Decent attempt but just more of the same old fps
Gameplay - First off. They compensated for the lack of gameplay by making the game probably the hardest fps I have ever played. Did they think it would ad more to the game? They went way overboard on the difficulty and it did nothing but frustrate me. And if you are going to make a game that allows you to pick up objects, please let us do something with them. So I could throw a can or bottle...what does that do? They dont break, they dont do damage, the dont taunt, they really do nothing but often get buggy and stick in walls, in the ground, etc. And if we are going to use bullet time, then, um, make it do something. With bullet time you are supposed to slow things down so you have the advantage. Sure it slows down, but it slows everything so there is no real advantage. You cant roll into a room, hit slow mo, shoot a couple of baddies, roll out...doesnt happen. And how about rewarding me with weapons...I think I had every weapon available 10 minutes into the game. Ammo was plentiful and they also give you a hammer. For what? It doesnt break anything but some glass here and there on fire extinguishers.
Characters - This game has some of the worst acting I have seen in some time. I swear at times I could just see one person sitting in a room reading the lines from a book. As if they had no idea what the story line was, when to emphasize phrases, when to shout, etc. It was just plain bad. And please dont name one of your characters SNAKE..that has been done before. And for the love of god, after I heard "go go go" "pull back pull back" repeated over and over and over again I actually had to mute the game. "go go go" "pull back pull back"! Going to hear it in my sleep.
Graphics - Decent job here and the levels were actually well done. No secrets stash, no puzzles, but some decent levels. The outdoor level when you have the buggy...not to shabby, but a bit to much like Halo for me and you could tell where the ideas came from.
Overall - This game brought nothing to the table that hasnt been done before...and done better. If you are going to copy other games, great, just do them justice. This was a perfect game to get me ready for Crysis and appreciate it even more when it comes out.