Another FPS for the 360. I know its an old one, but after playing through it (quite some time now) I feel it deserves a mention.
Unlike most other 1st/3rdPS's this is not trying to be as action packed and chaotic as you would expect from a world war shooter. It seems to veer toward story, I say seems as its not very obvious until your well into the game at least, and by this time I had find myself caring about the characters, which is a first for ANY shooter, even more so than GoW.
The game play is a little slower, and the rate of play is broken up nicely with a cover system. It takes a little longer than most other shooters to get used to, so there's allot of pad watching and scoped aiming, but once your into it you'll find your self dashing across lines of fire and charging at enemies with confidence. I mentioned this games rate of play is slower, this is mostly caused by the command feature, that has you ordering squads of 2-4 men across maps and in and out of cover. Obv there different squads have different uses and this type of this has been seen many a time, in many different genres of game, this is nothing new or special. Often I found myself screwing as I clearly should have got a head shot in, but the enemy was not even damaged on a couple of occasions then killed me! Overall game play is okay.
Visuals are poor... VERY poor, I would even risk saying PS2 quality. I failed to notice this as much once in game play though. Cut scenes can sometimes drag on, and aren't that exciting most of the time. Weather this was intentional or not to give the game a more serious tone, I don't know but its hard to break eye contact with the characters during scenes probably due to the glossy effect used. This creates respect for the characters in a way I've not experienced before, I dare say this alone may be what made the game so memorable to me. The personal story is easy enough to follow, but like other shooters the action side of the story, is a complete mystery, probably why I was shocked to have completed the game not knowing I was anywhere near the end.
Yes its an older title, yes its slow at points, no its nothing terribly original. But somehow this game is well respected by those who have played it through. I cant say exactly what about this game that makes it so memorable, but I recommend this to not just shooter fans but all gamers.
Unlike most other 1st/3rdPS's this is not trying to be as action packed and chaotic as you would expect from a world war shooter. It seems to veer toward story, I say seems as its not very obvious until your well into the game at least, and by this time I had find myself caring about the characters, which is a first for ANY shooter, even more so than GoW.
The game play is a little slower, and the rate of play is broken up nicely with a cover system. It takes a little longer than most other shooters to get used to, so there's allot of pad watching and scoped aiming, but once your into it you'll find your self dashing across lines of fire and charging at enemies with confidence. I mentioned this games rate of play is slower, this is mostly caused by the command feature, that has you ordering squads of 2-4 men across maps and in and out of cover. Obv there different squads have different uses and this type of this has been seen many a time, in many different genres of game, this is nothing new or special. Often I found myself screwing as I clearly should have got a head shot in, but the enemy was not even damaged on a couple of occasions then killed me! Overall game play is okay.
Visuals are poor... VERY poor, I would even risk saying PS2 quality. I failed to notice this as much once in game play though. Cut scenes can sometimes drag on, and aren't that exciting most of the time. Weather this was intentional or not to give the game a more serious tone, I don't know but its hard to break eye contact with the characters during scenes probably due to the glossy effect used. This creates respect for the characters in a way I've not experienced before, I dare say this alone may be what made the game so memorable to me. The personal story is easy enough to follow, but like other shooters the action side of the story, is a complete mystery, probably why I was shocked to have completed the game not knowing I was anywhere near the end.
Yes its an older title, yes its slow at points, no its nothing terribly original. But somehow this game is well respected by those who have played it through. I cant say exactly what about this game that makes it so memorable, but I recommend this to not just shooter fans but all gamers.
