You know, I kept reading people saying how great this game was, and how it was a must buy at this price, and I'd think "Maybe I got the wrong impression last time I decided I didn't want this game."
Then I went and looked at the screenshots and read the gameplay description again, and realised that I hadn't got it last time because it sounds like a game with no redeeming qualities. So many commenters were lauding the sick and twisted nature of it, and call me odd, but I only enjoy sick and twisted when it's got a definite point and preferably a sharp edged sense of humour behind it. I have no interest in the Saw films and their ilk, and this game looks like a similar outing, being dark and edgy and disturbing simply for the sake of being dark and edgy and disturbing.
It's like the developers realised they enjoyed Ren & Stimpy and South Park and Tim Burton, and tried to make a game about it without understanding any of the qualities that make them good.
In brief, thanks for validating my decision.
(And given that I generally trust your reviews, I suppose I should get around to playing Borderlands...)
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Date: 2011-12-30 02:17 pm (UTC)Then I went and looked at the screenshots and read the gameplay description again, and realised that I hadn't got it last time because it sounds like a game with no redeeming qualities.
So many commenters were lauding the sick and twisted nature of it, and call me odd, but I only enjoy sick and twisted when it's got a definite point and preferably a sharp edged sense of humour behind it. I have no interest in the Saw films and their ilk, and this game looks like a similar outing, being dark and edgy and disturbing simply for the sake of being dark and edgy and disturbing.
It's like the developers realised they enjoyed Ren & Stimpy and South Park and Tim Burton, and tried to make a game about it without understanding any of the qualities that make them good.
In brief, thanks for validating my decision.
(And given that I generally trust your reviews, I suppose I should get around to playing Borderlands...)