Movement all around is sluggish, rife with that input lag and animation priority that I hate in cinematic games. Putting Euphoria on the main character instead of just on the enemies like the sensible Star Wars Force Unleashed did, is one of the worst decisions Rockstar has made with their games this generation. Yes, the Euphoria animation engine is great in some ways, but not in others.
Maybe if you judge shooters by just enemy hit reactions and like to stare at animations. I just dont understand how the few that have played it call it one of the best shooters. Maybe he didnt like noir New York and the interesting characters as much and is more into suicidal, pathetic assholes who rip off Man on Fire.
Some people on NeoGAF have even said its the best in the series!. People saying it's a worthy successor are lying through their teeth. Its right up there with Assassins Creed 1 as one of the worst highly-rated AAA games Ive played this generation. Not many people have said its an outright bad game, so Ill be the first. Godawful level design coupled with the bad cover system and sluggish movement controls makes this one of the worst bosses in AAA games of this generation. Play this game exactly how the designers meant you to goddamnit, not make your own way and shorten down the boss to 5 seconds. When you do the laborious chore of taking out everyone else, THEN the game puts you in a cinematic where Max jumps from those same mobile stairs and shoots out the grenade launcher of the boss to blow him up. You HAVE to clear out those 20 other dudes or then its an insta-death whatever else you do. If you go even slightly forward of the other enemies, insta-death. Because this is such a CINEMATIC game, you cant use the airplane mobile stairs to get the drop on the boss until the game lets you. Well, actually not finished because I couldnt care to get through the last boss battle and just youtubed it.