you press button it ignores that you want to shoot a bad monster and eg. grab the object. When you are in the third person you cant move the camera!! The fighting system is also sucks! You take chairs, keyboards etc and you have to move the right stick with absolute way down to up, or left to right but most of the time you miss it and you do nothing. Also if you are in the middle of a fight you cant view your inventory as the game dont pause and you lose. Graphics are just OK, not great for the XBOX360 system. I give only 1 star because i cant play it and there is no 0 stars. I was trying 6 days because i pay for that but most of times i am in the middle of nothing eg. while i am driving the light goes absolutely dark and for 2 minutes i press random control keys to found that i am outside of the car. If you were a friend, i absolutely advice you to do not buy this.

When I first played the demo of this game on Xbox Live I was impressed - it was innovative and different and had a good atmosphere to it. A lot of work had obviously gone into making the environment realistic and engaging and the storyline seemed promising. And so I decided to ignore the harsh reviews it had received and give it a go. However, after a few hours spent plugging away at it last night, I can't help but feel a little disappointed.

Don't get me wrong, the game does have it's good points. As I said, the environment is very impressive and the terrified reactions of the NPCs as an unknown supernatural force takes hold of New York help to immerse you into the game world. Also, the ability to make use of items in the surroundings to defeat enemies in a number of creative ways steers the title away from becoming simply another generic monster-ridden shooter.

So why only give this game 2 stars then? In short, I believe it to be a fabulous concept which has been poorly… more »

When I first played the demo of this game on Xbox Live I was impressed - it was innovative and different and had a good atmosphere to it. A lot of work had obviously gone into making the environment realistic and engaging and the storyline seemed promising. And so I decided to ignore the harsh reviews it had received and give it a go. However, after a few hours spent plugging away at it last night, I can't help but feel a little disappointed.

Don't get me wrong, the game does have it's good points. As I said, the environment is very impressive and the terrified reactions of the NPCs as an unknown supernatural force takes hold of New York help to immerse you into the game world. Also, the ability to make use of items in the surroundings to defeat enemies in a number of creative ways steers the title away from becoming simply another generic monster-ridden shooter.

So why only give this game 2 stars then? In short, I believe it to be a fabulous concept which has been poorly executed. Edward (the game's foul-mouthed amnesiac hero) is slow and clumsy to control and this can become very frustrating, especially when you have several enemies in pursuit. The camera seems to have a mind of it's own and though the game gives you the option of first or third person view, there are points at which this option is taken away for one reason or another. Combine all this with an inventory which is, to say the very least, difficult to navigate and what you have is a game experience which, once the initial novelty has worn off, inevitably becomes irritating.

As I mentioned earlier, I have played this game only for a few hours so far and so it may be that in the later chapters it will redeem itself. But then, given the gameplay so far, can I really find the motivation to pop it back into my console and give it another whirl?