After hearing some negative things about it I decided not to purchase it, but then i won a copy from Xbox.com.au.
I opened up this game with scepticism, I mean this was the game that had a lot of bad press in recent times, and to be honest, I expected utter crap.
The game itself is not bad, it has nothing really groundbreaking, just an excuse to make a co-op TPS. The storyline is not engrossing, it has something to do with one crazy guy busting you out of prison and being responsible for you, even though you tell him what to do then entire game.
Throw in a daughter who hates you that you, the player can't really develop an interest in, and a wife who dies in her first 20 seconds in the game and you have a motive for the player that is so hackneyed it's practically a stereotype. When you play this game it just feels like going through the motions, shoot this, enemy incoming, shoot them all, and there doesn't appear to be any real variety to the game. The end of the game gives you 2 different ways to finish, both are kind of dumb and expected. It's the kind of storyline that is killing the movie industry (and ashamedly is now making its way into video games), very similar to everything that has come before, ergo, not engrossing.
The controls are awkward to start with and take a little longer than I would've liked to adjust to, as well as awkward controls for commanding NPC's, makes getting the controls down the half the battle.
Having said all this, the game managed to hold onto me until I have finished both endings, but I feel that may have been only for the achievements more than anything.
If you ask me, this is a game to hire, not to own, and the only way to play it is co-op, otherwise don't waste your time