Rbz wrote...
Excellent review from
Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Can anyone else confirm that the oft advertised, bad muthafucka songbird is just some prop who you can't even fight against and whose sole existence is to go, "I've gotta take a massive dump on a windshield, but first, I troll u." Is the thing even explained? No spoilers, please.
I haven't read the review yet because I'm planning on writing one myself, but I have finished the game (on hard), and no you don't get to fight it. But, minor spoilers, you do get to fight with it, and it is an important plot point in Elizabeth's arc. More disappointing are the horn-headed thingies which only appear a few times at the end of the game.
The initial similarities to Tangled struck me too; there's literally a scene after the initial rescue where she runs off to dance to Irish folk music. But the story then transitions to some Spec Ops esque mindfuckery, so that is somewhat impressive.
Overall impressions: combat is heavily weighted towards weapons rather than powers and occasionally a bit of a grind, the game is harder than the original, plot is a slow-burner but the ending sequence is fucking sublime.
John Teti has an interesting opinion..
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