I tried so hard to like this game!
The opening few minutes were breathtaking with views of sunny Africa and the locals, wildlife all adding to the open but at the same time alien atmosphere as the character you play is thrown into a world of arms deals, smuggling etc.
The moment the game lost it's shine with me was the feeling that I had no purpose or sense of direction. I felt myself driving around almost sleeping at the wheel just looking for something to do. The map and objectives were intuitive but they do have a steep learning curve to them.
The A.I got all too predictable after the 8th shootout and chase halfway through the African wilderness. The stealth mechanics are all but useless so I found it more rewarding entering a mission all guns blazing rather than sneak around only to get bullets fired up the rear end!
There are a lot of decent weapons available but they aren't great and in order to get them you have to collect bucket loads of diamonds and go out and cut off a armament supply. This also got boring after the 4th time.
The fire mechanics are indeed inventive, well-designed and sexy looking but one little good point can't save a game filling up with dullness.
I really wanted to enjoy this game and kept thinking positive because of the gorgeous graphics and the free roam idea but I feel this backfired because I literally felt lost in a jungle with a silenced MP5 shooting the same dull, stupid enemies. I only paid a fiver for it so I won't lose sleep over it.