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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 46.1 hrs on record (20.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 25 Jun, 2014 @ 9:12pm

This game is hardly what we were promised two years ago. That said, I'm a minority, in that I actually still enjoyed this game.
Pros:
- The Story, while cliche and formulaic, is still an enjoyable time for a variety of reasons.
- I felt that the hacking made for a legitimately useful gameplay element. Yeah, it's completely unrealistic how it works, but I feel like actually using it in action was a fun way to change it up from a standard gun-toting free roam game.
- The stealth was very well done. Beyond hacking things as a means of distraction, it was an enjoyable part of the game, and I would legitimately feel stressed when trying to slip past groups of enemies undetected.
- The gunplay was pretty standard, but I say that in a good way. The weapons are relatively varied, and its easy to control and fun to experiment with, especially in stealth.

God bless the silenced 1911.

Cons:
- This is probably the worst one. The car controls are absolutely terrible. No matter what car you drive, they all are far too slippery and are a hassle to control, especially with a mouse and keyboard.
- Many of the characters in the story are given far too little backstory. Lucky Quinn, pratically the main antagonist of the entire game, is given about 5 or less scenes in the whole game. Same goes for many more characters. Their identities and roles in relation to previous story events are revealed much later than they should.
- The physics are incredibly out of whack. Aiden's coat tends to twitch on occasions, the vehicles physics properties are ridiculous, the list goes on.
- The world you're given to travel in is too small. It takes roughly 5 minutes to travel from one end to the other, sans water travel.

Overall, though, I still don't hate the game. I can guarantee that this is not the best game I've ever played, nor will it ever be, but its enjoyable enough in certain aspects to where I can recommend it. However, for the love of god, wait for a price drop of some kind. 60 dollars is most definitely pushing it, especially for a game that could've been much more.

Overall, I give it a 6.5/10.
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