This game is such a mixed bag I don't know hot to explain it but it seems that the developers and publishers decided to put "everything in the kitchen sink" and hope for the best.

The games story is its highlight but characters are kind of flat (Kidman is flat in every sense ayy) and the worst part is the dialogue between the characters. A lot of the mistery is not conveyed between the characters in order for the plot to progress forward without needing to tackle important issues.

The performanse this game is abysmal. If you use anything but 100% scale on your monitor the game will have awful resolution. Framerate can be fixed a bit but the black bars in the game make it feel like you are in a prolonged cutscene. I get that it is supposed to feel claustrophobic but this is just too much. The headbobing wasn't that much of an issue for me but it sure is annoying for a lot of people.

When it comes to gameplay this game messed up bad. Regardless of upgrades sprint is extremely short, my grandpa can run further and hot have to break to take his pump out as much as our protagonist. Ammo is scarse but the game forces you into wave defenses and action sequences like it is a Resident Evil game, yet the resources, health and damage doesn't work well in such scenarios. The later you are in the game, the more action there is.

The best part of the game is its intro and the most annoying part is most of everything else, especially the end part where you are literally playing an action game in a survival horror game....

The DLC is the greatest example of what this game should have been more like. When you play as Kim in the DLC you get to see her side of the story. I consider it much more interesting than the base game and the atmosphere is as thick as it can get (especially in Darkness mode). What makes it even better is that the DLC has no weapons and upgrades. So it is a lot more focused and I believe this is something the base game should have been more like.

I give it a positive mostly because the story and atmosphere is good, but when it comes to the gameplay the DLC is more like a stealth game while the base game is an awful hybrid of survival horror and action. Still it can be enjoyable, but not on higher difficulties.

This game is such a mixed bag I don't know hot to explain it but it seems that the developers and publishers decided to put "everything in the kitchen sink" and hope for the best. The games story is its highlight but characters are kind of flat (Kidman is flat in every sense ayy) and the worst part is the dialogue between the characters. A lot of the mistery is not conveyed between the characters in order for the plot to progress forward without needing to tackle important issues. The performanse this game is abysmal. If you use anything but 100% scale on your monitor the game will have awful resolution. Framerate can be fixed a bit but the black bars in the game make it feel like you are in a prolonged cutscene. I get that it is supposed to feel claustrophobic but this is just too much. The headbobing wasn't that much of an issue for me but it sure is annoying for a lot of people. When it comes to gameplay this game messed up bad. Regardless of upgrades sprint is extremely short, my grandpa can run further and hot have to break to take his pump out as much as our protagonist. Ammo is scarse but the game forces you into wave defenses and action sequences like it is a Resident Evil game, yet the resources, health and damage doesn't work well in such scenarios. The later you are in the game, the more action there is. The best part of the game is its intro and the most annoying part is most of everything else, especially the end part where you are literally playing an action game in a survival horror game.... The DLC is the greatest example of what this game should have been more like. When you play as Kim in the DLC you get to see her side of the story. I consider it much more interesting than the base game and the atmosphere is as thick as it can get (especially in Darkness mode). What makes it even better is that the DLC has no weapons and upgrades. So it is a lot more focused and I believe this is something the base game should have been more like. I give it a positive mostly because the story and atmosphere is good, but when it comes to the gameplay the DLC is more like a stealth game while the base game is an awful hybrid of survival horror and action. Still it can be enjoyable, but not on higher difficulties.