» Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:39 am
I'd give it a mid-80's score. Graphics are nice and fitting for the game world. You can tell they put a lot of attention into the details. Some things are a bit limited on the physics whereas others are quite detailed. For example certain canopies in Dyphed(sp?) the first city flap in the wind and there is smoke coming up from certain areas and rippling pools of water on the ground. Lanterns on lampposts sway in the wind. In other areas during the prologue the plants (while having pretty decent graphics) are just static, non-moving objects. Music is nice, and fitting for the mood, and the sound effects are enjoyable. Voice acting seems great so far, you definitely feel like the 2 have been comrades in arms for some time. I'm kind of itching to give the online co-op a try so a little disappointed there but not going to give it bad marks until I try it. I definitely see myself playing through it multiple times much moreso than games like ME2 and DA2. That might be in part because of how they balanced the game and you don't feel like you have to spend hours worry about picking up loot, etc. like in RPGs. You just hop in and kick some ass in a fun action-adventure.
Here's a 1900x1200 screenshot as you're walking into the first town after the prologue:
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/595812669524479530/A043765090AFDD564A39D8735893CC9021DE82BF/