Easily one of the worst WWII games in recent memory. Real score 6.8
Although the overall concept of The Outfit seems somewhat novel, once you start playing the game you realize that it is in fact not. The game is basically as fun as playing Battlefield 1942 single player on a crappy computer. Because that is essentially what this game is, all you do is go around and capture enemy flags and raise American flags. If this sounds framiliar well then thats because it should because it is the exact same thing that we have been doing in the Battlefield series, only EA actually does those games right, this game is just a pathetic excuse for a World War Two game.
The game's signature is Destruction on Demand. This allows you to have planes drop in things like artillary guns on the fly so you can use them against tanks and things that stand in your way. Destruction is a poorly chosen word however. Its more like small boring weapons on demand. The guns in this game feel like they do absolutely no damage, and you are best off just shooting in random spots because the game lacks any type of precision aiming. This really does bring the game down quite a bit, because there are three characters to choose from, but since all the weapons are just plain old boring to fire you never really feel like one character is essential for a certain mission, and the amount of weapons available is quite sad.
The game has decent graphics at best. I honestly could not tell the difference between playing on a regular TV and on a HDTV at the highest setting. The games environments are boing as they almost all look like they are recylced from previous World War Two games and the maps are essentially empty. When there are enemies on the map they run at you all in one clump, just like this were a side scrolling beat em up from the early ninties. The character models are nothing that we havent seen before.
The sounds of THe Outfit are probably the best thing about the game, because even though the weapons are super ineffective they sound like they are getting the job done, which is good because the sound seriously saves this game from being a complete flop. I do however have one complaint about the sound. Have you played Call of Duty 2? Well if you have than chances are you will recognize the song that plays at the main menu, because it is practically identical to the one found in Call of Duty 2 which may I mention is a much better game than The Outfit.
The controls, what is there to say besides that the character feels like a tank and the tanks feel like swimming through molases or however you spell it.
Long story short, The Outfit is not worth your time. If you are a World War Two buff with an Xbox 360 than Call of Duty 2 is definatley the way to go. If you have already played Call of Duty 2 than move onto Call of Duty 3, if you have played both of those, I strongly reccomend going back and playing them again as you will have way more fun playing through those a second time than you will playing through this disaster for the first time.
Concept: 7/10
Graphics: 6/10
Controls: 6/10
Sound: 8/10
Replay Value: 6/10
Worth what you pay (based off purchase agreement): 7/10
Overall: 6.8/10
Purchase Agreement: Rental at best