Not sure what this game wants to be

I’ve played this game with a friend in coop and while I think it has great potential, I feel like it does not really know what it want’s to be

The core gameplay, gunplay and AI seems to be that of an action game, like Half Life, Counter Strike, CoD or even Borderlands. But the level design and setting seems to aim towards being a stealth shooter like Hitman or Deus Ex.

Currently neither is fully utilized. If it wants to be an action game, the levels should be more designed around that, having big shootout arenas that provide visual clarity and have strategic spots and map objects like explosives, drops, etc.

If it wants to be a stealth shooter, the gameplay must support this, e.g. with cover mechanics that ensure that you are unseen as long as you are behind cover, an alert system to make sure that you can hide again after being noticed (e.g. by killing an enemy before they can alert the others) and rewards for being stealthy (like rewards for not triggering any alarm, or not killing anyone but the main target).

Of course also hybrids are possible (like the aforementioned Deus Ex), but this would then require the levels to be larger to have zones for both, stealth pathways and also big shootout arenas.

But right now it does neither of those very well.

Still looking forward to this game, if it goes in either direction I think it can be a very fun game.