military and espionage

Pros:
The advanced cover system is a great addition to shooter games.

Nice array of weapons. (Some have a faster rate of fire, some more accurate at long distance,etc.)

AI is good as enemies work well together to try to flank, overrun, and surround you. (Watch out for snipers)

The actual combat is well done. Bullets and explosives are at a premium so, you can't just blast everything endlessly. Enemies take wounds "realistically". (i.e. limp, crawl, hop on one foot, panic, etc.) The graphics during combat aren't as sharp as some games but, the attention to detail is good though. Rocks fly and
walls chip. You see tracers occasionally and bullets can richochet off metal at times and hit you even while covered.

Even normal mode is tough and challenging. Nothing is just a walk through.

Cons:
While the cover system is great, occasionally you have trouble aiming at enemies and have to readjust to hit what should have been an easy target.

To activate the sniper system you have to click the right thumb stick and this can be a pain as you have to hit the thumbstick just right. Then, when your shooting in 3rd person you sometimes move the thumbstick just right and here comes the sniper mode.
You can recover from this pretty fast or just shoot in sniper mode but, they should have just made the select button the on/off.

Maybe I'm missing something but, I've yet to be able to play my own downloaded music in the background rather than the games'.
This is a mainstay with XBOX.

Overall this is a pretty good, straight forward game that I would like to see others learn from and improve upon.

This is a very nice shooter with some interesting options, like blindfire. Although blindfire doesn't work that well it is fun to do once in awhile. The graphics are alright as is the sound...good quality, but not great. The levels are varied, but overall the game seemed a little short. Be prepared, it is one of those games that you can only save at the end of each stage....very frustrating sometimes to keep restarting. Don't go in guns blazing, use cover! They could have used a much better storyline and character history then they had...basically none! The controls are easy enough to learn to use so have fun right away, plus the game starts with a turorial. All in all a solid game, but keep playing Splinter Cell for awhile longer and let it get a little cheaper.

There is nothing too special about this game. You can't jump or climb onto anything. Your movement is restricted is some cases. It's kinda cool how you can do the blind fire behind cover, but it does not do much good during combat, it just looks cool. The graphics are NOT updated and are jaggy and the movements are very robot like when running or jump-rolling. It feels like the game was rushed some how in production. The voice overs are not that good, and it does sound like the same voice doing two within the game...what's up with that? I would rent this game before buying it...or at least buy it CHEAP.