GRAW 2...
If you are starting this game out without playing GRAW 1 then STOP!
This game starts litteraly minutes after GRAW 1 finishes...
The gameplay:
Ubisoft have made probably the most intense 1st/3rd person shooter ever, the music is absolutely astonashingly perfect to the action, it will make your hands sweat, your face red and you heart pump! I haven't known a game outside of mass effect and halo to do this other than graw!
The gun handling is perfect, this game promotes single shot behavior, you have to plan your shots, be tactical and think on the fly, the game doesnt force you to think like this, you just find yourself being a god of warfrom being completely immersed into the whole environment that is GRAW.
The Music:
Put the game in, listen to that tittle music, even before starting the game you feel hooked on this sound!
the music for the levels feels like it was written for each shot you make, each encounter you face and each negative scenario that faces you ahead! it fits the game perfectly, the music is so unfluential on the gameplay that many people turn the music off on tricky parts so they can calm their nerves down!
The Multiplayer:
Well, its good... the maps make the human vs human experience a good one or bad one, its very unforgiving, if you love to think and check your corners you will love this, if you would prefere something a bit more arcadey or straight forward this really wouldn't be the game for you.
Co-op is utterly fantastic on this game... there are more co-op modes in this game than any other game on the 360, it co-op terms this game was years before its time! only recently have people realised co-op is the future of big-party gaming, 16 people working as a small army is still one of the best online experiences i have had and tom clancy gets this right in all of the games!
The Sound effects:
I find the game is made to be played through a decent quality audio system. The gun noises are full spectrum so through a television it cant sound tinny and horrid, but through something a bit more elaborate than a tv you will find yourself gawping at the sound of the silenced m468 SD. Although this game is no where near the gun sound quality of battlefield, it is the only game to get a silencer sound to be correct, it more like someone slamming a car door shut in realy life rather than that little tweet you hear in games and GRAW 2 is bang on the buck!
Overall...
Overall its not a pick-up-and-play game... you really have to give this time to even start to play it well, i think this is what made the GRAW games dissappear quit quickly.
There is still quite a healthy collection of players still playing online so those GAWJUSS online co-op missions can still be done!
so if you want to chill out and play something epic, grab halo 3, but if you want to sink your teeth into a truly immersful experience then tell the girlfriend to go out or shut up and lock yourself away with this baby for hours! one of the best games i have ever played, if you dont own it, pick it up on ebay for £6!
5.0