An extremely controversial game.
No, not in terms of the fact that one of its main elements “floated”, let’s say, the optimization was not sufficiently adjusted. On the contrary, in terms of the quality of the technical aspects of the product, the bar is high. The picture conveys the atmosphere of a green apocalypse, the music sets off the immersion of every tense moment, the models move with believable grace (as they should, of course).
But, as always, there is a “BUT”.
Both the first and second parts are linear games, the main part is the plot. And without understanding the conflict and the goals of the main character, without empathy for the characters, such things cannot exist by definition.
In this case, the plot was not built for the sake of revealing the story, showing some kind of adventure, growth and development of the hero. No. This time the plot was written according to a clear list of correspondence to modern pseudo values of pseudo free America.
And this is precisely the stone that can drag down all the other achievements of the development team.