My honest list of pros and cons. Read before purchasing
It looks decent. It's not the sharpest looking game on the block. But it is still good.
Speed is just right, it's a nice change of pace coming from Battlefield.
Auto aim isn't overpowering, and was definitely a good idea to put in there. Quake with a game pad just seems foolish. But with this function you sometimes get the feel of what a mouse would give you. Which is the ability to keep your cross hair on your target.
The majority of ground vehicles are a lot of fun. Siege mode on strogg vehicles is a beautiful thing
Maps are large, and are well designed. It's nice to have fighting outside in the environment, then to have to go inside facilities all in one match. It opens up all kind of situations and choke points.
Plenty of gadgets to have fun with. The flying drone from the strogg infiltrator load out is especially fun.
Cons--------------------------------------------------------
Some vehicles sound awful.
Vehicle control is poor. One stick does all. Very annoying. Also there is no free look while you're in a vehicle. You see the way you are facing.
Air vehicles.. forget about it. Just ignore them and make yourself useful to your team on foot. I'd hope for an xbox live fix on these asap.
Not enough maps. (a xbox live download would be hot, I'd hope we can expect one in the coming months)
No lasting reward system = little reason to grind out boring pubs.
Defense seems terribly easy. It takes a long time to hack, build, or wait for your planted bomb to go off on the objective. If you die during a hack or build, it goes back to 0%. This can be very annoying verses a competent defense.
You never seem to run out of mines, which is overpowered and takes away from the purpose of ammo packs.
Icarus is an awesome vehicle, too bad the weapon on it is useless.
I enjoy this game. It will hold me over in the fps department until ut3 hits the xbox 360. Despite the cons, I'd still recommend you try it. DO NOT BUY this for a single player experience. This is intended for multiplay.