Okay, here's a quick rundown of the game so everyone knows what to expect.
First of all the graphics suuuuuuuuuccccckkkk. For what an X-box is cabable of, they are really disapointing. Hopefully in the sequel they'll have an updated engine. On some of the woods fields it is impossible to see any body unless you're ten feet away from them.
THe AI is just this side of atrocious. THere is no way to communicate with your team and they all seem to run around doing their own thing. Front guys run forward and tend to get shot out within ten seconds, back guys stay at the back and shoot at random targets. If you need cover, fuhgeddaboutit, your on your own paisan.
You can't jump over even foot high lay downs, you have to go all the way around, which is more frustrating than anything.
If you don't have X-box live (which, thank God, I do) or I-link capabilities, there is no multiplayer. It's you, all by your lonesome. Fortunately the single player is fun enough to keep you interested, and because every game is different, it's not like playing the same levels a hundred tomes.
Allright enough with the bad, on to the good stuff. THis game is just flat out, eat a hundred hours, skip school and call in sick to work FUN.
The roster management and equipment sections add enough "sports" game feel to keep it interesting. THe control setup is intuitive and easy to get a hang of. Pull the trigger to shoot one shot. Have you ever tried walking a trigger on a game controller? it sucks, but as you upgrade your guns, you don't have to pull the trigger as far back, and it shoots with the pull and realease of the trigger. So you can hit some pretty nasty ROF with out too much trouble.
You snap by pulling the left trigger, how far you pull it determines how far you stick out. One button swaps you between a side snap and a pop up, and another button controls which side youu lean to. THe first thing you'll notice about this, is the gun held in the wrong hand when snapping. Say you want to came out the left side of a bunker, you uhold the gun in your right hand. It takes a little getting used to, but it allows you to see better when you come out, which is great because of the crappy distorted graphics.
The D-pad is used to change your stance (from crouching, to prone, to standing). There is a turbo button that lets you sprint like your ass is on fire, and you can pull off some spectacular dives when running all out.
On-line play and I-linking is the BOMB. I've already shelved Halo 2 in favor of GHTP. THe action is fast and exciting and there is enough crap to keep it interesting. It;s definately worth a look, but don't go in with unrealistic expectations.
First of all the graphics suuuuuuuuuccccckkkk. For what an X-box is cabable of, they are really disapointing. Hopefully in the sequel they'll have an updated engine. On some of the woods fields it is impossible to see any body unless you're ten feet away from them.
THe AI is just this side of atrocious. THere is no way to communicate with your team and they all seem to run around doing their own thing. Front guys run forward and tend to get shot out within ten seconds, back guys stay at the back and shoot at random targets. If you need cover, fuhgeddaboutit, your on your own paisan.
You can't jump over even foot high lay downs, you have to go all the way around, which is more frustrating than anything.
If you don't have X-box live (which, thank God, I do) or I-link capabilities, there is no multiplayer. It's you, all by your lonesome. Fortunately the single player is fun enough to keep you interested, and because every game is different, it's not like playing the same levels a hundred tomes.
Allright enough with the bad, on to the good stuff. THis game is just flat out, eat a hundred hours, skip school and call in sick to work FUN.
The roster management and equipment sections add enough "sports" game feel to keep it interesting. THe control setup is intuitive and easy to get a hang of. Pull the trigger to shoot one shot. Have you ever tried walking a trigger on a game controller? it sucks, but as you upgrade your guns, you don't have to pull the trigger as far back, and it shoots with the pull and realease of the trigger. So you can hit some pretty nasty ROF with out too much trouble.
You snap by pulling the left trigger, how far you pull it determines how far you stick out. One button swaps you between a side snap and a pop up, and another button controls which side youu lean to. THe first thing you'll notice about this, is the gun held in the wrong hand when snapping. Say you want to came out the left side of a bunker, you uhold the gun in your right hand. It takes a little getting used to, but it allows you to see better when you come out, which is great because of the crappy distorted graphics.
The D-pad is used to change your stance (from crouching, to prone, to standing). There is a turbo button that lets you sprint like your ass is on fire, and you can pull off some spectacular dives when running all out.
On-line play and I-linking is the BOMB. I've already shelved Halo 2 in favor of GHTP. THe action is fast and exciting and there is enough crap to keep it interesting. It;s definately worth a look, but don't go in with unrealistic expectations.
