How do you say two extremely stupid things with only one post?

I played the game. Some observations:

* Didn't enjoy Alex Mercer character. Never got a sense of a real fleshed out character - just an avatar with powers (And he is a dickhead in general. What's with the punching people by default when walking?)
* The open world was bland. The same few models cloned over & over again. There was only one pattern of mindless AI behavior (specifically set up so they would run in front of tanks & fighting, & die en masse). No clever polished details like in GTA games.
* The controls were sloppy. The racing minigame proved that with a slight twitch would send you flying off a rooftop.
* The fighting missions were the same over & over again, just with more waves. Same pattern repeated - enemy bull rushes you & knocks you down.
* All these different powers, but for what? The few that worked best is what I end up using for every mission. Good games exploit these features by creating diff levels for them, forcing gameplay variety.
* You could absorb people & look like them. But it is wasted in this game, and not exploited in good level design, just like the different powers. After a while, this only method of regenerating health becomes a tiresome PITA.
* The story is told in flashbacks through absorbing targets, and a cutscene after each game mission. It's like they went out of their way to make the story hard to follow, and thus less interesting.

But ultimately it comes down to game play for me. I thought the game play was sloppy & repetetive. Take away the blood & guts that appeals to some gamers, take away a big (but bland) open world environment, then this is just a very clumsy executed melee game with some flashy powers for people who get a hardon by blood & guts.

Meh. So did inFamous though.

Online versions of older games are typically way over priced compared to physical versions. I guess the publishers have problems separating their own wishes and reality.