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Oooh yeah, I love this game already, and I've only had it a few hours. The setup for you taking over a squad is excellent, and you actually feel proud to suddenly be in command of other people. Employing the flanking and assault tactics feels good every single time you pull it off. And the characters swear and are massively racist. It does make you feel slightly bad after a while though, because the idea of the game is to suppress Germans, then go round and shoot them in the back.
The faces on the characters really work effectively. During cutscenes you can move your head, and when they look at something just behind you it pays to look around because something is happening that could be pivotal to the mission. The levels are pretty big and non-linear too. If you have to take out 4 machine gun nests, there's the right order, an OK order, and the order that'll get you and your team cut to shreds. But each nest will have 2 or 3 routes to get to it, then positions to flank from.
My only gripe is that I'm playing on normal and I'm on mission 4/5 of 18 already after 2 hours of play on normal. There's an authentic mode to unlock, so that should be pretty harsh. Apart from that it can't be faulted. Puts MoH and CoD to shame.
The faces on the characters really work effectively. During cutscenes you can move your head, and when they look at something just behind you it pays to look around because something is happening that could be pivotal to the mission. The levels are pretty big and non-linear too. If you have to take out 4 machine gun nests, there's the right order, an OK order, and the order that'll get you and your team cut to shreds. But each nest will have 2 or 3 routes to get to it, then positions to flank from.
My only gripe is that I'm playing on normal and I'm on mission 4/5 of 18 already after 2 hours of play on normal. There's an authentic mode to unlock, so that should be pretty harsh. Apart from that it can't be faulted. Puts MoH and CoD to shame.
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Yeh, I did that mission earlier - by far the hardest yet. I now have a Fire and Assualt team.
Go me!
Go me!
Finally did that mission - took ages to crack, I hate tanks they're retarded and don't go where I point to. Snuffing out some hapless Nazi's brain is faaar too much fun than it ought to be.
Supress!
Flank!
Pwn!
Supress!
Flank!
Pwn!
I have not been playing the single player recently - when you do get LIVE play "Blood on the Causeway" and be German. You basically have to stop the US forces from delivering some maps to a base and inbetween the base and the battlefield is a bridge - I have played this level so many times just setting up my squad on the bridge and picking off yanks as they come to me.
The LIVE is actually immense when you get the hang of it, apart from when you are loosing and you start blaming it on the controls or the text that appears on the screen.
It's a nice change from Halo 2 anyway.
The LIVE is actually immense when you get the hang of it, apart from when you are loosing and you start blaming it on the controls or the text that appears on the screen.
It's a nice change from Halo 2 anyway.
That's the one I'm on, but a few savepoints on. After you do the crossroad there's a roadblack to break down with the tank, then the next bit is a huge leap in the learning curve - I've tried about 20 times now!
Straight road that leads to a fork, one side has 2 anti-tank nests, the other has at least 2 huge machine guns, and a lot of infantry. It's tough, and is going to take quite a bit of figuring out.
That's what I love about this game though. Once you've figured out the perfect way to take the position, you can do it without even taking any bullets. And think that this all happened for real - that's just amazing that they survived, and the game is pretty generous.
Straight road that leads to a fork, one side has 2 anti-tank nests, the other has at least 2 huge machine guns, and a lot of infantry. It's tough, and is going to take quite a bit of figuring out.
That's what I love about this game though. Once you've figured out the perfect way to take the position, you can do it without even taking any bullets. And think that this all happened for real - that's just amazing that they survived, and the game is pretty generous.
I'm up to the mission where you have a tank and have to get to some crossroads.
I like the way you get KO'd when a panzerfaust or grenade goes off nearby.
I like the way you get KO'd when a panzerfaust or grenade goes off nearby.
I've had this since release. About halfway through the main game but I'm enjoying it a lot. It's a nice change to the usual FPS game and it's fun if a little annoying at times. I wasn't that thrilled with the live play but I'll be sure to give it another go. It's one I want to finish after SC: CT.
Yeah, it gets a bit messy hanging about in bushes with blood and explosions. Then hit 'back' and it clears up what to do. Doesn't make it any easier though.
I like the tactical awareness view - it really allows you to set up traps and decent strategies.
This is better than Mercenaries.
Having a guest online with you is good, its easier to sort out tactics then when you have to do it over the headset.
Having a guest online with you is good, its easier to sort out tactics then when you have to do it over the headset.
I've got Live on the way, but if it lags like my PC games do online then it's not worth it. NTL suck. But BiA rules. Except this bit I'm on now which is hard as hell.
First time I realised this game was genius was when trying to flank two German gunners, they spotted me and tried to run from our trap - my suppression man nailed them both with a cry of "Got him!", "Got that one too!". Brilliant moment, and he saved my socks.
First time I realised this game was genius was when trying to flank two German gunners, they spotted me and tried to run from our trap - my suppression man nailed them both with a cry of "Got him!", "Got that one too!". Brilliant moment, and he saved my socks.
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