This is game is plagued with the license bug
I must admit for the first half of the game it was like wow, boom eat wall and BOOM headshots.
But too soon the walls or reality came crashing up this game had been hit with the deadly License bug, for some reason games that are limited due to Licensing often fall hard, there are a few exceptions not many i can think of,.
The fighting, first off wow blew my mind but after killing over 50 baddies using the same move you realize that the only thing that can change between using the environment is the texture often enough it's the same animation over and over again. The set peaces are fun to a point but you soon find out that a few are badly put together
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In the boat yard when being chased by the helicopter you run across a few empty boats if you watch you jump from the start to the middle with few steps then jump off the boat with out any filler in the middle between the middle and end it's like he warped forward at the speed of light.
An other one was located in the embassy when running down the corridor you get a prompt to press buttons if you miss one you are treated to a metal cell that you was no where near different videos for failing to press the right button at different times during the same one could of saved this.
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The shooting was getting on my nerves you aim for the head and shoot your bullet will travel through them like are the T-1000 slow aim hinders this part for too much to be fun.
Multiple take downs are so much fun in C.Q.C you do feel like Jason Bourne that we all know and love but alass the voice acting on the lead character is dire no sense or emergency. But the other sounds are top notch connecting with a fist or a kick has never sounded more real to me in a game which helps give you a feel for how hard you hit them.
Boss fight are a big thing for me and i feel that this game delivers on the boss fights finding the "hidden" environment attacks are grate the animation on the fighting is well captured and feels powerful. This paragraph of good things alone stopped me from placing a 3.5 on this game.
One last little annoyance when in a gun fight you could get side swiped by a NPC (non player character) for a fist fight unable to kill him using the gun you just had hold of you have to fight hand to hand in the middle of a gun fight an the accuracy of the said NPCs can make assurance really frustrating.
Worth a purchase from a bargain bin or rental.
Thank you for reading
Blood Diamond