Barlowe
10-11-2010, 03:41 PM
Hey, so just a few thoughts on the game (even though I own on 360, I think the points should be relevant enough for this).
The good:
The Ambience: Sound and light design really rocks.
The voice acting is decent.
Consistency - it really feels like a part of the Saw universe to me.
The bad:
Wonky game play - going across boards over pits, for instance, will sometimes fail and send you hurdling even though you're doing it right (Could be a 360 issue, dunno).
Lack of easy way to get tips on puzzles. You get an explanation once, the first time you find a puzzle, and that's it. No pages on the web showing it, unless some of the videos I can't be arsed watching has them.
Straight out buggy places: Going over a certain board in part 3.5 (After you get past the nasty venom-steamvalve), there's a board that'll float you off its side for ~10-20 seconds before you fall to your death, regardless of how you try entering the board balance.
I'd definetely only recommend this game to the hardcore fans, as some of the bugs in the game are borderline gamebreaking, and some of the mechanics that have got to be consciously chosen by the dev team can be maddening.
The good:
The Ambience: Sound and light design really rocks.
The voice acting is decent.
Consistency - it really feels like a part of the Saw universe to me.
The bad:
Wonky game play - going across boards over pits, for instance, will sometimes fail and send you hurdling even though you're doing it right (Could be a 360 issue, dunno).
Lack of easy way to get tips on puzzles. You get an explanation once, the first time you find a puzzle, and that's it. No pages on the web showing it, unless some of the videos I can't be arsed watching has them.
Straight out buggy places: Going over a certain board in part 3.5 (After you get past the nasty venom-steamvalve), there's a board that'll float you off its side for ~10-20 seconds before you fall to your death, regardless of how you try entering the board balance.
I'd definetely only recommend this game to the hardcore fans, as some of the bugs in the game are borderline gamebreaking, and some of the mechanics that have got to be consciously chosen by the dev team can be maddening.