PDZ is an awesome game. Read on to find out why PDZ is brilliant for the eye, ear, and...um..brain?
The gameplay in PDZ is tight. My only complaint is that the combat roll makes hitting people in Multi-player. But otherwise it's great. It's kinda cool that you have to save weapons through missions to have them in the next. Single-player is actually quite fun to me. It's at times akward and oddly paced, but overall is very enjoyable. PDZ has almost influenced me to go buy an N64 just to play the original (I had a PS, then a horribly glitchy PS2 that broke. So I got an Xbox, and whaddaya know, an Xbox 360. The only Nintendo's I've had were an NES, SNES, GBA and DS). Istch-man dook doo. Dude, I'm talking jibberish. I'm mad at my beloved Bengals for currently losing to the Steelers.
Anyhoo, PDZ is great looking. At least the guns. Environments are inconsistent (mostly good) and characters models are OK. But the guns are a pleasure to observe. I have HD, and it looks great. I've heard it doesn't look as good on SDTV but this one should still be worth getting.
The soundtrack and SFX are great. The story is hard to take seriously, as the cutscenes are uglier than what my Bengals are doing right now. The voice work is inconsistent, but doesn't detract from the immersion.
Multi-player in PDZ rocks. It's fast, fun, and has more modes than a teenager with mood swings. Co-op, split-screen DM, and Xbox Live are great for when you have competitive friends, friendly friends or no friends and are playing live.
It's fun, immersive, and $10 less than most of the other 360 launchers, so why not? Notice there weren't any Halo 2 comparisons? Get over it Halo lovers! Halo 2 is great, just not anywhere near the best FPS ever. I'm extremely hyped for Halo 3 and it will sell many 360's, but PDZ is PDZ, not Halo!