Good rental. ‘Nuff said. I’m still playing GTA and man, what a difference. Once you get ‘spoiled’ with lots of content and game depth on a game like GTA, and as well with a superior shooter like Rainbow six, games Frontline just doesn’t measure up. In fact, they look so shallow and meaningless, and this is even a half way decent shooter. After playing Call of Duty 4 and the new Rainbow Six, this game is worth the cost of rental only to me. In fact, you can play it through so quick, that the $7 rental at blockbuster is actually worth it.

I did play the online MP demo, and wasn’t really grabbed by it, however others might really enjoy the vehicles. For me, that was really what made the game enjoyable. Also, the automated vehicles are VERY cool. (remote control helis, turret guns, etc). Really takes the frustration out of trying to get those hard to reach enemies, feels awesome when you detonate a flying device hundreds of yards away on a few turret gunners behind armor. Ahhh… sweet gaming bliss.

The story is pale and boring (I skipped 90% of the cutscenes… same old drivel over and over again), taken out of the pages of a cheesy 80′s war movie (in fact, you are battling the ‘Red Star Army’, hmmm, wonder who that could be referring to). Overall I think they did a good job on the game, though it is certainly not AAA title, let’s give it a AA classification, shall we? (still beats payback soundly!).

There are numerous elements of cheesiness in the game (the first time they drop in the tanks, one of the soldiers says ‘I bet we could pick up some chicks in these!’ I hope that was put in as a joke, for the developers sake), some lame animations, and some of the AI is pretty retarded. The game is also dreadfully easy to beat, any experienced shooters I would really start out on the highest level. It is very forgiving when you die and you don’t have to re-kill the enemies when you ‘re-deploy’, as the game puts it. (At least on normal, I haven’t played realistic yet). This was a welcome respite from GTA, the total polar opposite of it in fact, hah. The weapons are a little bit crude compared to a more technical shooter like Rainbow six, but for the overall quality of the game, satisfactory to the gameplay. (I didn’t feel so great about the sniper rifle either).

Overall, good rental, but unless you get hooked into MP online or getting some of the achievements, you will be done with this game in a few days like I will be.