HIGH Clearing an entire floor without taking a hit is incredibly satisfying.
LOW The randomness can make some playthroughs impossible to complete.
WTF Pop culture references, like the Nintendo zapper from Duck Hunt.
HIGH The environmental designs
LOW The garbage story
WTF Can we stop saying "countermeasure" every ten seconds, please?
HIGH 'No Mercy' mode blazing away on a console at 60FPS.
LOW The campaigns still aren't listed in the correct order.
WTF I just found out only the last section of each chapter is required. Huge timesaver on the third time through.
HIGH Barely surviving each level has never felt so good.
LOW The bosses are massive difficulty spikes on an already balls-hard game.
WTF An unlockable that changes the genre of the game. I love it!
HIGH It's only as hand-holding as players want it to be.
LOW Weird bugs destroying perfectly-planned progress.
WTF Sometimes I can manually save, and sometimes I can't? Huh?
HIGH Getting through a tough mission with a full squad, everyone at their best.
LOW Seeing the same water treatment mission over and over.
WTF No previews of clothing before buying? Come on.
Now that my review of Alekhine's Gun is up, I'd wager some are wondering just how it is that I came to the conclusion that it was a nearly 1-1 ripoff of Hitman Codename 47/Contracts with a little Blood Money thrown in! Well, this isn't that article, but it is […]
HIGH Watching my flaming machine gun turrets tear a boss to pieces.
LOW Trying to handle multiple annihilators simultaneously in single player.
WTF Seeing "You will respawn at the end of the round" in a one-round map. Thanks.
HIGH The fistfight in the elevator.
LOW Reaching for the "crouch" key, then remembering that there isn't one.
WTF The Easter eggs tucked into the menus.