Well, I picked a copy up at the weekend; most places had completely sold out, so no idea why it’s become suddenly so popular?
Anyway, it’s not a bad game, getting a bit repetitive though, it seems 70% of the rounds are repeated – same map, same role (defend) and same spawn point, that’s playing as Valor so whether it’s different for others; I guess the faction ‘losing’ a battle type gets to attack lots?
The 256 player games are a little bit ‘meh’, sure they’re large scale, but as you’re only ever working on set objectives, you don’t really get to see the other fights going on, save for the occasional sneaky person. The performance of these matches seems a little too much for the console though, if you get a room full of 10-15 people all warring, there is a noticeable FPS drop; in some cases lag too.
I quite like the ranking up stuff, much as I did on MW2, but it’s a bit annoying there’s a credit limit per loadout slot, as I have found having three bits of kit on a gun, means I can’t carry smoke and nades; unless I drop to light armour.
I don’t see much life in it for me though, it’s kind of a tide-me-over until BC2 arrives and I’m pretty sure when that does, this wont be touched and will probably end up a trade in like MW2. Still, there’s fun to be had over the coming weeks nonetheless
