Yeah, I loved GRAW 2. It looks superb, it plays well. I played it again using the “elevated risk” setting. Great!
Some of the voice samples got on my nerves after a while, unlike the original GRAW samples. The most memorable GRAW voice sample was the low muttering: “Man, I love this country...” The most annoying GRAW 2 voice sample was the excited shout: “You tagged his ass!” Yuck!
An excellent part of the voice samples was that your buddies will now warn you. “Enemy spotted. Counting one. Just one.” Or: “Cancel that. Counting two. Over by the green car.” Or: “Due east! Look east! By the concrete block!” Or: “Armored vehicle in sight.” Since enemies also appear with little red markers on your HUD, these comments only provide you with a split second warning via a second channel. But it really helps if you’re sending your men in one direction while you move in a different direction. In that case your visual attention is focused on your immediate surroundings and if you hear your buddies mentioning bad guys, then you know you have to switch your focus. Excellent immersion.
I liked the idea of fake videos and news, but felt that the messages by the general and the president were sometimes over the top. Too bad, this broke the “suspension of disbelief” that worked quite well. I already mentioned earlier that the use of the army jargon and scenes reminiscent of Black Hawk Down (2001) are very intense elements for me. Don’t spoil it using silly goons in charge and putting over the top comments into the soldiers’ mouths. Then again, maybe that’s how it is? ;)
If so, please don’t remind me of the reality on the ground.
Strangely enough, I’m having much less problems finding multiplayer games online. I remember having to search for a long time in GRAW – up to half an hour until I found a good group to keep me busy for the next hours. No such problems with GRAW 2, until now.
Interesting idea to think that this is probably influenced by subtle changes to the multiplayer game finding and matching code.
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