overwhelming game that i dropped but might revisit in the future. a game for genuine sickos that encourages and strongly rewards experimentation on every single level (combat, exploration, puzzles). i do not know if it is the "best" immersive sim ever, but i can certainly say that the level of options puts a lot of games to shame. has a decent story too as a cherry on top.

reason i dropped it is that after 10 hours, i realized just how many options i had, but would either require massive amounts of backtracking to accomplish or to restart a playthrough. this is combined with the fact that the game is *not* easy, at all, and it just made me want to move on. i still find it hard to not give credit where credit due though.

on a technical level, the game still looks and plays great, which once again puts a lot of modern games to shame. this is quite frankly the peak of what a game should play and look like.

unfortunately Arkane got sent to the live service mines then taken out back and shot by Bethesda, so extremely unlikely we will see more like this from this specific team in these conditions.

overwhelming game that i dropped but might revisit in the future. a game for genuine sickos that encourages and strongly rewards experimentation on every single level (combat, exploration, puzzles). i do not know if it is the "best" immersive sim ever, but i can certainly say that the level of options puts a lot of games to shame. has a decent story too as a cherry on top. reason i dropped it is that after 10 hours, i realized just how many options i had, but would either require massive amounts of backtracking to accomplish or to restart a playthrough. this is combined with the fact that the game is *not* easy, at all, and it just made me want to move on. i still find it hard to not give credit where credit due though. on a technical level, the game still looks and plays great, which once again puts a lot of modern games to shame. this is quite frankly the peak of what a game should play and look like. unfortunately Arkane got sent to the live service mines then taken out back and shot by Bethesda, so extremely unlikely we will see more like this from this specific team in these conditions.