KevinTheDeviant

Ridiculously deep-voiced transexual, doing an impression of Storm from the old X-men cartoon: "My name is Bolo Santosi."

" If I had to sum the demo up in one word I'd say it was janky.  Nothing feels quite right, in fact it feels like the game could do with (in all areas) a bit more calibration so everything feels, looks and plays better and more accurately. "

I like the mechanics for the grappling hook and parachute, but I'm finding that the camera seems too limited, and the combat's sorta' iffy. You can't look straight down when flying, parachuting, or skydiving, and the camera seems to randomly choose when to zoom in on you. The game could be improved greatly with the addition of a couple camera angle options to toggle through, as you can't really tell what you're falling towards, as it is.  The other thing I noticed about skydiving is that there's no way to bring your arms in and dive forward, like any other game with this feature, so attempting to get more distance on your dives doesn't seem very intuitive.
 
As for the combat, the aiming feels sort of off right now. There's no auto-aim, which is fine, but the manual aim doesn't feel very smooth to me, and the canned animation for lobbing grenades is odd. You can't throw one while moving, it looks like, so if you're running away from the spot you're looking at, rather than toss it over his shoulder, he jerks around awkwardly and does the same throw, each and every time. You also can't move while crouching, so any thoughts of moving in and out of cover are gone, which is a shame with the amount of people that are gunning you down. I think the Red Faction/Saints Row system would have worked fine in a game like this, but it feels like the combat's an afterthought right now.
 
I like the movement and the way you interact with the environment, but so far I find the combat to be more frustrating than entertaining. I'll mess around with the aim sensitivities and see if it improves before I judge it too harshly, but it's got that "Franken-game" feel at the moment, where are the ideas are sound, but the implementation leaves a lot to be desired, as a lot of the features have been done better elsewhere. This is coming from someone who's been really hyped up for the game, so it's possible my expectations were too high.

 Anyone else noticing the same things?
 
EDIT: I would like to point out that the graphics and the scale of the map is very impressive. I was having a blast getting around and exploring. I'm just put off by the camera and combat issues.