Surface: Game of Gods Collector's Edition

I really loved the first two games in this series and, while this one was fairly good, I wasn't as struck on it as the first two. There were a lot of good points about the game, the atmosphere, appearance and puzzles I can't fault. The only things about it that bugged me a bit were the music (which just felt wrong to me) and the fact that you can't get past some of these cutscene bits with people talking at you without patiently waiting for the game to let you keep going. So I'm not sure why I didn't quite like it as much, personal taste I suppose. And I just wasn't mad about the characters. But, after playing the bonus chapter in the collectors edition, I found myself liking this game drastically more. It really improved the plot and I actually preferred the character. So I would advise anyone purchasing the game to get the collectors edition and play the bonus chapter, as it was really worth it.

Enjoyable play that breaks the game up into nice sections with a variety of insane characters, I was constantly screenshotting every crazy character or moment. I wish there was more background on the TV control room in the intro scene, was hoping for a game show like set up.

After the other 3 of the Surface series I've played, this came as a bit of a disappointment. It's still a fairly good HoG, and I'm still recommending it as such, but there's an undefinable lack of... something... in this one compared to the others. Here's a quick brain-dump of some of my thoughts: - Compared to the others in the series, it seems very linear. Although you sometimes have quite a few items in your inventory, it's usually the case that only one ever does anything at any given time. The other games somehow seem to mask things so that there [i]always[/i] seems to be plenty to do. In GoG, I frequently (i.e. almost the whole time) was road blocked because a single specific task had to be done to proceed. - Seemed like less variation in the activities you do. In Pantheon there was always something new and different turning up. Here it's the same 'Use item A on location B to do C' or generic HoP D. There were one or two nice moments, but overall the whole thing felt decidedly cookie-cutter. - Far less plausible. The premise is no less realistic than the other games. Yet somehow those seemed to obey a general principle of logical cause and effect. Here you can, for insta…