Must say I almost totally disagree spidey
.The mac10 and uzi are way different - mac does less damage with faster damage fall off but fires and reloads faster.
The auto shotguns - SPAS has a really tight spread but doesnt really do much damage. The Auto Shotgun spreads a lot but does HUGE damage close in.
The guns really need tweaking - magnum and snipers are WAY too good. The magnum is too accurate and the snipers fire and reload too quickly.
Assault rifle is my favorite - massive clip of 60 rounds, stupidly accurate and 3 shot burst. It does enough damage without doing too much meaning you find you either need 3 or 6 rounds for most kills. A close second imo is the big sniper.
The charger needs more health or more armour as its tbh rubbish atm.
Spitter is excellent, especially in combo with a horde/jockey/charger.
Loving the jockey possibilities - it needs to be used in combo with a spitter, charger or tank (or just in the midst of a mass attack). You have basically no chance of doing damage otherwise. Its easy to run round in the middle of a horde without being seen due to being short. Does huge melee claw damage as well. Im a big fan.
The map design is simply excellent, AI pathfinding far better and SI group attacks are now somewhat co-ordinated.
The only thing I dont like is that its essentially a re-skin of cs:source. OK the game itself is different, but the engine feels unchanged. The guns seem to be identical ports in feel and damage, as do some of the long range bullet wound effects (headshot is direct from cs). I'm trying not to judge it too harshly though as much may change in terms of balance and feel by the final release.
A worthy successor imo. I don't feel cheated that this has come out, I feel cheated that I paid £26.99 for the first one when in hindsight its perhaps only worth £15. This looks much more likely to be a "full" game.
