[quote name='help1']They should really open it to everyone. This game really needs the attention, and from the gameplay videos I have seen, it actually looks to be decent.[/QUOTE]
It actually is decent. The gameplay mechanic of the different backpacks is interesting and adds a layer of strategy to the game. Except one of the backpacks is completely broken (Fleet Foot) and useless. The lag is also pretty uneven. Several times I've killed someone, or someone has killed me even though my character, or their character model was already dead on screen. Also, there are issues with the spawn system. I'm not sure exactly how it works, whether you spawn with your squad or if you spawn in a specified area depending on what team you're on. Too many times have I spawned in and had bullets in my face immediately. The game also slows down when the action gets too hectic.
The destructability of the game is pretty fun and also adds some uniqueness. Is an enemy using a structure as a piece of cover? Just
ing use your hammer, or use the Rhino backpack to barge in and ruin his day. The guns are also pretty fun despite being standard fare. There's your machine gun, pistol, shotgun and rocket launcher. The game though also has remote mines and I *think* proximity mines. There's also a pretty cool gun that fires giant glaives.
The one thing about destructability Volition should be cautious about is how it interferes with spawning. I've actually spawned into a piece of this water tower thing, forcing me to use my hammer and knock my way out. Also, their version of deathmatch is pretty average. I've had much more fun with their version of control points. There are three control points on the map and you get points according to how long you have been holding the point. To take control of the points, you use this Ghostbuster gun looking thing to build the structure and capture it. The enemy however, can come and knock down the structure using the hammers (the only way you can knock it down) and take it over.
Not completely sold, but pretty fun for a beta, and infinitely better than that piss-poor beta known as Bad Company, and that's coming from a long-standing fan of the BF series.
