Yeah, I have mixed feelings. Some things feel really good and others as just kind of meh, but most things out of the gate are pretty confusing. You have a tutorial menu that shows you exactly what to do if you get confused. I have only played the first level like 1stStrike, and I probably won't know exactly how I feel about it until I play more. So far, my random comments:
Liked:
1. Hacking seems better than just "press button and presto!" - it's actually a real-time-strategy-RPG-like minigame where you pick to attack/shield/etc. I haven't figured it out yet but it seems cool.
2. The inventory system. You get boxes to fit your equipment from the armory (pistols take up less space than rifles, yadda yadda), and design your loadout for the upcoming mission. It wasn't anything outstanding but was kind of neat to me.
3. Weapons and combat seems competent. You can dual wield a katana and a pistol, which was pretty neat.
4. Lots of powers to use. I haven't even scratched the surface here, but it seems fairly deep?
5. Setting is kind of a weird futuristic/ninja setting that is compelling enough.
Ehh:
1. Movement. I kind of got some weird hitches when moving around and looking places. Also, the clipping for NPCs and other in-game objects is pretty bad.
2. The ability wheel. Like 1stStrike, I could easily see it working with a hotbar instead of the wheel, but unlike 1stStrike I appreciate trying something different, and it's not like it fails at being useful.
3. Sound. Very meh. Some sounds are shrill AHHH in your face and others make you want to turn the sound up. Guns sound okay. Sounds overall are kind of annoying.
4. So far, the pacing and accessibility of the game are just bad. I felt overwhelmed when I first started, like wtf is going on here? There's a big video tutorial menu list, but when playing a game for the first time, I want a tutorial to teach me how to do things myself, not watch a video and repeat.
5. Menus and presentation are kinda shit.
There's other things that I'm sure I'm missing but that's just my very rough first impressions. I certainly want to and will play more.
