After several hours of playing I am thoroughly glad to have gotten this game. While many of the negatives are true they aren't as black and white as many reviewers are making them. The graphics seem to have a wide scope in quality, the first cutscene was pretty awful and ugly but the character models look pretty good!(I am running on High with a pretty good computer). The minigames are frustrating at first, especially the computer hacking, but I found after about half an hour of playing that I was succeeding my first time on lockpicking/alarms and usually the second time on computers. The controls are a bit clunky but also rather fun, it plays like Vampire the masquerade bloodlines. Its a great story so far and I like the characters.
As for the world itself, I wish it felt a bit more alive, perhaps it is just me but I would have loved a butler in the main house who could have cooked dinners or at least the opportunity to see a bit more action by npcs. Its fairly straightforward during the missions but I find them offly fun as they are.
I would probably give this game a 7.5 to an 8. I think they could have done more and I think this game plays like a 9/10 rpg/action game from 2005.
If anyone is on the fence about buying this game I would at least recommend trying it if you have the option, after a little getting used to its fun for what it is. I kinda feel like James bond which is cool.
