Just played through the demo twice(for now
).... so far, yes it certainly lives up to the hype, im not even going to say anything about the graphics! you damn well know its the best ever seen on a console to date, puts cod4, cod5 and even halo 3 to shame easily.
the sounds was very very good, i was constantly hearing noise and bullets from my rear speakers, something that not even COD4 does that often, the music is freaking great! it has that orchestra feel to it. personally i think voice acting could have been a little better with the exception of the halgast leader which his voice is outstanding. regarding the voice, i found it very hard to hear my partners in battle, and yet the options volume in the game was at max(for sound and voice).
the controls are great! feels better then that of the beta, i was getting pwn at first with everything at default, but once i went back into i went straight to the options>controls and THANK THE HEAVENS!!!!!!!!!! the devs added the option for "HOLD ON ZOOM" .. i immediately enabled this and BAMM! it was destroying the game, i also changed the control to type "Alt 2" and i increased the X and Y sensitivity to 3 clicks below max setting. it runs even better now!
i did not think that you really had to use the cover system this much, WOW, it works so well though and gives the game alot more fun factor instead of the O' run and gun, its far from it. at first its alittle odd to take cover but after your 2nd and 3rd time through the demo you become like a pro already, the game is very easy to pick up and get right into it!
@MATTIE
yes the Alt 2 control type seems to be the best, also i suggest enabling the "hold on zoom" option. as far as figuring out where to go next, thats easy just press your "UP" on the D-pad HAHAAH.. i figured that one out, it'll point you to where your next objective is and where to go. i actually prefer no map, i even disabled the HUB and HOLY SHIT its truely amazing, not a single item or ANYTHIGN hovering my screen, just pure game! truely felt real. fuck you can even turn off the cross-hair!
i also agree that the demo is very short, i heard it was short but goddam i didnt expect it to be this short, you land on the beach, fight some guys, blow something up, make your way to the next area, fight even more guys, get into the warhouse, fighting more and blow more stuff up and then make your way out the warhouse and thats were the demo ends, for some reason from the way the devs said it i thought the demo would be twice as long as this. first time through i was done in about 16mins, second time was like 10mins.
however i think theres more to this demo then meets the eye, according to some sources even threespeech.com .. they are hinting that the demo has some kind of surprises instore for it so im just going to keep playing through the demo, maybe see if i do it in a faster time or get more headshots or something like that..
in terms of your brightness MATTIE, i suggest calibrating your TV
.. the visual on my samsung is simply without words to describe, i didnt even have to adjust the games brightness level, i was able to barely see the logo, just perfect, but then again i got my HDTV fully calibrated.