Synopsis: It's 2027 in an alternate reality, where no one seems to truly grasp the concept of security...
Rating: 7.5/10
So I've just finished my brief affair with "Human Revolutions". I will say that this is the first unambiguously good game I've played in a while (DA2 and Bioshock were both forgettable). Good but not great. It seems reasonably well polished, the combat and stealth mechanics felt somewhat fresh and fun, at least part way through the game until they started to feel a little tired once you become familiar with exploiting the game mechanics. Until you hit a boss fight and forget to bring a decent weapon (actually, I had been lugging around a rocket launcher for no reason, so..). Or the fact that enemies seem to all be in desperate need of glasses to correct their short sightedness. Oh and those hilariously stupid security cameras are back. Still, sneaking up on a pair of enemies when cloaked and smashing their heads together never gets old right? And it was still more fun than most of the single player FPS these days.
But much of the game felt like a rip-off of the first and while it wasn't done badly, it wasn't done very well either. The story overall was less compelling than the original, though by no means bad. I could put it like jock and say that it was more personal than conceptual, but I'm not that nice.
Coincidentally, I actually read Eric Drexler's Engines of Creation a few weeks ago, before I knew this game was coming out. Contrasting the two might have coloured my perception of the overall story.