The game is definitely overwhelming, especially for new players as I imagine the depth of Nuke, the weapons, the controls etc. are hard to get used to. It's definitely not like a shooter where you go in and know exactly what to do. I appreciate it, but hope people can give it a fair try in this day and age where everything is expected to be built one way
Definitely play the training mode first.
I got the hang of it and remembered much from previous TM games and I'm doing pretty well.
The biggest debate seems to be over health pickups and whether or not they should be there or not, though so far I haven't noticed a big enough impact to judge. Love the return of running over poor fools for a health bonus
General thoughts:
-Great fluidity, responsive controls and vehicles handle so nicely.
-By far my biggest is the lack of characters-- Jaffe says the vehicles are the characters, I disagree. The characters driving are as much a part of the TM universe as the vehicles they drive. It wont feel right to play as Axel without Axel himself and I sorely miss the older Mr. Grimm's. And while I understand this was done for story/MP purposes, I will greatly miss and hope for rightful character DLC and hopefully even just text-based stories for them.
-Lack of vehicles that I am just going to miss. Honestly, Black was such a great game, it's going to be hard to play without vehicles like Crazy 8, but alas, this is a new game
-Love the custom sound support
-Love the soundtrack, it's varied this time around, nothing beats listening to Compton/Rob Zombie one after the other
-I feel like it's the 90s again! How I miss the 90s
-Disappointed in lack of a theater mode, I feel this is so necessary for MP games, and I dont know why more devs don't do it as I'd imagine it to be a great self promoting tool
-Not seeing any statistics page, and hoping it has a great stat tracking system, as well as a proper split screen mode (second sign in support)
-Doesn't seem like there is a server browser/server hosting capability, which would be nice
-The atmosphere is great, the presentation is as slick and twisted as ever, really hope to see a variety of levels, hopeful for some older map DLC. Doesn't feel like Black, but it's so Twisted
-Sometimes hard to lock on to the right enemy when so many are on screen, not sure How I feel about the generous lock on system, as I swear my machine gun was auto locking, though I could be dead wrong. Some weapons like fire missiles also seem to lock on if I recall, which I dont remember was the case in TMB
Anyways, I'm not the biggest TM junkie but my biggest disappointment is lack of characters by far, followed by lack of theater and stat options (seemingly). Honestly, the TM universe is chock full of amazing characters, I just don't agree that trimming them down to 3-4 and seeing them ride a traditional vehicle meant for someone else is right. It just bothers me a lot
