I'm going for dead rising 3 as my next game and I'm kind of interested in crimson dragon, but I can't help but think that it will be free with gold at some point. Just downloaded child of light, it's a real nice game so far and looks incredible.
I've tried metal gear for hours but there's no hope, I just don't like it. You either have an open world game where you have the freedom to play around but it can be a bit aimless, or a more linear game with a clearer path but more rules. This game takes the worst bits from both, giving you the open approach but penalising you at every turn when you try anything. The controls are fiddly, menus are awkward and there's no tutorial (despite this supposedly being an introduction to a new type of gameplay). There's a bit where you have to listen to a tape to work out where to go from the sounds. This would be fine if you had spend 4 or 5 hours exploring and could recognise the sounds but it happens after 20 minutes when you probably haven't even seen half the map. You're options are to wander round aimlessly, alerting guards and getting frustrated or check on youtube. I knew it would be short but it seems padded out, taking every opportunity to make you replay. Why do they start you off with a rifle and encourage you to shoot the guards, knowing full well it will alert the others? You have a silenced pistol so why not make it default? The extra missions aren't much better, sending you off to kill someone then saying they've moved, and moved again, and moved again. Also putting a percentage complete bar on the main menu telling you that you're only 11% complete is not convincing me I've only just scratched the surface of a game that can clearly be finished in half an hour. Oh and the implied rape in the story, good grief, they seem happy to show gruesome surgery with no aesthetic but arrange bandages for fear of showing a nipple. If you don't have the courage just don't go there.
Bit of a rant there, I must emphasise all my other experiences with the XB1 have been very positive
