Ultimately, I get what VOID Interactive was going for with Ready or Not, it just isn’t the game for me. I’m sure that this title will have its fans, and I genuinely hope that they get what they want from it. Lord knows that they have been waiting long enough for the game’s full release. For me though, I lost interest in proceedings very quickly due to a barebones single player story, disappointing visuals, and painfully slow gameplay.
It really depends on what the consumer is looking to get out of the experience. If you are a huge fan of the source material and this particular fictional universe, then you will likely love Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. If you are someone who adores the Far Cry series and just loves gobbling up as many open-world games as Ubisoft will feed you, ticking off the same old checklist of tasks as you do, then Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will give you exactly what you are looking for. However, if you are looking for something boundary-pushing to move the needle and break some new ground within a tired genre, then Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will leave you feeling deflated and disappointed. If you are in this boat, the best advice I can give you is to wait until this game is on sale, and even then, the best way to play through it is probably on mute while listening to a podcast, especially if you are not invested in the lore.
Overall, The Invincible likely isn’t going to be a late contender for GOTY 2023, but there is serious value in playing through it. This game is certainly far more worth the $30 price tag than something like Stray Souls. Also, if you are looking for a break from the constant fast pace of something like Spider-Man 2, then The Invincible may just be exactly what you are after.
Overall, I am just happy that we finally have a worthy sequel to that iconic 1987 movie that I fell in love with as a kid. For all of its faults, Robocop: Rogue City is fun to play and feels faithful to the source material it is adapting. As a lifelong Robocop fan, there isn’t really much more that I could ask for.
There aren’t many times when this job feels like work, but playing through Stray Souls was one of them. And before you complain with the retort that this is only a $30 game made by a small team, one just has to take a look at something like The Invincible to see how it should be done properly.