Recent reviews by remedi

Despite the poor reception this game has received, the game is technically and story-wise a great experience. Remedy Entertainment is known for exceptional graphics programming and fluid combat and they deliver again. The downside for the game using state-of-the-art effects like global illumination and volumetric lights is that you will need at least a GTX 1060 or equivalent to run this game smoothly on lowest settings.

The game presents the story in alternating playable acts and live-action shows. I have never seen this kind of story-telling before, but it seems to work rather well. The player has the ability to make choices that affect both the playable acts and how things unfold in the live-action show. The acting in the live-action show is not superb, but it is believable and fills its purpose. At times the choices that the actors make seem unreasonable which makes it hard for the player to identify with the characters and immerse into the story.

The story-line involving time travel proves that Remedy Entertainment has really paid attention to the details and they understand how time travel should work. At first the story seems shallow and mediocre, but in the end the pieces come together and form a coherent and well written story.

This game could have been one of the best games ever made, but there are multiple little short-comings that give the feeling that there was a rush to release the game. For example the level design is very linear and predictable, the puzzles only leverage a fraction of the possibilities that could have been used when manipulating time and sometimes there are technical hiccups like popping-in textures and crashes.

All in all, I enjoyed the game and I would recommend this to anyone who likes 3rd person adventure games and good stories. If you are in doubt, use a time machine to travel to a time when this game is on sale on steam and grab it.