Fahrenheit or Celcius...maybe Kelvin?

I've been playing Fahrenheit since yesterday, completely ignoring Sudeki. *sigh* I guess I'll finish Sudeki another day, before the holidays. My verdict of Fahrenheit? Good, but could be better.

The freedom of choice in Fahrenheit (also known as Indigo Prophecy) is quite good and very interactive. However, the director/creator David Cage must be a DDR junkie. During action sequences, you get two circles, each with a north-west-south-east indicator. When the indicator flashes, you press the corresponding button to proceed through the action sequence. To be honest, it's damn lame and distracting. You end up paying attention to the circles rather than to the action. There are also left-right moments, where you hammer the left and right key alternatingly in order to do something. It quickly ends up as hammering the keys as fast as possible. And that sucks.

Using the mouse to do different actions with objects was cool, although climbing is a bitch. It's very unforgiving with a strict time limit. I'm on a part where you have to climb a drain pipe and I lost enough "mental health" to lose the game. But the interactivity is quite good. There is also a sex scene between the protagonist, Lucas, and his ex-girlfriend, Tiffany. Say the right things and complete the DDR sequence correctly and you end up shagging her. The screen is slightly blurred so you can't see all the details but you don't need to. You just keep moving you mouse up within the time limits. What next?

There are rumors of a sequel of some sort that may utilise parts of the plot. If that's so they should name the sequel "Celcius" or "Kelvin". Temperature names are cool...in a way.