Lets cut to the chase shall we?This game is not for the weak hearted,it will scare the pants off you.On numerous occasions i found myself having to feel at the back of my trousers just to make sure I'd not had an accidental release of mammoth proportions.I have played the original and that was at times scary but in a different way,the first game made you feel on edge all the way through and threw little shocks at you throughout the game,however the second game lulls you into a false sense of security,with times of peace and then hits you when you let your guard down.Even on the second playthrough i found myself jumping out my skin a few times.
The single player is brilliant,carrying on after events in the first game,the main protagonist is a broken man,haunted by the events that took place during the first game,this story explains why you are linked to events taking place over both games.Locations are nicely designed but very linear,so don't expect to get lost while playing.Do however expect to be squinting at the screen trying to see a little bit further into the darkness as this game is very very dark,even with the flashlight its often still a struggle to see past your gun.
Multi-player was a disappointment,often laggy,but mostly just dull.variations of your basic match types.There's deathmatch and team deathmatch,which no multi-player game should be without and Crime scene,which is a "capture the flag" type mode where the "flags" are hidden by one team and found by the other,then there's bumrush,which is a cross between deathmatch and teamdeathmatch(where 2 SCU's are pitted against a lot of infected).
Achievements are nicely spread between easy and time consuming,needing at least 2 playthroughs of the single player to gain all the story based achieves,and the there's enough to keep the average person busy for a couple of weeks with the multi player achieves.
In my opinion this is a must play game though,unless of course you have a heart condition or weak bowels.
Monday, 21 April 2008
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