"Remember Me" Review

"Remember Me" Review

7/10

2013
Developer(s): Dontnod Entertainment
Publisher(s): Capcom
Genre: Action-adventure
Mode(s): Single-player

In a not too distant future memories have been made digital, and as such subject to change or removal. Nilin is an 'Errorist'; a rebel group who fights to bring down the corrupt system, but was captured and had her memory erased. Her journey to self discovery just happens to coincide with the goals of the Errorists' mysterious leader; Edge.

There are plenty of cool things to be said about this game. The graphics are excellent, and the background is always busy and full of minute details which other games normally fade out as unimportant and therefore not worth the rendering power. The proposed technology leaves a lot of options for a personal integrated Heads Up Display without using a solid surface, as well as preventing such things as dropping or losing ones phone. The action is flowing in most places, and the movement is very real.

There are also a few bad things. The foremost of which being that despite being a very free to explore the world, the player is limited to narrow areas which will serve to promote the plot rather than roam beyond the limits of doors and walls simply to pass the time. At most, the free exploration allows the player to seek out hidden items in nooks and crannies before moving on. Another issue is the fighting sequence; while very real in most respects, it gets very repetitive very quickly, as the player has a choice of chaining together a sequence of buttons to either enhance the strength of the hits or regenerate health or speed up cool-downs for special talents. Even at most this means near endless fighting scenes where the player punches and kicks heavily armoured people just to translate some damage to them while avoiding attacks from the other members of the group, as hardly any enemy travels alone.

In all, a good game, but it gets old very fast.