First To Die...too
When i got the game with its Final Fantasy like - 4 disc set, i thought i was holding onto something beefy and that a life changing experience is awaiting at the end of its installation. hitting the icon on my desktop, i waited eagerly as it boots up. When the intro movie started, i was distracted by the models in them. They were not proportionate and the graphics for the terrorrists were ugly. Effects like the traces of smoke trailing the rockets looked more like patches of paint on a photoshop piece. My enthusiasm went from hero...to zero...Well i have not even started playing the game so what the heck, ill just see how it goes.
For some reason i could not enter the tutorials - which pissed me off even more. However, when i started the first mission, i was pleasantly surprise. Details on my fellow comrades were sweet, backpacks, camo coloured uniforms and equipment looks good. The levels were really linear, nothing much to explore ( most shooters are like that anyways) and repetative stuffs.
the animations on my team mates were very limited so when you order your troops to cover an area, they run in such a perfect timing and animation, we could call it line dancing. There were no varieties in movement so it gets dull fast. Theres a few storm the room options available but you cant use it on every door. I was waiting for this to come, and as i clicked on Frag option, my teammates jus line up in a straight line. Like what the helllllll...i was waiting for some SWAT style positions and all i got was 3 clowns in a row. At this point i just lost all faith. Enemies come from every corner which helps create alittle excitement during combat. They would flank you or come in waves, keeping me on my toes for a mere minute or two. Its Realism their emphasising, so a couple of shots and your dead. This is particularly fustrating as certain angles in the level are alittle weird and your teammates are not that fond of finding cover. If two of your members or you go down, your dead. You must restart the entire level. There are options of using snipers and airstrikes to aid you in clearing larger obstacles. Sniper dont really help as sometime they suck in their sense of direction. Their sorry asses would sometime be facing the enemy, so whats the point of it. The airstrike however is kinda effective, but takes the thrill outa busting some tanker's butt with cool weapons.
My Advice - Rent it if you desperately need a game to kill time when you feel that life has no meaning anymore. Okay~ its not that bad. Still - rent it.