I don't get all the GAF hate towards this game. I just beat it, and I must say it was a very fun, satisfying experience, if the game lacks an interesting story, it sure as hell makes up for it with its awesome controls and gameplay.
One of the nicest controlling third person shooter games I played of recent memory, I love the weapons in this game, even though you get to stick with your favorite four pretty early in the game, it;s still so much fun to experiment with different types of guns here and there, the sound effects of the guns are awesome as well. Anyway I can see how walk into this "arena" and "clear out" enemies then "fix" something , rinse and repeat can get repetitive to some, but for me it wasn't, it didn't feel tedious at all, since again, Weapons! you could attack an enemy twenty different ways and that Magnet gun just makes things so much more fun and interesting.
Magnet gun first shot to the ground, second shot to the alien monster, alien monster goes splat!
Magnet gun, first shot on the Alien enemy, second shot to the ceiling, alien flies up to the ceiling and splat!
Magnet gun one shot on alien enemy, and magnet gun shot two on another Alien across the room, watch them fly toward each other across the screen and collide, splat!
Magnet gun on the top pillar of a huge building and second shot near the hoard of Aliens standing underneath the building, Boom! watch the entire building collapse on them, good f'in times!
That's just four examples of how awesome and unique that Magnet gun is, and never mind that Singularity Canon when you go on Berserk Mode with infinite ammo. Clear an entire room of brutes in no time. of course like it's been mentioned many times before start the game off on Hard difficulty, to get a better enjoyment out of it, it is in fact very easy on Normal. Also collecting scrap metal to buy and upgrade your powers, shockwave, impact etc and other abilities, ie: Health and accuracy etc. feels very rewarding, well paced out "leveling up" so to speak.
Anyway , say what you will , I am a huge fan of Guerrilla, that game was one of the best open world games I've played, but this game is not that game, nor is it trying to be, and I care not if a game is open world or not, as long as it's lots of fun destroying and blowing stuff up, and this game just like it's predecessor, it delivers on those grounds.
Plus the game looks very polished and clean, it's very well made with minimal glitches etc. I applaud Volition for their efforts and fack the critics who didn't like it.
I might have another run through it on "Continue Plus" with that Pony rainbow ass weapon, plus some other extra cool shit on "Insane" Mode. and this is a gamer who 99% of the time will never go back to any single player campaign in a video game after he's done with it once.
If you're a fan of the series and if you're specially a fan of third person run and gun, destroy and blow up everything in the environment games, then don't miss this gem, the game just delivers that fun game play that many other games of the genre fall flat on an to me that's a huge thing, despite its 'pedestrian story and cut scenes and closed in environments or limited and repetitive enemies that keep coming at you.
