Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 69.08% |
| Metacritic | 65/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | C |
| Eurogamer | 4/10 |
| Game Informer | 5.5/10 |
| GamePro | 5/5 |
| GameSpot | 4.5/10 |
| GameSpy | 2/5 |
| IGN | 7.7/10 |
| Official Xbox Magazine | 7.5/10 |
The game has had mixed, but overall fair reviews. The issues the majority of reviewers mentioned were the easy difficulty, numerous bugs and glitches and the poor AI.
IGN, awarding the game a 7.7, praised the gameplay that balances strategy and action, and was accepting of the game's interpretation of the story. However, the review criticized the game as too easy, mainly because of the passive enemy AI in the strategy portion and overpowered friendly soldiers. Visuals and dialogues were commended for the stylish recreation of the settings and characters, but many technical issues with the graphics were noted. GameSpot was much more critical of the game, giving out 4.5 and calling the game "uninspired, repetitive, and unfinished." Both the friendly and enemy AI have been harshly criticized for difficulty in pathfinding, refusing to follow orders, and being too easy to defeat in combat. The open-world design was called to be "inconsistent," limiting the freedom of the player seemingly at random. The "dated" visuals and various glitches were also criticized. The multiplayer was described as "functional rather than fun."
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