9.0/10
Pros:
-Awesome presentation and well scripted events
-Great graphics - although somewhat pre-baked, the lighting and effects are amongst the top of the class. The textures... not so much.
-Amazing sound
-Neat implementation of a first person cover mechanic - It worked pretty well too.
-Amazing sense of war torn atmosphere
-Kill animations that are unmatched by anything that's out or that is coming out in the near future
-Pretty good multiplayer
-Good weight to the game
-More devs need to ramp up difficulty like this.
Con:
-Not a very involving story
-Forgettable cliche characters
-Color palette (or lack thereof)
-Sometimes it got annoying to aim. They went for a realistic, slow paced aiming system in a game with enemy AI and online designed for a faster paced action game.
-Patches that kept changing the feel of the gameplay
-Not much variety in gameplay (shoot, grenades, cover... one vehicle for part of a level and that's it)
-I've got nothing against them, but I'd prefer not to play as a "little-person"
-Lack of any type of coop or splitscreen
Other Thoughts:
When I first played this game I didn't think much of it. It was an above average shooter with extremely pretty graphics. Then after a week I thought back to it and how it reminded me so much of my favourite online shooter last gen (Rainbow Six 3) and I craved to play it more - so I did. The game feels so right in the weight department but the mix of difficulty to aim precisely and the fairly fast paced character movement kinda feels unbalanced. However it does separate itself from most of the other shooters out there due to this unique feel.
