Know that my review is of X-Box Live only, in the last 18 hours I haven't touched the Campaign.
Some spoiler maybe . . . I don't know what you might consider a spoiler.
When you boot up the game, and attempt to go Live, the first thing you have to do is download some new patches or whatever. I'm thinking ok, I've been waiting 2 years for this game, patches are good. They don't take long at all to download. Finally I get all booted up and get into the "choose your path" type screen. I check my friends list and see like five people online. Ok . . . Cool. I'll just join one of thier games. I get in seemlessly. Without a hitch.
We're playing CTF, and it is AWESOME. This is the most fun LIVE game, (except the original Ghost Recon/(when no one is glitching)) to date.
I went to bed at about 6 o'clock this morning, slept about 4 hours and have been playing it ever since. (6 pm. CST) The graphics and gameplay are amazing.
Now, I do have a few complaints. The biggest one is this. In EVERY OTHER LIVE GAME . . . you can join a room, and then become a member of what they call in H2 their party. Meaning when the game is over, who ever sets up the room, can change the settings and such. Not H2.
In order to join a game, it has to be either 1. (One of your friends has created a room) or 2. Join a room with complete strangers.
With option 2 you can take your party with you, (If you have created one.) You may even be able to invite friends in, (not sure). However once the game you join is over, everyone gets booted from the room. You can't keep playing with the same people. Sure it doesn't take any time to find another room, but when you are playing with no friends, you don't get a chance to become aquainted with the people you are playing. That is one of the "selling points" of Live.
That having been said, I have a ton of friends and we are having a BLAST, being in a party and moving from room to room, but if you get Live because of H2, you might be disappointed due to lack of "established friends". Well, there's my rant . . . I'm done.
Peace.
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