The gameplay for me was a refreshing change from the traditional FPS games that I play and while the game was indeed short and quite easy (on the Human level), it has some replay value and I’ll be going back to play through again and possibly again.

Storyline and cutscenes are pretty well done and overall it was a positive experience – albeit at the expense of a controller.  It’s a little dark, but what do you expect if the “Devel May Cry”.

It works best on multi-core and DX10 hardware so I thought I would be in for a treat.  I get home, install the game and discover that it’s seriously ported from the XBOX360.  I quickly remap some keyboard controls and find that the game cannot be played well if at all on a keyboard or mouse.  The key combination and “stick” movements don’t work out with a keyboard and mouse.  “No problem” I thought as I dug out my trusty old Logitech Wingman Rumblepad.  “I’ll use this”.  Not so lucky.  There are only trigger buttons on each side and not “shoulder” buttons as well.  Not only that, the game hates the controller and refuses to function properly – even after it was calibrated.

I’ve got a few options now as I can’t return the game. 1) Find a poor sucker who doesn’t know any better and pawn the game off for a loss.  2) Sell the game on eBay and have eBay scold me for selling an “M” rated game to someone who may not be “M”, or 3) Get an xbox 360 controller to play the game.

I hate voting with my wallet and I’m sick of having to buy stuff to play stuff, but I think I’m groing to break down and get a controller.  I won’t pony up for a wireless PC controller though as it costs about 2x as much as the game.  Cheapy wired here I come. . .