But the first three levels we’ve had access to ensure that you are always in last place. At points this becomes so pettily enforced that you start to feel like the hated kid in class, the one who gets pushed and barged out of the way, even by the nicer kids. If there’s a trapdoor to jump down, a passage to explore, or even doorway to walk through, your two NPC buddies will literally shove you aside to make sure they get through first. If there’s something cool to do, like throw a filing cabinet out of the way, then you just stand there and watch. Want to open a door? Learn your station, scumbag. And tragically, the same counts for cover.

The game has no cover system – it’s the old fashioned “hiding behind stuff”. But inevitably anywhere useful to crouch will be occupied by one of your companions. And unlike most other games of its ilk, they don’t find somewhere else if you try to take the same position. Instead they get territorial and push you back into the line of fire. Not that they’re taking advantage of their stolen tactical advantage. In this preview version at least, they will happily stand with their gun barrel touching an enemy’s head and not fire. The enemies are compliant, because they’re only interested in killing you and not your immortal chums.