Polished graphics with a movie-style slow-motion feature that creates some awesome combat sequences!
- Custom built air-cooled system
- Samsung T220 22 inch Widescreen LCD Monitor
- Logitech G5 Gaming Mouse
- Ideazon Merc Gaming Keyboard
- Antec NePower 480 Watt PSU
- Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3
- Intel Pentium 4 571 3.8GHz LGA775
- Corsair XMS3200 CL2 2Gb (2x1Gb) Dual Channel Ram at 400Mhz (2-3-3-6-T1)
- Asus P5GD1 Motherboard (Intel 915P (LGA775) PCI-Express) Bios v1014
- 4 X Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 120Gb Serial ATA
- EVGA 512-P3-N841-A3 GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI - Express 2.0 HDCP Ready
- Soundblaster Audigy SE
... so I was stunned that this game played really well when cranked it up to maximum settings. The action does become somewhat repetitive at times, but I especially enjoyed the feature that allowed you to slow down time (on account of cat-like reflexes) and take down multiple targets. It has a movie-like feeling to it and the model animations and blood splats against walls are spot on.
There's a nice variety of weapons and you can only carry three at a time, so choose carefully. I always found that double pistols was my preferred CQB weapon as it had great penetration power and knocked opponents back, giving me time to re-assess, re-aim and get the kill before they got one on me.
The quality of the graphics is superb, but the "scary" cut-scenes didn't add much to the game for me. I kept wanting them to finish so I could get back to the game. It is a creepy game, but I like the action more than the suspense.
The AI is also quite impressive and the soldiers will try to flank you or draw you out with grenades.
This is a game worthy of your bookcase and at a good price if you hunt for the Platinum Edition.