Resistance gives us a good idea but takes that and makes it disappear behind it's difficulty
Its hard to actually survive in this game, you can use cover, but often it doesn't help and leaves you either running to find potions or ammo instead of you trying to lay back and enjoy the storyline. You often have to restart missions because if this inability of a proper health system, having said that, it takes 5 seconds to replenish a single bar of health, and once you lose that bar, you cant get it back.
Enemy weapons overpower your own, not saying thats a bad thing, but you often will pump loads of ammo into a single alien if your aim isn't straight. The difficulty overall is just frustratingly hard, it can be fun at times, but other times it just leaves you wanting to put a bullet in your brain.
Having said that with the difficulty, I've played pretty tough games, legendary halo 3, veteran COD4, but the lack of checkpoints in this game is where they made the mistake. Now i compare this game with other games that have came out years later, knowing that, i have respectively grown a feel for this game, but i dont know exactly if it can be described as tactical or run and gun.
Multiplayer
Multiplayer is where this game can shine, it has a fair amount of players, equally matched as well as the option of customizing your character and ranking up. Community can be great, although not everyone has a mic, which can lead to communication problems when trying to go tactical.
Pros
+ Great Multiplayer
Cons
- Frustratingly difficult
- Hard to enjoy the Storyline
- Has an Arcadish feel to it
- Aiming can be somewhat of a nudge
- Your Health burns down at an ungodly rate