Can't bring myself to finish the main game. I guess I am about 80% done. It is just not engaging.
The action sequences/shootouts basically play themselves. Sure you might die here or there, but that is mostly due to how little health you have. There aren't any dynamics to the firefights at all.
I think they have a good thing on their hands with this "fakeout" system but it does not work in actual gameplay because you are not pressured into any situations. If you use it it's mostly on purpose and not because you suddenly stumbled into somebody. And after that you can simply run aroung to recharge things so you are prepared for the next encounter. I think the game would have benefitted from putting more pressure on the player to have them do quick decisions in succession, and not detached from each other.
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
- Albert Camus
