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Jeff W

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Did anyone else play the demo? I tried it not expecting much but I really enjoyed it, I loved the environment too, a deserted city at night during a thunderstorm, kind of creepy. There were a few problems, I noticed some severe slow down and the graphics on some of the background stuff wasn't exactly pretty, but with a September release I figure there's plenty of time to fix that. I love shooters and that's mostly what I play and this one just felt right to me.

 

2 player co-op, standard online Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, CTF, and Human VS. Reborn and Seige are unique to the game and could be fun. It's got simple one button squad commands kind of like Republic Commando and some driving/on-rail shooting missions as well. Late summer/fall's going to be crazy with good games, hopefully they're not all bunched up together because so far this one's looking to be a buy for me.

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The extreme slowdown killed the demo for me. I would be trying to aim , and it was like I was inside the Matrix. Also I hope you can customize the controls, because telling your teammates where to go should be pressing A like every other game does it, not the RB or LT

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Played through it twice and I liked it well enough. U3 engine still looks beautifull and it played pretty well considering. Although its a "teaser" I think its still a little too short. Probably a rental for me upon release unless reviews are glowing... Or you guys convince me :)

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So for further proof that Blacksite might as well just be delayed or pretty much deal with buying utterly buried this holiday season....they've gone ahead and cut the online coop out of the game entirely. Also, PS3 owners will be getting online play but you won't be playing getting any ranked matches or voice chat support it seems....

 

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/828/828904p1.html

 

With the Xbox 360 version of the game, players will be able to play ranked and unranked matches, and voice support will have constant chatter for teammates while everyone will be able to hear each other if they're close enough, regardless of which team they're on. Unfortunately, the PlayStation 3 version will feature none of these options, and PC support is TBD.

 

It's also unfortunate that we must report that the online co-op that was promised for the game early on won't make it into the final release. Whether or not it could be added in a downloaded pack remains to be seen, though we're not holding our breath.

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Just remember that wasn't a demo you were playing, but a tech demo. From my understanding it was just to show off part of the game from a technical standpoint and there is a full fledged demo that will be coming out at some point. No online co-op? To hell with that. Co-op is where it is at.

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Just remember that wasn't a demo you were playing, but a tech demo.

 

Isn't it an Unreal Engine game? Why did we need a tech demo for tech we already know works (at least on the 360 ;))?

I like calling it a teaser. A bad teaser but that's probably better than a tech demo.

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There are some fun sections, nice variety of vehicle levels, but the AI is FREAKING HILARIOUS! I could walk right up beside a Bad Guy, who was shooting at one of my team members, and whack it upside the head! A rental, but a good way to kill time before I get ahold of Drake and Mass this week (hopefully!).

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