Constructive Criticism And Opinions

[Breach]

IMHO, Cryostasis falls short on a couple of critical requirements to become a great game (which means it's probably going to fall into oblivion by the end of the year):

What I liked:
+ Great story, one of the 'I'm not going to sleep until I finish it' kind of games
+ Deep game, lots of symbolism (above and beyond Silent Hill)
+ Lots of original approaches
+ Leaves you satisfied
+ Somewhat cool graphics, love what they did with the DX 10 ice / snow
+ In general a graet job given their budget

What I hated:
- Game performance
- Firearms combat, enemies AI, enemies spawning in plain sight, no damage randomization - all of the above is so 1995
- Your character moves so depressingly slow that you can completely forget about pacing (that's one piece of realism I'd gladly sacrifice)
- Load times! (Fallout 3 feels liek heaven now)
- No replay value (forget about BioShock, even the linear Dead Space has more replay value even if only due to char / weapons development)

Personally I'd give the game 7.5/10. Hopefully it does good in sales, I'd love to play a sequel.