The Bourne Conspiracy - crap, but worth being paid $8 for.

[weemadando]

I picked up a copy yesterday when I found it for $25 (on sale at GAME stores nationwide if you want to get in on the scam) and the disc (despite being brand new) wouldn't read. No biggie - turns out that you can flip these babies at JB for $33 on trade-in. So I traded in two other games and got a copy of Arkham Asylum.

Then I just bought a second copy of it and this one works and I've been playing it. Knowing that sometime in the next few weeks I'll trade this one in for a similar profit perhaps may be skewing my perceptions, but this is a fairly fun game and the combat though repetitive is enjoyable enough that because I'm effectively getting paid to play this I have no issue with it.

My demo perceptions were slightly out as there was no tutorial in that and thus many mechanics (like how to put a gun away) weren't explained, but the demo also didn't show off its LAAAAAAZY level design. Because, all of the crazy brain-washed international assassins I know don't get fucking stopped because someone put the velvet rope across a stairway. "Hmm, shit, I can either step over, undo or somehow get past this rope and go in this door, or I can go ALL THE WAY AROUND THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS LEVEL to go up the stairs over there. Actually, that rope may be there for a reason, there could be an OHS hazard or something, I better play it safe. I'd rather face another 40 guys with shotguns than risk slipping on a stair."

[DPDarkPrimus]

The demo was a mess of boring gunplay and "QUICKTIME EVENTS MEMORIZE OR DIE".

[weemadando]

Yeah, the game is by no means exceptional, but should you be presented with an opportunity to play this game for a profit, it isn't a bad way to burn a few hours for easy achievement points and some quite creative violence.

[weemadando]

OK, I finally finished it (yeah, it's about that long) and can say that a play through is enjoyable, but with a dose of slightly frustrating - especially the boss fights. Oh dear god the boss fights. Thankfully I figured out the "always win" option after a while of block until they do a takedown on you, counter that, then flurry, then block again. Eventually you get enough "adrenaline" to do a takedown of your own. Rinse and repeat. About 10 times per boss. Tedium = 1. Additionally, bosses will fuck you right up if you do a single thing wrong, and if you are unlucky (like me) you'll die against a miniboss who's at the very end of a particularly unpleasant shooting segment with nary a checkpoint to be had.

This baby is getting traded right in. But seeing as how I'm making money on the trade I can't complain at all.