Finishing Act 2 and I'm impressed. Gameplay is so smooth it's almost therapeutic, the story is exciting and the setting well thought out. Even the cutscenes are not so cringe this time.
Something I'm really liking about the setting is that it ditched a lot of post-apocalyptic tropes and went with original (and poignant) ideas instead. For eg, I was annoyed at first that the surviving humans looked super clean and civilized and not the Mad Max-esque ragtag hobos we usually see in the genre. Then I've read some database entries and got it - the cataclysm hit when humanity tech level was through the roof. These communities have 3D printing and the likes. Food and comfort is not a problem for them. The problem is they're buried down their own asses with all that comforting tech (and Iphones and Twitter etc) and not caring to understand and counter what's out there threatening them with extinction. It's at the same time great world building, and a meaningful critique to our current society and the technology that's been pushing us apart. Brilliant.
Maybe this is the game that makes me see some genius in Kojima and not just a pretentious movie maker wannabe. Let's see..
Lithium Flower , have you played this?