Initial impressions: I haven't been as blown away by a shooter since first playing Battlefield 2, way back in 2005. Phenomenally good fun. Still diving 200+ hours later. Perfect "sit down for an hour and have a blast without having to remember a zillion details from months ago" game.

Middle Impressions: One of the best things is that when they re-balance the game in any way, a bunch of squealing man-babies leave negative reviews and quite the game - so they're out of your life at least until 2 days later when they get over it

Final Impressions: I gave HD2 a massive break and returned to discover it a different game. It's now a game where the egos of players is stroked by making every enemy made of paper in comparison to when I last played. No need to cooperate or for team work, just an endless, soulless, brainless shooting gallery for the sub-CoD junkies. No longer the cheer when you finally bring those four chargers to a halt, they're easy fodder now. Same with bile titans. People just run about doing their own thing. Peurile.

Also: more bugs, and not the good sorts. Dropped connections; players and enemies frozen in animations; when things spawn in they zoom in from stage left and then start moving, as if being delivered by some invisible conveyor etc. If it had released in this condition it wouldn't have been the success it was.

Initial impressions: I haven't been as blown away by a shooter since first playing Battlefield 2, way back in 2005. Phenomenally good fun. Still diving 200+ hours later. Perfect "sit down for an hour and have a blast without having to remember a zillion details from months ago" game. Middle Impressions: One of the best things is that when they re-balance the game in any way, a bunch of squealing man-babies leave negative reviews and quite the game - so they're out of your life at least until 2 days later when they get over it Final Impressions: I gave HD2 a massive break and returned to discover it a different game. It's now a game where the egos of players is stroked by making every enemy made of paper in comparison to when I last played. No need to cooperate or for team work, just an endless, soulless, brainless shooting gallery for the sub-CoD junkies. No longer the cheer when you finally bring those four chargers to a halt, they're easy fodder now. Same with bile titans. People just run about doing their own thing. Peurile. Also: more bugs, and not the good sorts. Dropped connections; players and enemies frozen in animations; when things spawn in they zoom in from stage left and then start moving, as if being delivered by some invisible conveyor etc. If it had released in this condition it wouldn't have been the success it was.