Difficulty:

Hard

Time Spent:

20 to 40 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Almost, but not quite"

Well let me start by saying that the 40 hours spent on this game is probably 20hrs playing it 10hrs trying to get in to play it due to bugs and the other 10hrs swearing getting frustrated and generally pulling my hair out.

Negatives about the game:-
I play or should i say i attempt to play the game coop with a friend he runs the server and for some reason it takes me ages to be able to join he has already done at least a few minutes of the mission whilst i have attempted to join the server over and over (positive note i can go make a coffee have a cig, kick the kids write a letter and still not be missed)

On several missions i have managed to finally join the game YAY high five, whilst i am getting the black loading screen and can hear the dramatic music and the excitement is building up inside me because i cant wait to play and i am celebrating my triumph with by friend over skype it is short lived... i am dead, DEAD that's right DEAD before i have even got in the game to see my character and run around the hills and plains of the wonderful maps!!!! and so the tedious process starts again.

On several occasions we have played missions where we complete them go to move on to the next one only to be told we hadn't completed the previous one mm yes we did i can verify that 110% because i just spent the last 2hrs trying to get in i sure as hell know we are going to complete it because im to scared to leave the game half finished in case i can never return.
The team that you command well they don't follow orders my friend takes the roll of teamleader because if i did i would shoot every single one of them for an example he can tell them 5+ times to get in the car and they are like little kids they wonder off check out the sites and totally ignore him (i would like to nominate my friend for the bravery award for the pure fact his calmness is well and truly beyond belief)

I know your probably thinking dear me what a bad game well you would be wrong apart from the bugs and frustration of getting in i absolutely LOVE the game. The combat is realistic you get shot you die the maps are huge you can see a lot of thought and effort has gone into this game (tad more bug testing wouldn't have gone a miss tho) there is so much to love about the game its the little things that have been thought about that makes you feel like your actually there the wind blowing in the trees, the crunching of gravel if you walk on it. flies buzzing past your ears, the maps, the music i could go on ....there are so many fine details to the game that just makes it so awesome.

If your looking for a game that is realistic, really does make you think, makes you plan your every move and totally captures you for the whole time you are playing then this really is the game for you despite the bugs i would still recommend it. Its even worth all the frustration because once your in there you just know your going to have an awesome time