Why does it need to be repeated? Because I just found out first hand! It easily is in my top 3 downloadable games. It would most likely be my favorite if it didn't suffer from a few serious problems. The first being the most retarded AI I've found in a game in a long long time. I was playing of the default setting and not only could I literally shoot someone but his teammates right next to me with their back turned couldn't hear it. There are many times in the game when you shoot, cause explosions and jump in front of enemies and they do not react at all. I know I didn't play on hard, but these kind of things shouldn't be happening on the normal difficulty either. I also faced a boss who when I got behind him and shot him up he never turned around and continued shooting in the wrong direction until he was dead. The ending boss fight also made NO sense. *spoilers* You basically fight against a huge battle ship and have to shoot three nukes at it but after you shoot one the ship nukes the spot and you have to move on to the next firing spot to fire a new nuke at it. But WHY wouldn't they just destroy ALL of the places you can fire nukes before you get to fire them?! It's there base! They know where they are! lol One last thing, at the beginning of the game you play a soldier who steals one of their battlesuits and then the leader of the enemy turns on the self shut down mechanism on the suit when he thinks he's won. Which you think would lead into when the main character starts owning them with their own battle armour, but alas, it never comes up again and the enemy just lets him save the day with their own battle armour.
Those few nitpicks aside and weak story aside, the game is a blast. The exploration and gunplay is just incredible. It harks back to the days of Super Metroid, only I think I actually preferred the setting and enemies other then the mediocre boss fights which have nothing on metroid. It also reminded me a lot of MGS2. No, it's not a stealth game, but the environments and having to find items to procede reminded me of MGS2, but overall it was the atmosphere that made me draw the comparisons. Which is a great game to remind me of as it is one of my all time favorites. The game also looks amazing for a downloadable game which doesn't hurt. Also, the amount of upgrades to find and collect are numerous and worth the time in exploring every corner of the world exspecially I would imagine on the harder difficulties. With the few nitpicks aside I just can't see a game like this coming out any time soon that could top this. I never wanted to stop playing until the 5 or so hour campeign was completed. If you have been on the fence about this game, get it! Trust me. It's probably the most straight up fun you can find on Xbox Live arcarde.
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