Obscure: The Aftermath Review

Unfortunately, the characters in the game are so 90’s teenage horror film. Take every stereotype out of the book, and at least one of the characters in the game fills the role. You have the nerd/ninja, hot asian chick with the hacking skills, dumb strong jock, and hot wet-t-shirt-contest-winning blond to begin with.

The control scheme that Obscure uses for the Wii is innovative, but it is crap. The weapons menu is hard to access, and the camera is controlled by movement of the Wiimote. The nunchuk controls your character, and swinging the nunchuk makes your character swing their weapon. I feel that this set up is backwards and hard to control, and almost wish that the camera was automatic.

The camera scheme makes it easy to look at objects, but it gets caught in the corner, especially when my nose itches…I think that the controls are much better suited to a PS2 controller or mouse and keyboard.

Control problems aside, this is a great game. The graphics are great, especially for the Wii. For the PC they might not be top-notch, but for live-action Wii animation, this is damn good. I might mention that I *hate* survival horror games, mostly because I can’t stand the gore.

This game made my neck hair prickle with all of the half-eaten people, sound effects, and disembodied parts. This game also has voice acting. I feel that this is a huge deal for the Wii and PS2, considering most games still don’t have frickin’ voice acting. AND the voice acting isn’t even lame! Plus the music in the game is orchestrated, with some pseudo-punk inserts as well. The beginning cinematic (for better or for worse) literally looks and sounds like a 90’s horror film. I was impressed.