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GF Rating
7.3

12142 ratings

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GF Rating
9

Excellent

Great Game, NOT A SHOOTER

posted by SolidusPrime (MONTGOMERY, AL) Aug 26, 2011

Member since May 2011

8 out of 15 gamers (53%) found this review helpful

First and foremost, let me wade through some bs in other reviews. Square didn't make this game, they published it. Eidos Montreal developed it. That's in Canada, not Japan. This is NOT an FPS. It is a mix of FPS, RPG, and stealth. If you're looking for Call of Duty play Call of Duty.
Now, for anyone who played the original, this game does it great justice. The graphics are good, maybe not the super highest quality in the industry, but I didn't feel like I was playing last gen. The environments are nice to look at. The controls are not as crisp as CoD, but not clunky like Fallout. Once you get the controller layout down, you should have no problems. I did find that the crouch/stand with the left stick would stick occasionally. The voice acting is good, I didn't run into anyone who's voice made me cringe or say my drunk friends and I could do better. Leveling up your abilities is very satisfying, especially since you don't have many at the onset. Some contextual abilities, like taking two guys down at once or punching through walls aren't as useful as others, but most are helpful constantly. Some can make the game alot easier, turning an hour long mission into a 10 min one if you play your cards right.
There are plenty of side missions and places to explore to keep you busy. The areas you play in are sections of the city you in, so it's not as expansive like GTA or Fallout, but there are lots of nooks and crannys to get into just like the first game. Missions can be worked through more than a few ways which adds alot of replay value and you'll never do everything on your first or even second playthrough. Exploring the environment is a must as it is full of clues, like passwords on post-it notes or dropped PDAs, or just listening on peoples conversations.
All in all this game is excellent if it's your style and if you liked the first then you'll love it.

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GF Rating
4

Weak

meh

posted by BostonKev (MEDFORD, MA) Nov 2, 2011

Member since Aug 2009

10 out of 20 gamers (50%) found this review helpful

too slow...not enough rpg type elements to be engrossing ...too krappy of a shooter to entertain. poor attempt of a hybrid of the two games imo... If you like mind numbing stealth games you may like it but I recommend splinter cell over this any day.

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GF Rating
5

Fair

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posted by rjcpdx (Saint Paul, MN) Sep 13, 2011

Member since Jan 2004

7 out of 14 gamers (50%) found this review helpful

Who knew? The future is going to be cybernetic -and- dull as nails.

Human Evolution isn't a lot of fun, which is the first problem, neither as a shooter or a stealth creeper. Enemies are simply too easy to take out even on the highest difficulty and the same challenges are thrown up countless times. Can this diluted stuff really be what's happened to the DNA of the cool, creepy original game from a decade ago?

Secondly for a story-driven game, it's a pretty comically bad hack job of trying to do characterization. In dialogue scenes, character models move herky-jerky like 1960s TV puppets (think Thunderbirds). If you can look past that dated, choppy animation, you'll find yourself guffawing at the dreadful voice acting. It's really a stretch for the head of a world-topping technology company to sound exactly like a sleazy New Jersey loan shark. Is this what happens when you let French Canadians make games?

On the plus side there's some very ambitious city design (even if you are forced to criss-cross it interminably on non-consequential missions). Finally, though, there are very few surprises, lots of boring cut-and-paste corridors, a formulaic approach to enemy encounters, and -- most wastefully of all -- it looks like a fortune was spent developing this sad mediocrity.

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