The game itself will release next week, but I have to say that I’m not terribly impressed with the demo. I don
‘t like the setting (its not implemented well enough to give an instinctive familiarity with the weaponry), it runs like hammered ass on my computer (even though I have a computer that would score in the top 5% in terms of performance), and the same bugs that have plagued earlier titles in the franchise are back in full effect (intermittent player drops, crashes to desktop, characters getting stuck in a sound loop, etc.). I also have to admit that the experience with the beta and the beta keys have also sort of prejuidiced me against the game.
The server browser does perform marginally better, but they took away numerical values for pings, instead relying on a green/yellow/red light in the latency section. This does not make me happy. I like to play on servers where I have a sub-fifty ping, and the ping range for green seems to go all the way to 150, as nearly as I can tell.
I’m debating cancelling my pre-order. I’m going to give the demo continued chances over the course of this week and see if I can acquire the love for this game that I’ve had for others in the franchise. I’ll keep you posted as events warrant.
