I never asked for this, but when i saw it on Humble Bundle...

This game is pretty fun. Its got a lot of features, that ill try to go over, but itll be tough. This one's gonna be long, so you may wanna skip down to the tl;dr version. I will be dividing it up into categories of gameplay, story, visuals, and sound.

Gameplay

The gameplay is pretty solid. its got elements for everyone. There is an FPS style of shooting, if you so wish, or, if you prefer, there is a cover system. There is also stealth, but its nothing spectacular. The game is pretty fun, but can get stale. It often just divulges into either endless using the cover system, or sneaking past fairly stupid enemies. However there is one big thing that sets this game apart from other FPS or TPS type games. Lots and lots of moral choices.

Moral choices abound in this game. One big one is the lethal/non-lethal options. Choosing Lethal means you put your enemies down for good, and dont have to worry about them later, but it's not neccesarily the right thing to do. Non-lethal is the moral high ground, if you will, and gives you a (slight) experience boost, but enemies can help unconcious teamates up, meaning their only out of the fight for a while. Another good sort of moral choice is during the Missing Link chapter, where you have to decide whther you save 1 scientist, to bring down a corrupt orginization, or save a large number of prisoners, trapped at the facility or, the conversations held. It really feels like talking to these people changes how the game works.

The RPG element of this game, consists of augmentations, or augs for short. Augs help your one-man army (who is actually kinda soft for an FPS) become even more powerful. In the normal version of Human Revolution, you cant get all the augs without farming, but in director's cut, beating the game unlocks New Game +, which allows you to keep all your augmentations.

I've heard that this game is supposed to be buggy, but I only found 2 bugs. One was a constant speeding up of subtitles, but I have ears, so no big deal. The other one was during a conversation, where all my character did was stand there and look surly, but eventually that fixed itself.

Another thing I've heard is that the bosses are bad. I found the 1st and 2nd bosses superb, and the last 2 looked like they would have been, but i fought them in a way that ended the fights relatively quickly. The final boss really does feel like a final boss, huge, menacing, hard to kill, that feels satisfying on the event of their death.

Story

The only problem I had with the story was that it was too short. Not in the sense that it was a short story, but I really wanted to hear more. All the charachters felt fleshed- out, like actual people, and I was genuinelly pissed when Faridah got shot, since I didnt know I could save her. As i mentioned earlier, the choices you make feel like they affect the game as a whole, and there is a large prevailing moral choice in the fighting.

Visuals

While they did make my computer extremely slow, and even made my video drivers crash (my computer kinda sucks), even on the lowest difficulty, everything looked pretty good. The charachters looked real, the textures looked solid, and the animations (despite obviously being copied and pasted durig less important dialogues) were pretty smooth.

Sounds

See above about the visuals, apply words that would fit sounds, and keep in mind my bug with the conversation.

tl;dr

Pros:

• Fun, varied gameplay
  
• Good morality system
  
• Good augmentation system
  
• Fun bosses
  
• Great story
  
• Great visuals
  
• Great sound
  
• Almost no bugs
  
  Cons:
  
  
• Gameplay starts to feel repetetive
  
• Copy-pasting during minor conversations

Final score: 9/10

I never asked for this, but when i saw it on Humble Bundle... This game is pretty fun. Its got a lot of features, that ill try to go over, but itll be tough. This one's gonna be long, so you may wanna skip down to the tl;dr version. I will be dividing it up into categories of gameplay, story, visuals, and sound. Gameplay The gameplay is pretty solid. its got elements for everyone. There is an FPS style of shooting, if you so wish, or, if you prefer, there is a cover system. There is also stealth, but its nothing spectacular. The game is pretty fun, but can get stale. It often just divulges into either endless using the cover system, or sneaking past fairly stupid enemies. However there is one big thing that sets this game apart from other FPS or TPS type games. Lots and lots of moral choices. Moral choices abound in this game. One big one is the lethal/non-lethal options. Choosing Lethal means you put your enemies down for good, and dont have to worry about them later, but it's not neccesarily the right thing to do. Non-lethal is the moral high ground, if you will, and gives you a (slight) experience boost, but enemies can help unconcious teamates up, meaning their only out of the fight for a while. Another good sort of moral choice is [spoiler]during the Missing Link chapter, where you have to decide whther you save 1 scientist, to bring down a corrupt orginization, or save a large number of prisoners, trapped at the facility or,[/spoiler] the conversations held. It really feels like talking to these people changes how the game works. The RPG element of this game, consists of augmentations, or augs for short. Augs help your one-man army (who is actually kinda soft for an FPS) become even more powerful. In the normal version of Human Revolution, you cant get all the augs without farming, but in director's cut, beating the game unlocks New Game +, which allows you to keep all your augmentations. I've heard that this game is supposed to be buggy, but I only found 2 bugs. One was a constant speeding up of subtitles, but I have ears, so no big deal. The other one was during a conversation, where all my character did was stand there and look surly, but eventually that fixed itself. Another thing I've heard is that the bosses are bad. I found the 1st and 2nd bosses superb, and the last 2 looked like they would have been, but i fought them in a way that ended the fights relatively quickly. The final boss really does feel like a final boss, huge, menacing, hard to kill, that feels satisfying on the event of their death. Story The only problem I had with the story was that it was too short. Not in the sense that it was a short story, but I really wanted to hear more. All the charachters felt fleshed- out, like actual people, and I was genuinelly pissed when [spoiler]Faridah got shot, since I didnt know I could save her.[/spoiler] As i mentioned earlier, the choices you make feel like they affect the game as a whole, and there is a large prevailing moral choice in the fighting. Visuals While they did make my computer extremely slow, and even made my video drivers crash (my computer kinda sucks), even on the lowest difficulty, everything looked pretty good. The charachters looked real, the textures looked solid, and the animations (despite obviously being copied and pasted durig less important dialogues) were pretty smooth. Sounds See above about the visuals, apply words that would fit sounds, and keep in mind my bug with the conversation. tl;dr Pros: [list][*]Fun, varied gameplay [*]Good morality system [*]Good augmentation system [*]Fun bosses [*]Great story [*]Great visuals [*]Great sound [*]Almost no bugs Cons: [*]Gameplay starts to feel repetetive [*]Copy-pasting during minor conversations [/list] Final score: 9/10