.:(snake412):. 最近的评测

Gods Will be Watching is something with so much polish and narrative detail - that you desperately want to like it. It's sadly however not a good game once you scratch away at it's nice shiny surface. The universe that it creates is interesting, the character's captivating, the narrative flow is very well executed - and feels almost movie like. This has all the hallmarks of a piece of media that has been very lovingly crafted and meticulously thought out.

All this means however, is that it should have been a visual novel - something not completely lost on the developers you'd imagine given that they have since added a 'story mode' since the original release. The gameplay; the bread and butter of anything part of this medium is simply not enjoyable. It takes the form of mini-games relating to a certain scenario in the story; a heist, an interrogation etc. All you do, again and again is manage resources over a time period.

Take the 1st level for instance. You're in a heist scenario and you have to intimidate hostages, shoot at security guards and maintain a network link all while another character tries to hack into important data. You click a button and one of the 3 'resources' that you are tasked with dealing with goes up, the others deplete. There is some intelligence to it, some actions that you can do don't use up a moment of time - in other words you can do as many of them as you want and resources won't get affected (as no time has passed theoretically).

There is no variation in the gameplay, it's all the same level after level. Added to this it has a very double edged 'luck' element that punishes even the most skilled of players seemingly randomly. My recommendation is that you may want to consider buying this when on sale, but only do story mode. Play it the way it should have implemented from the beginning!

Story -- 10/10
Gameplay -- 2/10

I still remember playing this game years ago and this version definitely hits a lot of nostalgic nerves. It's basically a very fun, very well designed arcade shooter with steep difficulty (It's one hit kills - for you as well as a lot of enemies) Not something that may appeal to the newer generation of gamers who've grown to use to regenerating health, but to people who like old school games that reward skill this will hit all the right buttons.

The new additions on this version:
-online play.
-the option of unlimited continues.
-mission select mode.

Drawbacks:
-This is obviously a polished emulation, there can be framerate drops when there's a lot on screen. This does not affect gameplay that much however, Controls are still responsive, making slowdowns seem like matrix esque bullet time.
-relatively short, unlimited continues make this more obvious.