I am absolutely loving this at the minute and I'm up to chapter 8 or 9 (need to check). Whilst I personally think Wolf 2009 is better combat wise I love the whole sum of the parts of this one so far. The combat is no slouch either, I don't think its poor at all, but I do think certain weapons could be better. For example I looooove the assault rifles but the shotguns aren't as impressive as they should be IMO. I think this is partly due to the sound mix as well which could be a bit 'boomier' when it comes to the weapons. The AI isn't super bright but it still surprises me at times in a firefight and they are fun to fight against. I even got caught out a few times by a nazi shooting at me whilst they were lying on the ground half dead
The stealth AI is so obviously dumbed down on purpose as well, that's how it feels to me anyway.
The story/characters are surprisingly drawing me in and I like how it feels like a WW2 adventure film in a way, the pace of this being a big part of it with myself finding it quite laid back. You've got a cast of characters I quite like, skirmishes/bouts of action, little bit of exploration, bit of stealth and various locations/places to go on your travels. The world building is brilliant as well, you can tell MachineGames have really went to town with it and I love reading all the news clippings/back story of the world.
I can see how someone would play this and just go 'meh another FPS' but I love the WW2/alternate world, love shooting me some Nazis and think it's a damn fun game so far. As a Wolfenstein fan I'm really digging it and I like how different it is from the others too.