So anyone got it yet? I'm interested to see a review or two on it.
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So anyone got it yet? I'm interested to see a review or two on it.
Finally picked this up.
In short: It's worth it.
Framerate: Major improvement all around. The game seems to hold 60 fps more frequently although there are still plenty of moments where the framerate drops to the 1s and 2s whenever shit gets really bad.
In EDF3 you actually work with a "team". You don't assign them orders or anything but they follow you around and kill stuff. Also there's constant chatter going on between them(B-movie quality of course) and they die pretty easily if you shoot them. :/
The lame "lock-on" mechanic from EDF2 is gone completely. It handles just like practically every other X360 gun game(Left stick moves, right stick aims). And yes I know you can turn off the lock-on from EDF2 so don't bring it up.
To be honest I don't really care about Pale Wing(Thought she was boring too be honest). I admit though I will miss some of her weapons(like the homing laser that juggles aliens and the sniper rifle that sends them flying for miles). Hopefully they're around there somewhere. There are over 120 weapons afterall and I've only collected 20.
Aside from having much better graphics the game feels like a quasi-expansion pack of EDF3. In some ways it's a step forward and in other ways a step back. Then again I'm not sure how I feel about it all just yet as I need more time with the game. It feels kind of weird typing this but it's like..I think the game is awesome and possibly better than EDF2 but I know fans of EDF2 won't feel the same way.
Oh and honestly I'm liking the fact that the game has less stages than EDF2. That game honestly felt bloated(Way too many stages were more of the same and haha at 100% completion with both characters). Need to spend more time to check out the vehicles and the higher difficulties.(I would have went straight to normal but uh...achievements y'know)
Oh and the enemies are better designed. The small flying ships look more creative than the lame flying saucers from EDF2 and the giant robots are awesome.
Hopefully this game manages to do decent sales but somehow I doubt it. My local EB only got three copies in(I had one of them pre-ordered). Other people have reported a larger number of copies though so eh..who knows.
Pale Wing vs. way better framerate.
Not too tough of a decision for me.
local game store doesn't get it until tomorrow morning. =/
Okay, so after watching the trailers again, I've decided to pick it up, despite the lack of online co-op. My local game store won't be getting it in until tomorrow either.
My Best Buy didn't have it today and it's not listed on thier website.
It's EDF in high res with a lot of the framerate issues fixed.
That's the review. My EBs got 2 copies each.
I'll scout for this sometime this weekend, as I have some crap for trade-in. Hopefully my local EB got enough copies.
Damn, I was hoping this would produced in decent quantities like everything else on 360 so I wouldn't have to buy it right away.
I might pick it up from work this weekend.
I think it depends how much more time I feel like putting into Crackdown.
Goddamit. Co-op online would have guaranteed a day one purchase, but this limited quantities crap will force my hand and buy it early anyway (if I can find it).