Enemies seem to always find you even if you're laying down in the cornfields, shrub or grass. This would have been a nice addition as it does help you figure out what direction you should avoid however, the terrible stealth mechanics completely negate any effort the developers placed on their excellent sound design. They also added another feature to the camera that allows you to hear better and from what direction. Almost as if you were rewarded for dying? Very odd design choice.
Also, since most enemies tend to just kill you in one hit- I ask you this.what is the point? Even more hilarious every time you die, you receive full battery for your camera and it instantly restores your health. This is quite amusing as you cannot bandage yourself unless you come to a complete stop for several seconds. You now have the ability to bandage your wounds. Let's talk about some new gameplay features. Dying over and over again is just one of the many issues with this title. You need to have some type of clue where you're going, but instead of giving you clues- they decide to just kill you the very moment you turn left instead of right. Open environments like this, do not work for this type of gameplay. You will spend over 6 hours in this miserable title, just running a muck and exhausting every option until you eventually figure out that there is a small hole in a fence that you need to run through in less than a few seconds. My entire experience was nothing but inching forward little by little in hopes to eventually find the path that the developers intended you to run towards, yet give you little to no visible clues as to where that really is. The constant one-hit kills (even on normal difficulty) had me rolling my eyes, less than an hour into the game. This is by far one of the most frustrating games I've played in quite some time.
This is by far As a big supporter of its predecessor and amazing DLC content I'm absolutely gutted to leave such a review for this game. As a big supporter of its predecessor and amazing DLC content I'm absolutely gutted to leave such a review for this game.