Just like when I watched the videos, I’m not particularly impressed with the graphics, and the magical thingamajig is more of an annoying gimmick than anything else, as expected — of course you’d want to use the special vision all the time, because the artificial restriction is annoying (I hear that Batman gets that bit right, and doesn’t force you to enjoy the original graphics if you’re only interested in your kill score), but if you’re gonna have to switch it on and off all the time, it should at least be very immediately accessible. That is, the exact opposite of having it on the D-pad. How about using magical vision only when the right stick is pressed down? That would make sense.

But what I didn’t expect, because I didn’t like the art direction, and even though it had been announced by the reviews, is that the shooter mechanics are fine. The weapons feel good, and you gotta love a game that puts you behind a really powerful machine gun for two minutes and sends enemy cannon fodder by the dozen (I feel like games usually give you a machine gun to face stronger enemies, but mowing down a bunch foot soldiers is so much more fun).

I think I’d enjoy playing the game, but I’d buy it used, and probably play with a walkthrough, to get rid of the stupid invisible puzzles.