I bought Joint Operations as an impulse buy because i love games that are like battlefield's and waypoints you have to capture. The rest of this review will spend time comparing and giving reasoning to my rating which i think is very good for the game. First i'll attack the gameplay for it's the first on the list. The gameplay in JO is actually very well done they dont give you too many buttons to deal with. Yeah, sure there's many buttons that do many actions but mostly you just need to know how to call for a medic when you've got your butt handed to you or you're needing a lift. My only problem with the gameplay is that when you choose a gun that has a grenade launcher attached it is far too annoying and time consuming to switch to the grenade fire, then switch back to your rate of fire. I'm sure they could've made firing your grenade a lot easier then they did. Next is the graphics, the graphics really aren't done that well. Soldier of Fortune two looked MUCH better then this game. Granted i know that you need to cut down on the graphics in order to make the game run smooth but i think they cut the graphics down too much. Though i will say the graphics on the guns were made very well but the hand going to the gun to hold it was done pretty poorly i think. I know these are minor issues that most all people will get over but they are still there. Also the sound, the sound got a good review mostly for the fact that the only thing that i didn't like was the sound of the guns. They aren't real, i'm sorry but an AK47 does not sound like a pop can being shot by a rubber band. I really dont think Nova Logic did good in that spec of the category because that really takes away from the game. Now the end of this is the value and tilt of the game. Now these got high scores because even with some of these flaws in the game, it is actually very enjoyable because if everyone works together and doesn't get stupid nobody can be bored. There are the occasional idiots that roam around seeing what will happen if they shoot an RPG at the ground...even though that might seem evident, to those few it isn't. It is also particularly fun to escort like 5 guys in a truck and having them shoot at the enemy as you drive by. All in all this game is really fun if you can get a good server with players who actually WANT to play. The graphics are alright the sound has a major glitch that can easily be fixed and the gameplay needs some adjusting but if you have the mind set to look past all that this game is very fun to play.
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