Played Binary Domain for almost 4 hours until the number of generic and anti-fun console port third person shooter tropes got too much. Saw the rest of the game on a Let's Play ("two best friends play"...) which was much more enjoyable than the game itself, because they pointed out how ludicrous many of game's plot points and events were. They sure put a lot of effort into the story, too shame they forgot to make the game fun.
Man, if that game is anything like other third person shooters, which I highly suspect to be the case, then I don't think I'll ever want to play another one. The way that you always needed to wait for orders (needed to wait for them even if you knew what they were, because you've replayed that section) or for another party member to open/kick in a door, but otherwise having to do all button presses yourself somehow, reminded me of how people describe Call of Duty. It's like an interactive rushed instruction manual, you never get to do your own thing or just stop and take in the sights. It's not like I'll ever even consider playing a CoD game when there are so many other fishes in the sea, but my experience with Binary Domain really sealed the deal.
Now playing Bioshock 2, which is much more my kind of game. Really liked Bioshock 1, going around and whacking people with a wrench, occasionally using a plasmid power for variety's sake. Sure, I'll get ordered around here as well, just like in Binary Domain, but no one will tell me to hurry up. Bioshock 2 has the decency of letting you do things at your own pace.
