My first impression of this game was that it was going to be just some guy with electric powers, and he was going to be running around town zaping everything, and have a few story elements like GTA. Wrong! This game has been packed with action from the start. The good or evil choices gets you thinking, "will I be good, or bad?". The powers you get depend on these choices. Since you move you way up the ranks of either good or evil. You can not be both, since there is no 0, only +1 good or -1 evil.
The Story starts off with you finding out how powerful you are. You start absorbing every electrical source you find, making you stronger. The way this game gets you powered up, has an experience element to it like some RPG games. This game is an over the shoulder (OTS) shocker, and it seems to be following in progression in the same manner as fallout 3. The whole karma system seems to change the story as you go. There is seperate dilalog for good or bad deeds.
Because of your super powers, you can jump off a tall building and survive, unlike your enemies. You can make them fall off during melee combat or by shocking them off a ledge. You get extra exp for making them fall off high buildings, so go high, and knock em down for more exp. The combat mechanic is also nice because you can hang off ledges of buildings or other areas, making you harder to target. This reminds me of Assassins Creed an many levels. Its more like Assassins Creed on steroids, because he jumps up high buildings effortlessly.
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