Blockers

Short but fun! Its true there is not a lot of game here but what game you do get is fun to play. While the challenges themselves aren't overly difficult the challenge comes from trying to beat your score and rank higher up the table. Controls work well enough except for the knife throwing. It might have been me but I found throwing knives etc. at the extreme sides of the view to be a little off and took a lot of throws before hitting the target. If you get this on sale (like I did) then its bargain

This is my first time writing a review for a game but after reading some of the negative reviews I felt I would as I think some of the comments are unfair. I have by no means completed or finished the game, I have about 20 hours play time but I have enjoyed all of those hours. First of all the graphics, sure there are a few textures that take a few seconds to load in but to say the graphics don't compare to Skyrim is ridiculous. Stand in any of the forest sections within the game and instantly you will see the graphics here are better. Couple that with the sounds e.g. birds singing you actually could be stood there yourself. Bugs, I can honestly say that during my play time I have not experienced any bugs or had any crashes. This may be luck on my part when compared to other people I wouldn't know for certain. Combat system, locking picking, sure these are frustrating at first. That's the key point "at first" give it time and practice and it actually starts to make sense. At the start I couldn't pick any locks, now I can easily pick "easy" locks. Granted that doesn't sound like a big achievement but given I was struggling at the start it now feels like a success. The same goes for combat, sure it takes some getting used and people are probably used to a hack n slash system but once you get the hang of it i don't think there is a problem. That said taking on more than one person at once is certainly a challenge and i haven't survived many encounters when this happens. The game mechanic seems to be the more you do something the better you get, both in real life at the game but Henry does in game also. Yes its frustrating but stick with it and you will see. Saving, again I don't see this as a big problem. You can save via the drink system or by going to sleep on any bed. Its hardly rocket science. I think the thing that is frustrating people more is that you can save before doing a task as easily as other games. If you make a mistake it has consequences. Will you like this game? I think that depends on you. If you are the sort of person that role plays games like Skyrim and Fallout taking the time to stop for rest, eating and drinking then this game should be right up your street. If you play those games blasting through and not bothering to immerse yourself with things like eating and drinking then I think this isn't a game for you. I would consider myself the latter but I have approached this with an open mind and I am loving the game and playing in a way I haven't done before. That said the game isn't perfect but given the size of the team and the resources available what they have done is amazing. Hopefully it will be a success and the team continues to support it. At the very least I hope it gives other developers a kick up the backside and encourages them to put more effort into their open world games.