Well, I played the demo for this on the psn, and well, I wasn't really impressed. I never played the first game, so I didn't really know what to expect. The first episode wasn't a really good choice in my opinion, cause it starts off slow, yet I love the car scene. Well, I got the game on sale, and it has some major flaws, such as bad camera, I walked into a wall once and died. The controls are somewhat awkward, but can be delt with. The graphics are ok,, sometimes you can see the beauty of what they were going for, but it's like they stopped all of a sudden, and it looks choppy at best. Yet if you continue with the game, the mood gets really creepy, and I love the way they did the episodes, so you are reminded of what is going on, and plus there are some nice cliff hangers. The puzzles are excellent in my opinion. I had to sit and think about the environment which I found to be really interesting. The story line is pretty decent, and the monster fights are awesome. So if you looking for a good horror game, this on is for you. It does have a lot of flaws, but you find a really good game under it all. Just give it a chance. I think you like it.

i fell for the demo from PSN and knew that this game had a lot of potential in spite of the other low ratings. So decided to invest in it. But after playing it, i can say that it had a lot of potential that was not utilized. While story background was told with an innovative in-game cell phone text messages, it did not do justice to the story as it almost seemed unnecessary to read the text messages to progress further. Instead they should have used cut scenes to explain the background and for that matter how to progress in the story. While the idea of making your own weapons is innovative, once you know what the few options are, it gets boring. Instead they should have kept it interesting by making them more complex as the story progresses, but the enemies also don't progress in complexity. The boss battles were a joke (the last one is a total let down). The +s are graphics are decent and game tries to achieve theatrical feel that is worth experiencing. The music is also interesting as it tries to be dramatic in many places. In general this would have worked well for cut scenes that don't repeat. But the music gets dramatic even in game play, this does not work very well because every time you repeat a scene, the dramatic music keeps repeating like a broken gramophone record and this sometimes sounds hilarious.