webdanzer wrote:I expected this to be pretty good online, but it was better that I expected. Easily the most fun I've had in an online shooter co-op mode. Beats GR and R6, IMO. Again, co-op. Haven't tried vs yet.
I love the enemy morale, and how they react to suppression. The SAW is *lousy* at aimed shots, but when you use it to supress (like you're supposed to) You can keep the enemy ducking, running, and covering enough to yank your squad out of rough situations.
The AI is not great as in Intelligence great, but it is pretty darn good in variety of responses to your actions. We died and redid several parts of several levels, and I'll be damned if the AI didn't react at least somewhat differently each time.
You guys need to try this one.
Agreed on all counts, Web. This is the best Xbox Live military shooter that no one will play because of an idiotic review at OXM. This game is f*cking fantastic.
How good? After our game ended, I went to play some TOCA 2. After two races, I quit and returned to this game. It pulled me away from TOCA 2. Hardly anything pulls me away from late-night TOCA 2 except sheer fatigue and bed.
I also had really good luck finding cool people in random Fire Team Arena and Coop games. Fire Team Arena is very suspensful because there are no big open areas for bloodbath firefights. Death is around every corner, instead. It's a MUCH better vs. mode than those in Rainbow Six 3.
And I played a Coop game at the Simulation skill level with a three other VERY cool random guys, and Lord, that was the toughest coop level I have EVER played on any console online military shooter. So hard, so much fun. The AI was insane and still somewhat random in our game.
The maps are SICK. Take a little bit of the Embassy in GR, a sprinkling of the Market map and the City Square maps from GRIT, a dab of some of the maps in RS:3 and a dollop of the maps from FSW, and you get my drift.
The offline game is almost as much fun as online play, a rarity in the world of Clancy shooters where everything is optimized for the online game.
There's almost no question that I'm buying this game as soon as my rental expires Saturday. This is the best military online and offline shooting experience I've had since the first Ghost Recon and the first Rainbow Six on XBL.
You guys really need to rent this game. Web and I aren't just saying this. It's that good, a huge surprise.
Web, I'm definitely up for some more shooting tomorrow (Friday) night. Let me know. Thanks for introducing me to ExtremeGamer, too. Very cool cat.
Take care,
PK
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