BLACKWOOD

I've tolerated the terrible mechanics up to my limit now. The game is good, but the melee fights especially with the bosses is pathetic. I know the developers were bringing out a act 1 for this which is already off to a bad start. But the fact that act 1 is full of issues is beyond a laughing stock.. The gunplay is awesome but it's not enough to purchase the game. At the moment I don't recommend the purchase of the game. But overall if they improve on the functions and control of the game this is this a game a I'd purchase.

a great game with a lot of things to do. even upgrading your store is addictive. and the action is great with some nice guns you can buy and upgrade.

Fun, but also not completely polished

This game feels like Max Payne x Sifu (to an extent) x John Wick. It really has something for everyone and I feel this game is getting a lot more slack than I think it deserves. You can tell there is a lot of love that has been poured into this all be it with a few areas of jank and lack of polish. The multiple episode release is questionable but it leaves a lot of room for improvements across each episode (PLAYTIME ISN'T ACCURATE AS I'VE LEFT IT ON IN THE BACKGROUND DOING OTHER THINGS, I'VE SPENT LIKE MAYBE HALF OF THAT TIME ACTUALLY PLAYING) Main Missions: Cinematic I'll admit I've not done much of the story but the missions I have done they have felt both in-depth and like Anton has actual stakes/reasons to fight. Again you can tell they lifted a LOT of ideas from the John Wick franchise especially with the opening mission but those sort of set pieces are exactly the sort of environments you want from a game like this. Side Missions: Limited I spent most of my time doing the side missions and, whilst there is variety in what you can do two of the contracts reuse the same map. The fight clubs are fine but suffer from the jank of the melee system which I will get onto shortly. Shooting range is fun to practice as well. Characters: Decent but not a lot to go on There's only a couple named characters i've met in my short time playing the game: Anton, the MC, Amelie, your co-worker, Ernesto, the random neighbour and Eddie the mechanic, if there are any others i simply just can't remember them or they didn't leave much of an impression on me. Voice acting is fine if not a little hollow at times but Amelie's VA is actually quite good. Customisation: Surprisingly in-depth An unexpected gem of the game. Anton has numerous styles he can throw on including suits, leather jackets, long coats, varsity jackets and other goodies. He has hats you can throw on too and they've teased glasses as coming eventually. The way you buy outfits is also nice and there is a good variety of colours and options, all be it they're a little expensive for the legal money side. The gun customisation is where the game shines. It features a TLOU style crafting bench mixed with Warzones level of depth in what you can do. You can switch out slides, rails, mags, grips and barrel attachments for each of your guns and create your own unique firearm. Economy and The Movie Store: Brilliant Additions. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE LITTLE STORE! Its a cute little addition which transforms this game from strictly a game as an assassin into a cute little "sim-like". The store feels realistic. Again people are dogging on this and I just don't see why, it was in the trailers so you knew what to expect. You don't even have to interact with it if you don't want to its completely optional after day one. The economy is decent all be-it they don't explain it in the best way. You have Clean Cash and Dirty Cash. Clean Cash: Earned through the store/laundering - Can be spent on clothes, upgrades and other goodies Dirty Cash: Earned through illegal activity (contracts, main missions) and can be spent on guns and weapon attachments Gunplay and Gun-fu: Excellent It feels weighty and has kick to it. I really like how you feel like you're shooting a live gun and not a nerf blaster. I think its where the game shines because after you customise your loadout to your liking, you become the assassin you want to be. The cover system feels realistic with Anton laying against pieces of cover in certain scenarios instead of crouching which I feel adds a lot of realism. The gun-fu is hands down the best I've personally seen so far in a game, but I've seen a lot of people complain about the "F to Win" button. You're playing a John Wick style shooter, realistically what on earth did you expect? Movement: Max Payne elements but overall just fine Nothing to really say here, you can dive around like Max Payne and the movements is fluid enough all be it with a little jank on keyboard Melee Combat: Needs Considerable Work The part of the game which I have the most issues with. The melee combat could absolutely be one of the powerhouses for a game like this but it is generic, rough and fails at the simplest of things which makes it a chore rather than something I enjoy doing. There's no lock on which means your camera is running around in circles trying to figure out where Anton is or where he's attacking. The counter system, when it works, feels good. But 9/10 times the counter just doesn't register or the prompt above enemies' heads will appear AFTER they've hit you. A part of me thinks this should be remade from the ground up because its just far too inconsistent for a game with a focus on combat. The Fight Club sections are made all the more difficult by the lack of polish on the melee system and whilst putting your gun away mid-fight in exchange for your fists is badass on paper, but in this game you end up fighting Caspar the friendly ghost more than any actual enemy. In the hideout you're able to change your moves but i've not once realised any change. My only praise for the system is that the takedowns are quite good and honestly very very brutal at times, especially the environmental takedowns. Graphics: Looks okay and runs well I dont know why everyone seems to be having issues with how the game is running. I have it run on my SSD and it runs like a dream, but I've seen people with builds better than mine struggle and I honestly haven't a clue why unless they're running the game off of their HDD. The graphics are fine they're not ground breaking in any respect BUT they are pretty enough as to where its not ugly to look at but its not perfect. Bugs: Present Across the four or so hours of actual gametime I only ran into 3 bugs, all of which happened on the same mission. 1) Clipped through the floor and got grappled by an enemy 2) got stuck outside 3) like GTA Online, enemies had a rapid fire bug which deleted my health bar. Other than that, the game ran well and without many bugs. Overall: 7/10 but needs to marinate The developers have gotten the formula down pretty well I think, theres enough there to keep you engaged but at the same time, not enough (as it stands) to last six whole months to a year between all the episodes. I hope the updates introduce new contracts, weapons, outfits, features and takedowns to keep the gameplay consistently fresh. Other than that, I don't see why people are so upset; its fundamentally a good little game with considerable potential. Only time will tell.

Хуетень,ужасные анимации лица,озвучка,единственное что сделанно хорошо,это анимации добиваний.

There is a fun game in here but I believe the team vision is too ambitious and they spread themselves too thin with the amount of features My overall experience: -Great Gunplay and Shooting but Melee is horrendous (I'm not sorry). -- The parry warning vfx is too short + poor indication on some attack animation / parry window is too tight + janky animation with little to no anticipation (You're just guessing the timing window between idle and attack state for its Ai state machine) -- Some attack animation has too little frames + damage hitbox become active way too early (Katana fight really show how bad melee combat in this game). --- Remedy: Reduce diffuculty settings for Melee then re adjust difficulty for shooting gameplay - Poor gameplay direction: things just happens, enemy spawns infront of you / player transition and move all over the place and start position of a new sequence is not great -- Melee sequence is somewhat dumb and feel forced. Plenty of distance and time for Anton to just draw his pistol and start blasting (Did not maintain suspension of disbelief - "rule of cool" is not convincing enough) . Story: - For something called Act I this didn't really establish Anton as a character or the world Anton is in fully. The story did not make me empathize with Anton at all because I know nothing about him, except that he likes movies + minor spoiler tid bits that have no impact at all, what about Anton being a hitman, how does he choose his target? does he have some sort of moral standards or just here for the money, why Hitman etc etc. This does not deserve the word "Act I" - this is straight up a prologue. My Personal UX nitpicking. - No Toggle keybind option for sprinting or aiming - No FOV settings (camera is too close to Anton for both normal state and aiming state, in my opinion) - Manual cover is confusing - I have to release all the key and press cover multiple time to get into cover. -- Auto Shoulder Switching is throwing me off (I think this is a setting you can turn off? I'm not sure) - No crouching or some way to lower Anton's stance - this could help with unusual cover behaviour. --- Anton can dive and shoot from laying position so I don't understand why there is no crouching. - All the MAIN important stuff setup in the basement but having to run a couple flight of stairs just to go to sleep in the apartment (I have no clue what's the reason for Anton setting up his shelter like this) - Can't the game just save when major game state changes (ie Finished a mission, closing the store) - why specifically sleeping. For most, I don't recommend this game AT ALL and quite possibly WILL NEVER recommend especially with this price and having to wait a whole year just so you can experience main story content with a total runtime of 3 modern movies (an hour and a half for each act - unless the dev managed to increase runtime for the other 2 act).

Bought The Supporter Edition, For 1 Fking Hour I Tried To Understand The Game And Convince Myself To Not Refund It. Then I Remembered Games Like Firewatch, Still Wakes The Deep All These Games Made By Small Studios Yet We Still Talk About These. So I Refunded.

I recommend

Pomysł na grę jest ekstra niestety jest mało dopracowana. Walka wręcz nie jest tak intuicyjna jak powinna zwłaszcza w małych pomieszczeniach. Zadania nie są czytelne dla osób które nie znają angielskiego. 11 razy ogrywałem zadanie na kręcenie sceny walki i nadal nie mogłem wykonać konkretnych powaleń wrogów by to zadanie wykonać. Może po pół roku zagram ponownie ale nie wiem kiedy będzie dobra ta gra.