Capable but lacking modern flair
First negatives,
No physics improvements have been made whatsoever over the previous game. In this day and age I don't expect to get shot in the back whilst trying to jump over a rock the size of a small dog. Huge environments are all well and good, but more interactive environmnents are better.
Stupid one-hit-death water creatures. A silly feature, totaly detracting from the pace of the game. Nothing takes you out of the game like everything coming to a dull halt just because you stepped in the water.
VERY contrived feel to boss battles and set pieces. Everything feels a bit cobbled together. It feels like the single player is taking a hige backseat to multiplayer here. Too linear
TERRIBLE multiplayer level features. I have lost count of the number of times I have spawned in front of an enemy player firing. Oh great, I'm back for 5 seconds. Now I'm waiting to spawn again. Plus some of the weapons are so weak you have to keep your crosshair over the enemy for 3 seconds to kill them. Even them, sometimes they die two seconds AFTER you stop firing?!
So those are the negatives. On the plus side, the frame rate is great once again. The game is totaly stable. Multiplayer is fast and frantic (maybe slightly too so). Graphics are awe inspiring although not quite as good as dead space.
The difficulty is about right although I am making speedy progress on HARD.