Many reviews have come out and splintered those who were eagerly awaiting this game, this was my most anticipacted game for this part of the year.
Now that i've played the game i can say that it didnt live up to my exoectations but it IS a fun game.
The story mode has very little story, its basically a cutscene explaining what you gonna be doingt then you do it and so on. The biggest dissapointment to me is that the graphical art style of the game is excellent and the basic for the story in very unique, it is just criminally under-explored, if this game had a full narrative story it'd be up quite a few points.
Right from turning on the game i was excited at the levels of customisation available for your character, it is the best character customiser out there, the only gripe would be that you dont really see your character much, this level of customization would be amazing in a third-person game.
The menus and interface of the game is great, you have a 360 rotating view of your character and weapons when customizing, its clean, simple and elegant.
I have only played single player so far as the PSN is down at the moment, i have played some of the campaign and the challenges, i've been getting on okay in the campaign, it seems kind of short, and no real narrative hurts it but the gameplay is fun and gets much easier to get a handle of once you configure your controls and get some experience. The enemy AI and friendly AI seem to be on par for me in the campaign, in the challenges the first 2star section i played was extremely difficult simply because the enemy AI is ferocious and the friendly AI dont seem to aid in objectives just in buffs which give you ammo, health, revives etc...
The graphics have pop-in when you first start up, but i didnt really notice any other problems, admitidly i wasnt looking for any tearing, framerate or other jargon as i was focused on playing not studying the screen.
I cant wait for the online to be up so i gan get some good human vs human team battles.
PROS:
- Excellent Art Design
- Great guns and sound
- Excellent character customization
- Fluid gameplay (once configured)
- Great movement system
CONS:
- No team deathmatch, even BBFC2 (a squad based shooter) has a deathmatch option
- A poor ranks and unlock system, you gt most things really early and easily.
- No real campaign or story
- Maps do not seem to have many routes or unique climbing areas
- Shotguns and grenades dont seem that powerful
At the moment i give it a 8.5/10, it'd get a 9/10 if it had a deep thought-out story.
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