Short campaign, stupid AI. Insane multipklayer. Even with the unbalance of good vs bad. Still one of my fav 360 Shooters
This game honestly was addicitive. I got it thinking it would be something that would be worth the buy, and that it wouldn't come close to the play time I give GoW or CoD4. Of course it won't if I never have anyone to play with. There is no way I will actually sit down and play the campaign by myself, of course I have reasons for actually saying that, but I shall touch on those later.
First off though I shall discuss on of my few problems with this game. Short. That sums up the campaign mode. It didn't take too long for me and a buddy to get through teh first campaign difficulty and unlock all the primary weapons. In fact we did it in one sitting. Not to mention, it does have a slightly lack luster story line. I wouldn't expect it to really, it did deal alot of the time with one of the most useless wars in history. Even though it lead off in it's own path eventually, still wasn't too spectacular. Though I have to add this little tid bit in, the dude that speaks like a overly egotistical FPS player rocks.
I do like the characters in the story line though. Not all of them, but Salem and RIos are interesting enough. Thankfully you get to play as them. I wouldn't have minded getting my hands on that unbalanced psycho Clyde a little as well, of course it wouldn't make sense if we could play on of the villains of the game. Who knows, maybe a Clyde skin will become available for multi player online if it isn't already. (I'll actually have to check that.)
Now what really makes me a crack addict for this game is the game play itself. Though it is very GoW like, it seems fresh considering all the small little tid bits that are thrown into it. All those little co-op moments, using the shield, the snipe, the boosted jumps, the parachute. All make the game enjoyable in there own little ways. Regardless of how little the parachute is used, or how often you will need the Co-op snipe. It also does have a little comic relief for you after you clear out any particularly messy areas. You can smack your partner around a little bit with the trigger, or you can just throw out random props. What makes that entertaining for me you may ask. Two words my friends. Bill & Ted! If you don;t know what I am talking about, I feel sorry for you.
Now it also is fun to be able to modify the selection of guns you have in your arsenal. Modding the barrel, clip size, stock, adding one of three attachments to the front and finally straight out pimping the gun can make for some very entertaining looking weapons. Not to mention the amount of aggro a golden AK47 with a grenade launcher and every other full upgrade is absolutly insane. (It even has more aggro than a mini gun for crying out loud!!)
Now what pulls down the campaign is if you want to do it solo. It just is a pain in the ass to order your partner around when he is just so hill billy stupid. Seriosuly, I had to drop most everything to revive his sorry ass the majority of the time. That gets annoying after hearing the stupid thing constantly yell "I'm down, help me!" Espeically when you are the middle of trying to take out a heavy.
Now we have to move onto a few of the technicalities, but honestly I don;t have any complaints. Graphics look nice, sound quality is good, controls work very nicely (Really similiar to GoW of course)... So yeah that's done with. So I highly recomend this game, go buy it, play it, and just enjoy it with a buddy. I say 8.5. (Stupid reviewers for hire. Making it sound bad by giving it only a bit above average!)