OK I've played. Gamertag is byrneo, so you can see my achieves or whatever..
Single player: Graphics are really good, sound effects are F'ing amazing. Like house shaking saving private ryan amazing. Guns sound incredible in single player. As always, EA gets the sound right.
Campaign: Feels like a MW rip (which is fine) but it's just a little too "on rails". No room for going another way, pretty much at all (unless it's part of the script). This is disappointing, but I've only really gone through the first level, and part of the second. But so far, it's the most on rails fps I've ever played. One way to go, always. Invisible barriers? Check. All over the fucking place check. Like, it kills your ability to suspend your disbelief. It's so rigidly on rails, you can't even accidentally take a wrong turn. I mean that, Just push up and you'll always wind up going the right way. (So far).
AI: AI has problems. I've almost tripped over enemies who didn't even notice me, let alone shoot at me. Many locations. Many times. They shoot at my squad and stuff, but for whatever reason pay me no mind. On Hard.
Multiplayer: You know it's DICE. It has that 24fps underwater feel to the control, similar to BF. If you like BF (and I do) then you will feel at home with it. I have only played lik 5 matches, but it's starting to grow on me. It's not terribly hard. It's not terribly deep, I mean the default weapons tear people apart pretty good as it is .. I'm guessing unlocking fancy scopes and ammo and all of that will be fun. But guns don't recoil that much as is, and killing people is really easy without any of that stuff 1-2 hits or bursts.. so it remains to be seen how much these things will add to the game.
THe mp modes I haven't have much experience with. The one I played the most was similar to BC2 conquest. Someon mentioned something about no vehicles, but I swear to holy Jesus there were tanks. I've had some beers (10 or so as I write this), but I know I wasn't imagining the tanks. Always the other team had them tho, so read into that as you will.
Overall, it's not worth the $69.99 tag in Canada. Yes America, despite our dollar parity, EA charges $10 more than anyone else for games in Canada. I have no illusions, I will be trading this in for COD Black Ops in 30 days. Until then, I'm going to enjoy the single player experience (on hard, taking it slow) then just milks as many achievements as I can before passing it off.
PS: I think you guys are probably going to see a meta score somewhere around 70. Maybe a hair less. It's not the AAA title MW1 was, or the BBB title MW2 is .. and while the graphics and sound are better than BC2 (Some tearing yes, but wow those sound effects!) , the MP doesn't seem to be as much fun as any of the previously mentioned offerings. HAving played only a couple of levels and maybe 45 minutes online, on a letter grading system, I'd say the game is a solid "C". If I end up failling in love with the campaign, or discovering some depth in the MP then it could change.
