One of the best FPS' this year. A must buy for tactical shooter fans.
The game is great, featuring what little tactical sense we have left in this day of arcade shooters. Although it's not as in depth in planning as the original, it mixes tactical planning with arcade to create a hybrid of two distinct FPS styles. There are multiple way through a situation, with multiple commands available to your teammates. The controls and gameplay is largely the same, feeling somewhat like an expansion pack adding new weapons, levels, and sprinting, with a few new commands while retaining the visual style and sound of the original.
Multiplayer is where the game stands out. You can play the entire non watered down campaign with a teammate (split screen or online through PSN) named Knight. Up to four players (online only) can participate in terrorist hunt, which now allows you to go with your AI teammates when offline. There are less modes, but more focus is put on the existing ones as well as the ranking up of your profile (unlocking new equipment) that can be done online and offline.
There are still a few problems though. The game can feel repetitive if you have the first one with only a few changes as stated above (as well as differently tuned weapons). Minor graphical glitches and blemishes are also prevalent. During the first few das of online, it was largely impossible to join a game (now fixed).
If you are a fan of tactical first person shooters, but are at a loss to find any, look no more. Despite it's more arcadey playing style, on realistic you would be hard pressed to find a grittier, more tactical game on today's markets.