7.5 out of 10 Until some patches are released then it will certainly be an 8.
Let me give and quick review and then a rant about the crap I have seen around this game. First you as a consumer must know what you are buying. You are not buying a game that puts you in the position of being able to run through waves of enemies with a minigun. The game is trying to make you feel like you can't do that. So for all of you who are not very good at shooters and just like casually running through waves of enemies. Buy something else.
If you are a HUGE story buff and need plot twists, grand complexity, and touching moments mixed of course with the tad of romance. This is not your game.
This game is about the end of America and the resistance fighters who are trying to get it back. It is about being out numbered and knowing when to run. It is about exploring a beautiful world and doing some pretty awesome stuff along the way. Its not that innovative, but it still has its innovations and, for my computer, it works.
Pros
- Excellent world
- Graphics are beautiful
- Solid game play and game mechanics (melee kills are great too)
- Very cool attachment system
- It is challenging
- Story is not too bad
- You do feel like a guerilla
- Sometimes the AI actually is pretty decent (see below though)
- There actually does seem to be quite a bit of attention to detail in the world
Cons
- There are some occasional frame drops (but there are basically no loading screens, what do you expect?)
- There are some glitches
- The game does feel like it is lacking some polish that hopefully will come out in updates and patches very soon.
- As with any open world game, there can be some repetition in side missions, but there is still diversity
- The AI can be stupid at times.
As of yet I have not played the coop, but I am looking forward to it.
Let me say that I have officailly disowned IGN as a credible game review company. It certainly seems like the higher they are paid, the better the score and this game did not have the money to spare I guess. However, the real issues I have are with the people who have reviewed it and are not pro reviewers.
I saw multiple 0 out of 10 reviews within the first 3 hours of the game being released and these were not people who had it before and they did not indicate such. They also did not complain about not being able to run it, but just talked about how much of a flop it was. GARBAGE. I highly doubt they even played the game at all.
I am honestly amazed at the gaming community. It is like the vast majority are a bunch of bummed out, depressed athiests, who hate everything. There isn't a single game they call good except stupid indie games. Have you become so jaded that you can't enjoy games anymore? It appears so.
So shame on you gaming community. You have become a bunch of ungrateful whiners.
I will update this review the more I play it.