ObsCure

The Good
The American way. Obscure is a game based on the film "the faculty" and has many remarkable things like the two player mode, a lot of characters to play with (each one with a different "power"), many weapons to use and the ambient is really well done, you'll feel that you're in an American horror movie all the time (the music helps it too with songs from different rock/punk bands). The game has elements of classic graphic adventures. Graphics are good, the sound is perfect (FX and music, everything's great) and the gameplay is good enough too to be played and not being frustrated. The characters are charismatic too and the story is just good, maybe typical and foreseeable but not bad at all. One of the best things of the game is the fact that the game won't stop if any of your characters die. You can finish the game with just one character if you want (no matter which one) or you can finish the game with all of them, but the game will not be over 'till all of them are dead.

The Bad
You'll have to learn how to fight because it's not easy, once you've mastered it you'll enjoy a lot, so, its learning curve is considerable. If you don't play the game with two players the second character will be managed by the console and its AI is poor. Sometimes you'll be annoyed because he'll be in the middle many times, also, he will take his time to start shooting the creatures. He will help you anyway and it's better to have a comrade-in-arms. The game is too dark. Sometimes you won't see anything and the graphics then are unnoticed. The cinematics are good. To finish with, the game is too short, just a few hours even if you go slow. There are some unlockable modes when you finish the game for the first time like new weapons, but it's not a game to be played for so many times, that's for sure.

The Bottom Line
Obscure is a good game, it's not the best survival horror game out there but it's good. If you like the feeling of American horror movies you'll love the game.