Of course the game is as dark, gritty, and filled with movie clips to explain the story. It doesn't particularly need them since the faces on the models are just amazing. They have pulled off uncanny likenesses of everyone involved. Shadows and lighting are not completely taking advantage of the hardware, and textures do obviously pop in, but there's not denying this captures the film flawlessly.
The same goes for the voice acting, done by all the actors from the film. It would be stupid to expect less from EA's deep pockets. You can expect the soundtrack to be fully implemented, blaring from your speakers in outstanding use of 5.1 audio. Those with positional audio benefit while sneaking around the stages as audio cues are followed through the sound field perfectly.
Though it doesn't look rushed, it feels like it in every movement. There was obviously a lot of time spent working to tie this game into the film as closely as possible. They forget to tie the game into something video game fans would enjoy. They're left with generic knock-offs that feel like mini-games instead of something fully fleshed out to its potential.
Article comments
1 - Phillip Winn
Ouch!