I see…

/calls men in white coats

And as a preemptive retort to the continued cynicism, no I am not mad, and yes it does make a difference.

But, the floatiness in the climbing is the thign that ticks me of, everything else is fine. Yeah the game is gonna need to wow me more before I buy it.

The city looks too dead, and I know that after this devastation the city has suffered, people aren’t going to be casually strolling around, but how about people huddled in corners for warmth, looting stores, aimlessly wandering. I’m sold on the gameplay but the world just doesn’t look any fun, and that’s something I hope they address quickly.

That is exactly what it is, becuase the animation itself is wonderful, just looks strange on that man, and everyone other ped and enemy for that matter.

But much in the same vein as Heavy Rain, I am abit of a purist when it comes to games, I think they shouldn’t need a narrative at all, and that it should be enjoyable at it’s core.

And come off it with the animation thing, the superb animation is still there, but the more realistic charcters make the animation suddenly look jarring.

An art direction more forgiving of the game in motion may have been sensible, and I am so bored of brown sunsets.

If, however, it’s trying to compete with Prototype then it looks like a lost cause. As a hi-def free-roaming action-platformer, this could do quite well – but as a true super-powered open world game, Prototype has it beat.

If this had been a third-party multi-platform title, I doubt anyone would have even given it a second glance.

Everyone who’s gone hands on has been impressed. But I ahve got to say it’s not exactly and easy sell, when all we’ve seen is the same environments, the same weak powers and the same hooded enemies.

The glimpse of sewers, police and more interesting climbing were just too short in the video.

Still the city looks great and all, so let’s hope it all pulls together.