Die Young Reviews

The stars didn't align quite on this one. Another game that seems to suffer from identity crisis; equal parts Farcry 3 in its world and story, and the other half inspired by Mirrors Edge style parkour and combat. Where the aspects of both are never truly realized, or fleshed out in any sort of cohesive way. The game from the start begins to show its promises with the all too familiar story: a group of friends getaway to an exotic island wherein they all become captured, and its up to our protagonist to find a way off the island, and save said friends. To the credit of the developers, there is an attempt to separate the similarities from its muses. A large portion of the first half of the game has a great idea in its climbing mechanics, which is nice on paper, but never gets a proper highlight; with the only exception being one chapter making use of it as a central point of progression. And the only other side note being the stealth system that never gets used properly enough, as it seems like the first half of the game has an idea in it's approach to stealth, as an option. but then again this is another under-baked idea. The story is a whole separate problem, strung along with less than proper acting, and a central story that doesn't know how to properly deliver it's own message. With the one example of a stark contrast shift being the aforementioned chapter using the climbing as a highlight. This review is too long already, so for the sake of time. Cons: -forgettable writing -bad acting -graphical inconsistencies -strange level design most of the time -almost every game mechanic is poorly implemented -sound glitches -everything that is interesting, never goes anywhere -everywhere that is interesting, never has a purpose for staying there Pros: -the game is functional 3/10 (poor)