I like it. I enjoy the fast paced runnning/jumping/sliding. What I don't like is the melee attack. With as fast as you can run around in this game, it seems that one of the best strategies is to simply run around one hitting people. And, as others mentioned, the shotgun is just terrible. Still, the whole sliding move thing makes up for everything. How cool is that?
Downloaded this last night and played for a like an hour. Really fun is my conclusion. My favorite thing is that you can decide whether to be stealthy, or try to out gun them. I bought the Armor Endurance upgrade and it really makes a difference. What annoyed me were the countless people who whipped out there pistol, hit stealth and just ran around whacking people. One match I seriously didn't get beat by anyone else's gun, but died about 4 times by melee. I tried this and found it a really easy way to get kills if you're smart. Map navigation is extremely fluid, I love the boost jump in combination with the climb over feature. Tried a little sniping, I usually had to get two bodyshots on people, but the map is also not very sniper oriented. With the stealth and armor features, I don't see sniping being very affective, but who knows.
I am fine with the melee attack because in most FPS games besides Halo the melee is a one hit kill. Shotguns are beast if use correctly and they are usually the only things that kill me I agree with most of what you said. There is an upgrade so you can see cloakers pretty easily. Which helps. Sniping as of now is horrible in the demo.. but a lot of things will be fixed in the retail version. Lastly for everyone who likes competitive gameplay, melee's DO NOT come into effect that often with GOOD players. Got in a room with 10 people last night that all are on the mlg forums and barely anyone got melee'd. They do happen obviously but not as bad as in pubs when all people do is try to melee because they suck.
I hope you guys read that article link I post on the second page. Gives some info about the game and how the demo is really nothing compared to the full game.
The last game allowed on the demo last night.. before it was taken off air. I went 26-0.. what a way to go out.. vid down below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAfYA2HSoNE
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