The experience playing Predator is more frustrating than it is either fun or fulfilling to play. Understand that I want to enjoy this however it’s not possible to do so with the performance of certain features.
User interface:
- Minimap: Poor location, Too dark, Map Scale is too small.
- Weapon Wheel, the worst solution with no hot key capability.
- Npc Text displays right over the second wind duration bar.
Mechanics:
- Camera focus: Poorly aimed leading to user intput error.
- Throwable weapons: Getting stuck in unreachable places. Throwable weapons landing outside the Hunting Grounds.
- Ground Targeting: EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
The aim of the camera, the height of the camera, Its focus, ALL OF THIS
Leap, Bear Trap, Motion Detector, Audio Decoy, ALL OF THIS IS NOT REMOTELY ACCEPTABLE. - Camera height and Collision: Too hard for as many objects are in the environment, this combined with the absolute embarrassment of ground targeting RELIABLY causes user input error. Camera improperly refocuses while simultaneously changing the position of ground target.
- Object Collision: orientation of bear traps RELIABLY fails, Often trigger areas are seen vertically as the trap has improper collision detection with surfaces.
The audio Decoy doesn’t need to bounce. - Predkour: Mounting points at tree bases do not work. Reliably the predator misses a branch during branch runs and is stuck on branch but the model is on the ground. Occasionally I have jumped 25% of a Maps length in the opposite direction. This can happen with leap as well. Where the cursor is targeted WELL beyond the limitations for the ground target. Usually happens during camera collision or the camera being, “trapped”.
- The shoulder Cannon being mounted on THE LEFT but the camera has a offset to THE RIGHT! With the targeting laser in THE MIDDLE.
Animation:
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Many, many, MANY. Unnecessary animations functioning as Crowd control against the user:
Leap: Locked in Animation
Melee: Locked in Animation
Ground Slam: Locked in USELESS animation.
I can’t name all the unnessary delays in ALL actions the Predator takes. ALL OF THEM. A.L.L. There is no player feed back as to why this occurs. It just happens. -
Body Claims: Reliably a mesh will become “detached” from the place it was killed. This results in the icon showing in one place while the mesh is in another place. Bodies as much a 10-12 meters away will ragdoll back to the location for the animation to play. Occasionally during this claims will fall through the ground layer or relocate to inaccessible places.
User Input:
The logic…behind…I can’t even explain how bad this is.
The logic designed to handle what happens when player is pressing multiple buttons.
I can tell you exactly 100% of the time it has been the wrong intended effect.
Not. A. Single. Time. Has this worked correctly.
Weapon Cycling. Fails to engage.
If holding down right click before the plasma launcher is ready after selecting it from the weapon wheel. When you left click (With the intent to charge) The Predator will swipe with fist claw AND shoot instantly at the same time.
Melee attacks with the smart disc don’t occur after throwing it because it will de-select itself.
I can’t put into words the number of errors that exist here. Algorithms for multi-button presses are…I honestly don’t know what to say about that.
I’m sure those at illfonic had good intentions and I believe they sincerely want to be proud of this but, there is exactly nothing nice to be said about this game with these present issues. I mean…Shoots from the LEFT aims in the MIDDLE Views down the RIGHT. There is NOTHING not a dang nice thing to say about the work of the individuals who designed some of this.
Does anything on this list sound entertaining? At the end of the day your job is to entertain…exactly what on this list…sounds entertaining!? Help me understand how any of this is $40.00 worth of entertainment.
I’d much rather CLIMB the cliff-side instead of being bounced off it like Windows Space Cadet Pinball because no such animation exists for that kind of interaction between the predator and the environment.
I’m playing this game because I am stuck with it…This has been $40.00 of straight buyers remorse. Let me be clear about that.