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Old 08-24-2007, 01:21 AM   #1
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I wasn't impressed by any of the videos I had seen but now I've played the demo on the 360 I can safely say it's really good.
(Why no demo on the PS3 is what I'd like to know).

The different gameplay styles are fun with the standard 3rd person shooter sections broken up with short cut scenes and bullet time cinematic scenes where you have to shoot multiple targets while dodging their bullets. A little like time crisis.

The scenery interaction is great and I admit to spending much of my time looking round mow target for things to explode or drop on his head rather than shooting him directly.

This demo is a must play if only for the special technique 'precision aim' which allows you shoot your target in a specific location via a slow-mo zoom angle then the camera follows the bullets path to the enemy then impacts where you fired garnering a suitable reaction from the wounded man. Everyone must shoot a guy in the groin at least once. So damn funny.



What do you guys think?
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Old 08-24-2007, 08:31 AM   #2
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I liked it too, I had to drop the sensitivity of the controls down a notch or two to make it comfortable, but after that it felt great. The demo was extremely linear, but somehow it was still pretty fun, probably because I didn't have to spend all my time looking for doors, keys, bad guys, or anything, it was kind of just a fast pased almost arcady shootemup.
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Old 09-11-2007, 02:56 AM   #3
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In short, I thought it was a really fun pick up and play game, minimal learning curve but I can see it getting too repetitive too quickly.

I'll probably give it a rent though when it comes out.
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Old 09-11-2007, 04:08 AM   #4
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There was more to the PS3 demo than the 360 one. Demo went on longer AND there was a bonus for playing through a second time.
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Old 09-11-2007, 05:42 AM   #5
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i liked it... but i do wonder how much replay there is in a game like that.
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Old 09-11-2007, 05:52 AM   #6
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If it's not got anything extra to unlock, then very little. Maybe if you get unlimited Tequila time if you complete it on the hard setting then that would be cool. Precision Aim every bugger
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Old 09-11-2007, 06:15 AM   #7
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yeh, i have to admit.. the best games are the ones that make you feel like a bullet couldnt stop you.

i did feel that with the demo, was a very cool one.. and i will probably keep it on my ps3 for some time.

just not too sure whether i'll buy the game. im like this with HS too...
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