This is my first Beta weekend with the game and I've been playing it at pretty much every moment I can. There's some stuff I really really like about this game, but also few things that I don't. For simplicity, I'll just label them as pros and cons.
PROS- Great looking game. The entire cast of raiders all look awesome. Can't say I dislike any of these designs and their alternate skins look great too. Same goes for the enemies, very well designed and fun to look at.
- Performance is great too, I haven't ran into any performance issues throughout the whole weekend besides the game crashing once today.
- I'm a huge fan of user interfaces and I'm really liking how the menus are designed. The menus just feel good to navigate and are very cohesive to the game's theme.
- Melee attacks feel meaty and fun to use. You definitely get an impression that they hit really hard. Grab moves look and feel awesome as well.
- Guns, for the most, part also feel pretty good.
CONS - Lycus's ability seems disjointed with his personality. He seems like a very wild and agressive guy, so why does he have a shield? Doesn't seem to fit the character.
- Gameplay leaves little room for error. If you mess up a melee attack or grab with an enemy, it always seems like you're guranteed to get destroyed.
- Raiders all feel helpless against more than one enemy. If you're caught in a fight with two or more enemies, you are most likely going to die. There's no way to deal with more than one enemy than to frantically run, or get killed. The only raider that I know that can really deal with being surrounded by enemies is Konstantin. Why can't the raiders have some kind of grenade ability?
- Now, I love shotguns in shooters so I naturally gravitated towards Alicia and she's a really cool looking character too. With a shotgun, I expect heavy close range damage, but the enemies in this game can really take a hit. I've emptied my gun's clip several times and the enemy is still standing even from mid range. Paired with the fact my character can't do anything against a group of enemies and suddenly Alicia just doesn't seem cool anymore.
- I can't unlock Shae for some reason. Finished all the missions successfully and the game is still claiming I can't unlock her. Looking through the forums, it seems this has been a costant issue. It bothers me quite a bit this hasn't been fixed yet.
Overall, I think my experience with the game was pretty good. I think if some of my concerns are addressed, this game can easily be one of new obsessions but so far it's difficult for me to really love it.