Heart breakers & life takers.
Gameplay gets a 3/5; Why? Let's start on the single player campaign & the bad stuff first. There is two clear bad thing & one in the grey area, so the first clear bad thing is the maps, for a first person shooter the maps are just way to large to many places to go, things to see & paths to take…I can't believe I'm, even writing this…it's a rare, but true case, in this case. I actually got lost a few times, you get a way point marker, but it mealy points in the right direction rather than telling you exactly where to go & since you are getting shot at every moment & you're human, you can't just kill everything & find your team…basically you loose your team or get lost, your dead & touching on the whole human thing…that's the grey thing. Yes people may like the fact that you die in a matter of shots, providing a challenge & your enemies do to, easing the challenge. However your often wandering around finding 4 enemies to the side & to the front & being the fact that you are human, it means your now dead to. The final clear bad thing is the positively ridiculous AI, the enemies must have been taught by monkeys…they understand how to shoot & to take cover, but you get up close & personal, they just seem to stop functioning, or rather…keep doing what they are doing…meaning you get a nice set of backs to stab & even if one of them see you they do nothing to aid their comrades, merely watch them die.
Now the good…& that's basically everything else…but since I don't want to spoil anyone…I will keep this shorter…basically…you experience every moment in first person, every moment & these moments include a gun to the head, being caught in a nuclear explosion & watching as your whole team is slaughtered & your to wounded to do anything about it. There is also a brilliant story with brilliant twists that are normally lacking in war games. You also find something new in a war game, a host of brilliant & loving characters that you can get attached to, they can often be rather stereotypical along with most of the humour from their mouths….but I don't really care.
Now for the multiplayer. To be honest…I know no one will agree with this, but I really don't see what's to rave about when I play the multi. Yes its face paced, action packed & thrilling, but your human..some guns or ranges leave you dead in one shot. Now this is brilliant if you're a decent/good player, but when you start the game its horrible…you die, you die some more, then you die again. Also the community is full of all the wankers you'd find on games like Gears, so most don't care if you're a new player, your crap your kicked.
So in short the bad is the whole grey area thing, you may enjoy the fact that you can kill people easily….but this game makes you turn to the dirty tactics you wouldn't use on other games…just so you don't spend all your time at the bottom. However, being a noob on this game is not a fun time, by any means.
The good is the amount of playability, the game rewards you for playing using an RPG system that leads to new unlockables to have a fresh(ish) take on the game. These unlockables have a lot of variety to, leading from more firepower, to new styles, to more grenades or skills that allow you to take specific roles on a team. Also the maps work better on the multi because (most) of the time you have a lot of players on filling the maps, that said, if you go on a game with just a few people you'll do a lot of trekking. You are also given a large amount of game types including death matches (team & non team), flag capturing & territory capturing. It's a shame that such a team based online experience often feels that it lacks team work.
Graphics get 4/5; Why? Glossy, shiny, but has rough edges, basically the tune for every 360 game. This game however has a great eye for detail & is very imaginative. Level design is great, full of details…or destruction…it's just a shame you can't cause more destruction & basically the same for character design. All the tech is modeled on the real thing, as is how they handle, apparently, so good job guys. That said…I wish the game wasn't so devoid of gore…I mean blood sprays & all, but with all the explosions & bullets flying everywhere…why not have limbs fly off, or body's blown up or set on fire? Other games show it can be done & the fact it isn't here takes an edge off the realism also is the fact that there is like two enemy models, then it's repeated again & again…with all these great things…why get sloppy on such obvious things? You set up a great atmosphere to then tear it down with these stupid little things, why?!
Sound gets a 5; Why? There's nothing really wrong with it, great voice acting & basically everything is in order (yeah I suck at writing about the sound section)
So to conclude…this game is brilliant, not perfect…no game can be perfect, but still brilliant, both multi & solo is plagued with the same problems…but you can still enjoy the multi's adrenaline rush, fast paced, in your face style & unlocking the biggest gun & you can still enjoy every moment in the single player (apart from between objectives & ambushes). In short, if you like a game that shows the team cares about their baby, or you simply like shooting stuff, a good story, twists or a great cast…your sure to find something to take you fancy. So stop reading & go buy it, now.