[SeaRex]

No one wants to hear one of my long-winded reviews, so here's a little abbreviated review of what I've played so far.

Gameplay: 4.5 out of 5.
Pros - Innovative. Fun to hunt ammo and elude enemies. Stranger's "gallop" is awesome.
Cons - NO CROUCH!!! How do you have a FPS (even a pseudo-FPS) without crouch?! What the Hell?!

Graphics: 4 out of 5.
Pros - Great atmosphere/scenery, even greater CG movies. Smooth character animations.
Cons - Piss-poor shadows and lighting effects.

Music: 3.5 out of 5.
Pros - Oddworld's musical goodness and exciting tempos with a western twang.
Cons - Relatively unnoticeable at times.

Sound: 2 out of 5.
Pros - Buzzing insects, talking ammo. Decent humor.
Cons - Scratchy, garbled voice files. Really takes away from the experience. Oh, and Stranger DOESN'T HAVE TO GRUNT EVERY F*CKING TIME HE JUMPS.

Overall: 4 out of 5.
Bottom Line - A breath of fresh air as far as FPSs go. Multiplayer would have been nice, but the single player game is entertaining enough. A definite buy for OW fans and action fans alike. Cliche Halo fanboys may want to rent it first. In the end, this more than makes up for the massive failure of MO. Nice work, OWI.

Yeah, I graded a little harshly, but that's just how I do things now. I also didn't include a "plot" grade because I haven't got to the "big" surprise yet, but things are just starting to get interesting.

And yeah, I said this game would suck. Honestly, I'm glad OWI proved me wrong.