Heart pounding, realistic, spectacular shooter
X2 4200+
7800GT
2Gigs RAM 3200
X-fi XtremeMusic
1440*900 Res. Medium settings ~ 20 - 70 fps High settings ~ 18 - 45 fps
I prefer medium settings because there is a balance between quality and frame rate. Most of my game play i lower shadows and blur to very low and I get a boost in fps and i still enjoy it.
I have been waiting for a shooter to show up since HL2 : EP1 and this game was my answer. I'm glad that it was not given to another developer to screw it up. The gameplay in this game is not linear at all. You have a choice of how you want to clear a hall or room before you proceed to the next level and firefights are just awesome. The A.I. in this game is simply amazing and surpasses what you may have seen before in other games. Why I love this game is the immersion. It feels like you are really part of an elite team. Character animation is extremely well done and mouth movement is topnotch. I particularly like the way they move into a room and clear it of enemies with precision it even scares the hell out of me. Some A.I. won't kill your enemies but these team will. Sometimes i feel like i am competing with my singleplayer team mates. One of the new features to watch out for is the new cover system which if I where to score it I would give it a 9.6/10. The cover is extremely well done and it integrates well into the game and you will certainly need it.
The graphics and sound quality is amazing from speech to the casinos. if this is what we will get from the Unreal 3.0 engine then I think future games will only get better. I realized that it does not use more that 165mb video RAM and still looks better than most games today. This game is a real eye candy when you approach the casinos. Smoke is a real system killer but it does not bring it to its knees. Sound is another feature that has been done spectacularly and it works extremely well. Turn up the volume and you will hear what I mean.
When you are done with the single player, multiplayer is a blast. Have fun. A must have for any PC shooter fan.