And I haven't been that impressed by a game for a long time. The story was very original, the characters were VERY well developed, there were many, many different enemy types, all different, the levels were highly detailed for their time. I could predict what was going happen most of the time, but it wasn't so obvious that it was bad (just good with predictions). I like how the story came full circle, and how Ava turned out to be Eve's perfect counter, destroying her and her creation at the very end on the ship.
The music for the most part set the atmosphere really well, except for the standard battle theme; it seemed to lack in the fact that it was a little too "upbeat" or "happy", considering that Eva is fighting mutants that have been torn apart against their will and killed to make something far more sinister; that being said, I still think that the music, overall, was pretty good. The way it got faster while Ava was looking for Ben in the police station and on the ship, and the Museum's theme type music were my favorite.
I think the combat, while very interesting and unique in it's own right, could've used a little bit of work. It seemed to get repetitive after a while, in the sense that you would use the same weapon for a long time, in addition to the take turn style. Maybe some of the abilities that Ava had could've been more useful, because in the playthrough I watched, all I mainly saw the person use was "Heal", "Haste", and "Liberate". Also, it seemed as if the game was a little too easy; there was health and items given out after every fight, and it was also littered everywhere. Maybe there's a harder difficulty mode I don't know about?
Anyways, I'm going to summarize it like this:
The story of the game was FANTASTIC and moving; the characters actually had a side story that you could care about and feel for (they weren't like watching little cardboard cutouts) and the dialogue was phenomenal. The music was very good for the most part, but the combat and difficulty appeared to leave a little bit to be desired (maybe there was a harder difficulty you could unlock that I don't know about).
Based off of watching the entire game, I would say that it is a gem, and definitely worth a buy if I ever see it. Do want.
The music for the most part set the atmosphere really well, except for the standard battle theme; it seemed to lack in the fact that it was a little too "upbeat" or "happy", considering that Eva is fighting mutants that have been torn apart against their will and killed to make something far more sinister; that being said, I still think that the music, overall, was pretty good. The way it got faster while Ava was looking for Ben in the police station and on the ship, and the Museum's theme type music were my favorite.
I think the combat, while very interesting and unique in it's own right, could've used a little bit of work. It seemed to get repetitive after a while, in the sense that you would use the same weapon for a long time, in addition to the take turn style. Maybe some of the abilities that Ava had could've been more useful, because in the playthrough I watched, all I mainly saw the person use was "Heal", "Haste", and "Liberate". Also, it seemed as if the game was a little too easy; there was health and items given out after every fight, and it was also littered everywhere. Maybe there's a harder difficulty mode I don't know about?
Anyways, I'm going to summarize it like this:
The story of the game was FANTASTIC and moving; the characters actually had a side story that you could care about and feel for (they weren't like watching little cardboard cutouts) and the dialogue was phenomenal. The music was very good for the most part, but the combat and difficulty appeared to leave a little bit to be desired (maybe there was a harder difficulty you could unlock that I don't know about).
Based off of watching the entire game, I would say that it is a gem, and definitely worth a buy if I ever see it. Do want.
