Sunk a good five hours into it today,
First Impressions:
- Will cater to the Borderlands crowd (From the levelling system, to the health bars to the insane amount of class customizations)
- Definitely plays like Halo. Probably goes without saying considering Bunjie made it, but still something to consider.
- Gorgeous.... yeah.
- It's really obvious they're pushing for a sense of community with the main base where players can gather and communicate. If they manage to get it right I can definitely see this game lasting me a whole year at the least.
- A lot of people WILL be disappointed. I can see a bunch of people picking this up expecting a straightforward multiplayer where you can hop in and play regular TDM gametypes and things of that nature. This doesn't play like that at all. I haven't actually done much research on the game itself but what the beta has shown me it is more like various online co-op side missions much like the Spartan Ops from Halo. And they take TIME. I'm talking half an hour to an hour long missions.
- The interface and smoothness of the game itself has BLOWN me away. Every single menu and option is eye candy.
If you don't have the attention span of a two year I would recommend this game to any person who is interested in an co-op FPS RPG.