My initial thought was one of excitement as I navigated the slick menus of the game. I played about 30 minutes of the campaign and that was about enough for me. The game looks washed out and under polished running on the PS3. The animation was smooth enough and the gameplay felt as familiar as it has come to be from the series, but I was not blown away at all. The space portion was really cool, but was also very short (so I hear the campaign is as well).
What I played before I turned it off seemed to be a series of interactive cutscenes where you had to run/escape from one disaster or another. Then I landed in a part where it was me, one other guy, and the dog Riley. Shortly after this I had seen quite enough.
The graphics were not good, and the story jumped around too much for my tastes. You are thrust into the story with not much introduction as to what is going on, and the whole thing feels very arbitrary.
From a gameplay standpoint it felt pretty refined and slick. I tried to play some multiplayer but spent about 8 minutes searching for a match with no match made. Frustrated, I turned the game off and put it away.
I'm not much of a CoD fan, but people that love the series will no doubt love this game too. There was nothing really jaw dropping about it, but it at least lives up to the standard that the series has set, though it does feel like they tried to make it "too epic" at least in the bits that I played.
There are better shooters out there for sure, but this one is solid. I personally will pass on this one, but don't let one opinion sway you from at least giving it a shot. There weren't any noticeable bugs in it and it was at least presented well.
Overall I give this game a 7/10. I personally didn't enjoy it, but I cannot say that it isn't a well crafted game that plays good.
I'll give it a round to go when the next gen version comes out and see if it feels better.
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