Pretty good i suppose, Not as amazing as i was expecting
Athlon64 x2 4600+
2 Gig OCZ premium ram (400mhz)
Nvidia Geforce 8800GTX
x-fi Fatal1ty sound card
I was expecting amazing things from this game but for me it wasnt quite as good as i thought it would be, dont get me wrong this is technically very good and yet another evolutionary step in the right direction. But for me it just seems a little too 'arcadey' but then this is built using the unreal engine (ive never been into unreal games for the same reason).
The animations of all the characters are excellent and they move about pretty realistically. The physics of the game are as good as you'd expect but not perfect. I saw a querk in the game physics within 20 minutes of play, there was a mad woman talking to a gun in a pram (quite normal in this game) so i killed her off, as you do. Then i retrieved ammo from the pram, accidently pushing it over at the same time, only it fell onto the dead womans body where they kind of became entangled together both seeming to try and shake each other off resulting in a mangled mess of steel, flesh and blood shaking their way across the floor.
I should also note that i have only played the game for about 4 hours so far and have only had one crash to desktop (which seemed to mess up the display driver until i re-boot), the sound in game is pretty good but im not sure its working properly, i find it difficult to know which direction a sound is supposed to be coming from and also firing a gun just doesnt sound right either, making a 'puff wizz' noise instead of a 'Bang wizz' if that makes sense.
The graphics on the whole are also very good but again not quite as amazing as i thought they were gonna be. There are times when things do look very good, especially partical, water and smoke effects (DX10) but then like every other game out there when u get up close to objects they can look a bit naff. Also there doesnt seem to be an option for FSAA which as im using 1440x900 display means jaggies are sometimes noticeable (i haven't tried overriding this in the gfx driver panel yet tho)
Then theres the combat system which is ok but i find the close up melee fighting to be a bit clumsy and not as satisfying as other games (fear, or even CoD2)
Well these are my initial thoughts on the game, i will continue to play to completion and maybe write another review if there are any major changes of improvement later on in game.
But for now i think its great for showing off what your pc can do but its not THAT great.
P.S. I also note that there is just a tiny bit of mouse lag when playing, not enough to hamper gameplay but just enough to know it's there, this is probably due to my humble processor so will hopefully be fixed when i upgrade in the not too distant future