With all the build-up, I was expecting something at least as good as F.E.A.R or even Quake 4, but sadly this was not the case. I paid over $40.00 being in Australia and with not much in the way of FPS games coming out this was the one big hope. However I wont make the mistake I did with my F.E.A.R review and give it a dismal rating without playing the full game. From what I have seen so far it,s not bad but not great either. The opening Cut-scene with the Amply endowed Alexis had me hoping for more!! There were the usual physics (Havoc) engine, toys to play with but at times Glitchy and Laggy, and may I add a total crash to the bargain! As mentioned before I only use top end Hardware, so it,s not as if my PC cant handle the pace. I,m expecting more updates form Ritual any minute now. I was however surprised to see a flying man in a Jetpack (CIRCA 1975). That is something no-one has thought of before. The pistol is getting a little boring and why the AI just stand there waiting to be plugged is beyond me. But I still (as I said) haven't played to the end, so stand by for the final comment. It may (I hope) get better. OK I've now played the entire episode. As I've said before, way too short especially for the price I paid for it! However it was quite enjoyable. I liked the amount of ammo you find along the way but I restarted it because it was to easy. Even in a harder mode I got thru it rather quickly. You get a sliding scale of how hard you want it to be so my advice is to set it on "Hardest". It ran quite well on my upper end PC with moments of lag at some full-on moments. I,m ready to play more but with the price, I,m not quite sure. Definitely worth looking at and nice but easy to work out puzzles. I give it 8/10 for enjoyment but nothing really original (except for flying jet-pack guys).With the amount of revenue Ritual will make from SIN Emergence, let's hope they put some back into the next episode to make it a truly re-playable experience.Good try guys, lets see some..well anything challenging and original.
