I Am Alive (PSN/XBLA)

[mgoblue]

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I'm thinking about buying the full version tomorrow, I'll read a couple reviews first.

EDIT: Video review from Gamespot looks pretty good.

I'll check out that video when I can, but if you end up getting it please give us your impressions...

I can deal with the controls being a little clunky, but the wide variation in reviews has me wondering...If the experience and feel of the story/game is fun, then it'll be better than minor issues.

[Money99]

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I'm going to download the demo this weekend.
I've been looking forward to this game for years. I'm a bit disappointed it's not a 'full' release, but I'm hoping it's still fun.
I'm amazed at the wide range of scores it's gotten. Looking at gamerankings.com some give it a very nice score while others slam it.

At least now I'll know what to expect as far as controls. The gameplay and story sound great though.

[mgoblue]

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I'm going to download the demo this weekend.
I've been looking forward to this game for years. I'm a bit disappointed it's not a 'full' release, but I'm hoping it's still fun.
I'm amazed at the wide range of scores it's gotten. Looking at gamerankings.com some give it a very nice score while others slam it.

At least now I'll know what to expect as far as controls. The gameplay and story sound great though.

I need to DL the demo this weekend too...

The range is crazy. Hard to believe they're talking about the same game sometimes.

[goh]

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Controls are worse than a little clunky.
First off you have to tap RT. If it was the A button,ok but tapping a trigger isn't really a good thing,there's a reason that's not the standard. This is for running,struggle kills and I forget what it's called but when you run out of stamina for climbing.

Then there's a thing where you have your gun out and it lets you walk up to people and you're supposed to be able to press X to push them in a fire/attack with machette/push them down a hole etc. but it frequently fails to work. The prompt has to come up and sometimes it just doesn't which of course is a major issue especially with the poorly designed retry system.

Next is the climbing. You can just press up or down to go the right way. Perhaps this is in response to their awful stamina system,which is also poorly designed that really shouldn't have been included but this WILL mess you up. Because of the stamina you can't really think do I go left or right? even though you still can,I did so anyway and went the wrong way.

Aiming...it locks on. There's a part in the demo with 2 guys and you lock on. You don't freely aim. You use the right stick to switch targets. I didn't check if it could be turned off but this wasn't a good thing.

Speaking of the 2 guys the game doesn't stop for you to try to kill one or play an automatic fatality thing. They'll stop when you pull out your gun but you go up to one to try and stab him...if it even works...then you get into the tapping RT mini game...then the other guy attacks you and there's another (random?) button on screen to try and counter it. It flashed by too fast so I'm not even sure what it was. It's just a mess.

It feels like they made the controls for a PC version/to be played with a keyboard and mouse but then converted it to console and didn't know what they were doing.

[Money99]

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Anyone else play this game yet?
Any more thoughts on whether it's worth it?

[davis420]

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I had fun while playing, the game does have some flaws but most games do. I thought it was worth $15.00. Once my 360 is fixed I will be trying to finish playing the rest of the chapters. If your looking for a brilliant game I wouldn't get it but if you have a couple extra dollars you should get good value for your money.

[XenoZograscope]

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I played the demo, but I'm still on the fence on rather I should buy it or not.

[mgoblue]

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I played the demo, but I'm still on the fence on rather I should buy it or not.

I got through a lot of the demo and wasn't hooked enough to buy. I like the concept, but understand some of the negatives in the reviews. At the same point, i could see how for some people they can overlook those...

[Money99]

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I got through a lot of the demo and wasn't hooked enough to buy. I like the concept, but understand some of the negatives in the reviews. At the same point, i could see how for some people they can overlook those...

Yeah, I DL'd the demo this weekend and played through it.
I liked it, but not sure if it's enough to buy.

What stinks is you can really see there's a great, great idea buried in there.
With some better controls, smarter AI and a few other minor tweaks, this could have been a terrific game.

[mgoblue]

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Yeah, I DL'd the demo this weekend and played through it.
I liked it, but not sure if it's enough to buy.

What stinks is you can really see there's a great, great idea buried in there.
With some better controls, smarter AI and a few other minor tweaks, this could have been a terrific game.

Exactly. The concept of what you're going through was awesome, but it wasn't implemented well, like you said.

[Doormat]

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I had the game on my HDD for the past 6 days or so but haven't had the guts to play it yet (the actual game not the demo) will finally step up today and try it. From the reviews I see and from my friend's review, I might enjoy it.. and rage

[Boltman]

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OXM gave it a 7.5

We’ve seen our share of post-apocalyptic Xbox games, but I Am Alive is different. Darker. Its stark vision of life after an unnamed catastrophe is bleaker than what we’re used to in jaunts like Fallout 3 and Enslaved, and more akin to books like The Road or old-school nuclear-war flicks à la The Day After. This morbidity makes for an absorbing action/adventure…if one that doesn’t quite match its creators' ambitions.

+ Stark post-apocalyptic world — visually and thematically.
+ Climbing, exploration, and combat offer some tense moments...
– ...that are hindered in a few ways — mainly by an annoying save system and a disappointing finale.
? What’s with the vague ending? We hoped for a lot more closure in the main story.

http://www.oxmonline.com/i-am-alive-review

[georgiafan]

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so this is 15$?

[Heroesandvillains]

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Wow...

I'm so in between on this you'd think I misread a $150 price tag over the actual $15-$20 price tag (can't remember the listed price offhand, but I know it's relatively cheap).

Any other impressions so far?

[Pappy Knuckles]

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Wow, not a lot of impressions for this one. I played the demo and it seemed decent enough. It's on sale this week for 480 points, so I decided to pick it up. Not sure when I'll get around to playing it, but this one has interested me for a while.