After purchasing this game for 12 bucks I decided to buy this game because of the advertised feature of 4-player co-op and the impressive game demo that I was able to download that was pretty fun. Though not was all it seemed.
First off, the game lacked LAN or Co-op once I put it in(also had the strange issue of getting a UK version, though luckily the game was region free) which ticked me off alot since I was really hoping to play with my family and kill some Naxis with each other. That said the next day I delved into the single-player campaign and was able to clear through the first mission(since I was kind of practicing in the demo). The next two missions were a bit more challenging, but I didn't feel too frustrating til I met with the Panzershrecks who were quite difficult to take down. Also by the time I hit the "D-Day" mission the end of it as well as the missions after that my GPU took some heavy lag due to some DX10 effects.
Things didn't go really downhill 'til I was inserted in a tank factory that even the green "Safe zones" were vulnerable from being sniped from the sky, practically forcing me to heal once I hit the ground. Also the tank factory was practically void of healing packs so dying was as easy as pie, and by the time I ran into the Nazi Stormtroopers I was practically forced to take a breather since these bad guys were a heck of a pain(I was so angry that a headache was appearin). After the breather I found the best strategy was to avoid the storm troopers and just bolt around the cannon train and ended up in victory...though I was diminished to a measly 2 out of 5 stars when the game only awards you a ribbon with 4 stars on each mission.
The last mission seemed easier until when I had to escape this super tower and curve around the sewers, little did I know the entrance to the sewer was jam-packed with stormtroopers which ended up in a deathfest...I was able to finally complete the final mission but with almost the same amount of anger and the same amount of stars.
All in all the story is phenominal as well as the graphics, but the AI and troop balancing took a big shot on the final two missions and made the the ending of the game less redeemable. That and there being practically no online players anymore the game is more of a short-term graphics fest than a long-term gameplay fest. That said I would recommend a DX11 card if you don't want your game taking a dip when it's most crucial, I was getting plenty of lag during the cannon train that made dodging Nazis stormtroopers almost impossible.
My opinion?
7.5 OUT OF 10
Very good Brian. I thought this was a great review of the game.
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