Too bad they didn´t spend just a bit more time with the game...it´s issues destroy a basically good game
+Nice Storyline
+Good Multiplayer Idea
+Longer then I thought
+Many different places
+Good Presentation
The Bad:
-Controls are sloppy
-Multiplayer is laggy
-No Co-op over XBL
-Enemys have more bugs then everything else
First off,I don´t think people should judge this game by the whole Gerstman-thing.I don´t think it was ok,but after all as a serious reviewer people should judge the game for what it is and not what happend around.
The Gameplay:
Basically it is a usual 3rd Person-Shooter,with a minimal Team-tactics component.
You get to see many different places,and I personally didn´t though ending up in a Warzone at the end of the Game.
The Major problem of the Game are the Controls.Sometimes aiming and hitting the Enemy seems more luck then everything else.The Enemys are stupid as hell.Sometimes the just sit there and do nothing...are they are as accurate as a sniper.This is for both Single-and Multiplayer.
The Controls of your Character aren´t really the best too...aside from targeting,leaning against a wall can be a real pain.
The Multiplayer was really a good Idea,but since its suffering from all issues of the SIngleplayer (plus a most of the time bad community IMO) it gets almost destroyed.After all this game still remains still a bit of fun but it feels really unfinished...too bad,because the Level-design and almost all suurounding stuff could have ended up in a pretty good game.If the developers just have spend just a bit more time with the game...
The Graphics:
The Grahics have two sides...on some points it´s like "Wow,this looks awesome" on the other parts it gives you the feel that you have seen better textures on the Xbox.This ends also in a lot of clipping issues.Same goes here...just a bit more time with attention to detail and it whouldn´t be bad.At least there are many different-looking places,which is a plus.
The Sound:
Actually that a point where is nothing to complain about.The 5.1-Mix is the usual stuff,the Sound quality is not stunning but ok.I played it with a german Voiceover which is usually horrible,but even there is nothing to complain this time.
So...:
Too bad this game has it´s small issues become so vital.I think there could be a bunch of people who like it a lot anyway,but I think its not really worth too much money.If you really love games like this and you get it cheap it´s ok,but don´t pay above 30Bucks...Its just not worth it.