This has been mentioned in a couple of threads recently, but I don't THINK it has a dedicated thread. 

On May 5th you'll be able to buy this but there's a demo out now which is very much worth trying. To be honest, this game wasn't on my radar but after playing the demo it's a definite purchase. Of course, many people played the first, so what's different this time round?

This is being done by Arkane, the lovable rascals behind such games as Dark Messiah of Might and Magic as well as the somewhat more current, and famous, Dishonored games. It's an FPS like their other games, which isn't usually my thing, but the atmosphere and structure has absolutely been nailed here, so i'd recommend any sceptics to download the 13GB demo and see for themselves.

The best way to give people a feel of the game is to describe the way I went about doing something:

I'm in the main lobby and there's a wide open foyer with multiple sets of stairs on either side. Everything is quiet but i'm terrified because of the Mimics. The mimics, as the name suggests, can mimic everyday objects - is that chair a mimic? What about that coffee cup? So, i move forward slowly, enter a room on my right and hit everything with my wrench. Suddenly, a mimic bursts from the other side of the room. I have a gun which isn't really like a gun - it shoots foam and can turn mimics hard, or I can use it to create a climbable surface - and I wildly spray foam all over the place, hardening the mimic, then finishing it off with the wrench. Suddenly another mimic scuttles out of the room back into the foyer, but when I get out there it has disappeared. I look around slowly and notice something different...is that bin new? I foam it then run in and smash it, and the mimic's body is revealed before falling apart. 

I scour the area, then head towards the stairs. I need to get to my office but at the top of the stairs the door is locked. There's another staircase on the other side so I start heading that way but, as I am going down the first set, I notice there's a balcony between the two staircases and a thin ledge leading that way. I can't run along that, can I? I jump over the railing and land on the ledge, move slowly along it and find myself in the staff area.

More mimics, some logs and a password later, I leave the room and continue back towards my office. It was a lot of fun and very, very tense. 

So, this game very much follows the System Shock / Deus Ex / Metroid exploration route - it's got a slightly Bioshock vibe going on, granted, but it feels much more open. There's hacking and crawling and lifting and all manner of upgrades neuromods, and you can climb up and over a fair amount of the environment, so it genuinely feels like a proper "play your way" kinda game with an oppressive atmosphere to die for.

A surprise, then, but a very welcome one and yet another great game to add to a great year. Also, one more game that Muzzy can't buy.