Originally posted by: Xylitol
i'm still playing it (act 4 - hardcore mode), and it's a lot of fun. I would be playing it co-op with my friends on live
if they all hadn't either quit, had a PS3 instead, or beat the game. It's a good game in my opinion and you should definitely buy it if it's for
15-25 bucks (bought it for 20 on eBay).
For multiplayer, the great players dominate the games while the mediocre / bad players can't really do anything since the fights aren't big (4v4 max)
I don't know what all the hating is about. I really liked the game.
The game was set in a war ravaged post apocalyptic world. So if everything looked similar (which I don't believe it did) I could give it some leeway. Yes its a linear game, which does not automatically make it bad, they do give you several opportunities to choose a particular fork in the road. Each offers a different combat scenario but they do ultimately end at the same location.
While not painfully difficult it did offer a decent challenge at several points, I urge those saying other wise to make sure they try a higher difficulty level. As easy really does have a negative impact on challenge.
And those stating repetitive I question as well. Yes its a shooter, and if you classify a game as repetitive because all you do is "shoot stuff" I find that sad. There was an interesting mix of battles some involving high and low ground, varying levels of cover, several lite puzzle encounters, also alot of encounters had several paths to take to be successful (head on attack vs a side way that may lead to the enemies vulnerable side). It was no more repetitive then Crysis, Far Cry, Mass Effect, etc.
I will concede that it does lack detail in the history of the world and war. Since the main character has an established history in that world it is strange that you don't get alot given to you. But ultimately it doesnt really matter. You are released from jail to complete a difficult mission, as you proceed there are problems that you have to solve\go around to get to that objective. Then things don't go as planned and a new objective comes forth. Now I know that the PC version had a few additional levels that were missing from the consoles so maybe some of the story complaints are coming from console experiences.
All in all, I say its a good to really good game and definitely worth a play thorough (though I would avoid 'easy' difficulty).