'Hey, the team that made Final Fantasy 7 couldn't go wrong!' All of this sounds really fun - which underscores the remarkable achievement that somehow, the game manages to still be incredibly boring!

That something horrible would consist of rats mutating into flesh-eating beasts, throngs of people spontaneously combusting, and general chaos sweeping across New York City. the setting is so quiet and calm that you just know something horrible is going to happen. Particularly nice in this scene is a pan across the Statue of Liberty - rendered so beautifully, yet bearing a disturbingly sad look upon its face.

Following that, the actual game begins, and you are treated to another, darker and more foreboding, CG cutscene. When you first begin, a beautiful CG (that's 'computer graphics' for the technospeak-impaired) introduction establishes a frantic, race-against-time mood, showing a lot of exciting scenes - running from explosions and the like - punctuated by a very nice musical number. Say what you will, but Square has produced some very, very good games. Most of the time when a Square game earns a rating below 60%, the review is accompanied by a lamentation of Square's 'downfall' or rantings (often in very harsh language) describing how 'over-rated' Square is. the setting is so quiet and calm that you just know something horrible is going to happen.'

'Particularly nice in the opening scene is a pan across the Statue of Liberty - rendered so beautifully, yet bearing a disturbingly sad look upon its face.

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