"The X-Ray vision of dumb AI ruined this game way too much. It could have been a fan-tas-tic game!"
First of all, the GREAT sound effects. I really think they are fantastic. Enjoyed shooting those weapons even if there weren't any enemies :)
Big horn sound nicely stolen from the 'War of the Worlds' movie btw. Nice scary sound!
The map-designs are fantastic. Very "realistic" compared to many other games. Compliments!
I also loved the story and movie-cuts! Really good work!
BUT...
A few things that also caught my attention straight away were the following points (unfortunately not al too positive):
I missed the humour from part one in this game. I think that was exactly what made part 1 so unique. Bad Company meant FPS comedy to me. I was hoping to get some of that back in this part.
Then another thing that popped up in my mind was something I don't really feel like mentioning but,... it looks like EA is trying to make their own Modern Warfare?!,... don't try EA... stay with Battlefield / Bad Company.
But most of all, one thing that really started to annoy me later on in the game which make me rate this game not more than 8.5 is a serious gaming-fact... the AI... in which this game lacked too much in my opinion,... Let me explain a little closer before you guys judge me here ;) ...
IF you go head-on against enemies (or rush), all goes well, you wouldnt even notice the AI that much. But if you play a different game, like the way I like to play it, which is by using my brain, sneaking/flanking, things get different. It even started to annoy me way too much eventually in this game.
For example: Great idea with all the dust and all. Looks very realistic. Nice you can't see sh*t through that. But it could come in handy in case of cover or assaulting strategy. But not when those bots (enemy AI) are capable in seeing right through it and hit you right between the eyes. Thats just freaking annoying! Giving you the lesser advantage every single combat-situation. And this is it's game-play through the whole adventure. Rather sh!te.
They see you through dust, smoke, bushes, walls/houses etc. Making this game, to me as a non-Rambo-figure, far from perfect! Even 'boring' in it's own way even!
If it's AI was more intelligent, I would have rated it, at least a 9 or maybe even higher. Cos all the other aspects are simply great! But the all-in-all game-play experience, for ME, is far from perfect!
For those who want my opinion concerning the comparisson between Modern Warfare and this game (cos peeps seem to compare these 2 games):
Keep Battlefield as Battlefield and Call of Duty as Call of Duty. Both unique in it's kind, keep it like that! I think COD are better games (campaign-wise) but thats just me.