Well I've been playing it for just over 2 hours now. What a truly amazing game.. scary-wise, it's okay.. not 'ARGHH!!' but you do get sudden shocks from the monsters sneaking up on you. The scariest part so far for me was probaby when you first meet up with the engineer guy you're looking for.. and then all hell breaks loose. At that point, havok erupts where the lights sudden go off or start flashing in areas, and you start getting live radio broadcasts of other areas of the base.. and it's mainly gunfire and shouts from marines saying stuff like 'Watch your back soldier!.. there's too many of em'!.. and sometimes you hear them getting torn apart by their 'unknown' attackers.. their dying shrieks etched into your mind as you try to find your way back to your commander. Simply put, the atmosphere of this game really tends to draw you in. Overall the sound is pretty much brilliant too, so if you have a good speaker setup with a decent sound card, you're in for a real treat. Graphically, the game is a masterpiece. I've been running it on High, 12*10, 4x AA.. and it looks fantastic. Frame rate wise for me, it's pretty damn good too, with some areas giving a bit of a slight lag but on average, there so far aren't many real noticable dips. I'm also amazed at how smart and annoying some of the older monsters are now. On one particular area, I shot the Imp a few times.. and just when it looked like it was about to die (well.. I shot it like 3 times in the chest so it was bound to die with one more shot), it ran off around the corner.. so I assume that it realised that it wasn't the best idea to confront me with when I've got a big shotty, so it tries to hide around the corner in an ambush attempt. On a more unrelated note, I just wanted to express how excited I was when I first got my hand on the shotgun. You won't be dissappointed. Similarly, the machine gun is pretty cool too. Oh yes, that reminds me.. on the 'Normal' difficulty mode, you tend to somewhat find yourself conserving ammo a bit.. which like System Shock 2, I find a good thing. It kinda emphasises your desperation to survive.. and just highlights to you subconsciously how important your ammo is and what's gonna happen should you run out. With that said, everytime I saw a place with a bit of ammo littered on the ground, I got excited. Occasionally you encounter these ammunition storage places, like in Far Cry.. and boy does that really get the blood pumping. Surprisingly enough, I found the voice acting in this game pretty believable too. In conclusion SO FAR, I can't say I'm dissappointed by any means. The gameplay isn't revolutionary, but it sure is FPS at it's best. Graphically, it's superb. Sound wise, it's also superb. The voice acting is good, and for people who think game is totally plotless.. you couldn't be more wrong. For everyone out there who haven't got the game yet who also upgraded for this game.. you won't regret it.
I think this game is indeed the best game I've ever played. I like it because it scares me, though I've played it before. The gameplay is really rapid, you should always load your weapons, otherwise you would be torn apa... Read Full Review
This game is not for the faint of heart, the paranoid or the weak stomached. Playing this game alone in the dark with headphones at full blast is one of the most enjoyable if un-nerving experiances you can have with a ga... Read Full Review
