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Tweet: Outshines GTAIV with it's gorgeous and free-flowing environments, simply stunning! Recommendation: BUY @ $60 (full price) Pros: . As usual with Rockstar, Story and characters are second to none, shocking ending . A living breathing world that pulls you in, very immersive . Top notch voice acting . Lots to do, you could be 15-20 hours in and still have something you haven't done yet . Improved gameplay…
Tweet: Deniable Ops and CO-OP shine whereas Single Player is a huge disappointment!!! Recommendation: BUY @ $30 (discounted) Pros: . Deniable Ops makes up for Single Player . CO-OP a good addition . Still in some ways a unique experience . Michael Ironside voicing Sam Cons: . Destroyed unique gameplay that is key to the series . Missions that force you to run and gun . Cheap gimmicks that ruin the game such as Mark…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What was GIANT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Unique game that's a good break from shooters/action/driving games - Amazing depth, it's no kiddie game that most people think it is - Local Co-op is a plus as well as play for fun mode especially when playing with your kids - Controls are well done and make sense, there should be a way…
If you're not ready to put the time and effort into this game, prepare for self-inflicted Obliteration very early on ;) even on the so-called Easy/Acolyte difficulty but if you do spend the time then it pays off big time! It's even better than Ninja Gaiden Black! Arguably one of the Top 10 games ever created! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What was GIANT…
The story, dialogue and scope are amazing and deserve a 10 but the controls/visuals are quite average and loading....... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What was GIANT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Dialogue/Story > No other game comes close, it's like watching the Sopranos all over again. Brilliant! Second to none. - Scale > No loading times when you're driving…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What was GIANT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gameplay > The great gameplay mechanics of COD2 are at work here again. Great sense of weapon control and well designed controls make the game shine. Presentation > Better environments than COD2 and some pretty impressive smoke effects as well as…
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What was GIANT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AI > I started the game on Extreme since I tend to start games such as Call of Duty 2 and COD 3 on Veteran, and I quickly reverted back to medium difficulty due to the amazing AI that was seriously beating me up. Surely, getting used to the controls/aiming and SlowMo was part of the problem but still was pretty…
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What was GIANT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jumping & Climbing > Never been so fun to climb up all these buildings and then jump around! Really innovative and fun to do, pretty much the main reason to buy this game. This opens a whole new dimension to open world games, it's going to be hard playing another GTA or Saints Row without looking up for every roof…
Played the game with the following settings > - Manual - All Assists OFF - Full Simulation mode - AI Medium - At Level 47 when review was written ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What was GIANT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Gameplay > It's a great racing sim and that's enough for me! - Wireless Wheel > is a must-have. I tried…
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What was GIANT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Environment > The overall context of the game and the basic idea of being underwater is a very fresh idea that works out really well. Also the beginning of the game is very well approached and quickly gets you into the action. - Water Effects > From water falling over stairs to bathtubs and even WCs, it's…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What was GIANT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Presentation > Looks absolutely amazing! The old cities look outstanding. Goodbye Gears and COD4, the new graphics champion is here! - Climbing/Jumping > Really well done as far as animation goes (average control scheme), the views up top are breathtaking. - Crowds > Walking through the crowd is…
Note: Read prequel book (Mass Effect: Revelations) by Drew Karpyshyn and enjoyed it, a good read. You might want to get it to have a good understanding of the ME Universe, species and key characters. That, in turn, got me to buying Drew's other books, Star Wars: Darth Bane which is one great book and I just got the newly published Darth Bane: Rule of Two, he's got me hooked. Where are you KOTOR 3 and please no…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What was GIANT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Unique > This game plays like...hmmm...the first game and it still works well. It's really odd that no one has followed the visceral, heart-pounding emotional experience that it has. - Melee fighting > No one does it better but there should have been some extra training for the more complex combos. - New…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What was GIANT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Presentation > Looks amazing, one of the best looking games on the 360 for sure. Fireworks really neat addition. - Planes > Very good selection of the best planes around and they look great too. The only thing here is they don't feel that different when flying them except maybe for the A-10 and F-117 which…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [The Good] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Realistic mode > It can be a pain sometimes but it's the way to do it, also extends the single player significantly, start the game on Realistic the first time around. - Solo mission > A la Splinter Cell, there's a great mission that should not be missed and should only be played on Realistic, it can be a pain…
