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Would I buy this game: No

Would I rent it again: Definitely not

Would I recommend someone rent this: sure, its not terrible but its nothing great either

Its a third person shooter with a few gimmicks tacked on like leveling and skills, but that's about it. Each level you usually get a new weapon to choose from and a new skill, but after playing for about 4 hours and leveling up several times you realize that leveling up isn't really that much of an improvement. The things I like least about this game are that the enemies are really tiny on the screen so you can't see very much detail on them, the controls and perspective make shooting difficult, and enemies will insta-spawn after you kill a group in an area (this really just takes away from the experience of immersion in-game when four enemies suddenly appear).

Some reviews have said this game is gorgeous. I disagree. There is a lot of detail in the environment but its sorta grainy looking; just not a really smooth look to the environment. I would call this game about average in terms of its graphics compared to other titles.

The game itself is kinda fun, but so far its been a lot of scavenger quests or go-somewhere-and-turn-something-on quests. Oh, and did I mention that it is quest based. The world does seem to be open for exploration, but what exactly you find out exploring is a good question. The quests have all been linear with no side quests so far.

On an up note there is a strategy type game which is kinda fun to play; I've gotten very bored of the main shooter story and I've been playing the strategy game since its more involved and requires a little more thought. Don't get me wrong, I like a good shooter, this just doesn't seem to be one of them.

  • from Amazon

Camera angles and maneuverabilities are so bad that the entire game suffers. For me, shoddy camera issues are a deal breaker. Even my son didn't like it and he likes everything related to video games :)

  • from Amazon

The disorientation factor is terrible. It will make you sick. You get knocked around by enemies and there is no real sense of direction. The game neads a mode that will acually let you PLAY THE GAME and not get knocked around continually by stuff. Not to metion the control of the character sucks. Driving the buggy was making me nauseaus. This was not fun at all when I tried to play it. I predict it will be a bomb.

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