Great review.
I've been playing a lot since my purchase Friday morning and I agree with everything. Usually shooters have some level of tedium and strategy, and the lack of it is very apparent in the gameplay. Especially considering the previous titles in the series.
The card system is horribly imbalanced and also leads to blocking off a majority of players from using effective cards in certain modes like Supremacy. Lack of squad mode and VOIP makes some modes critically fail.
Also Hero vs Villians becomes a joke with Villains, who have the best jump verticality, like on certain maps just holing up on certain maps only accessible by Luke and the occasional Jetpacker who is able to Skyrim their way up parts of the map.
All in all, I like the game because the visuals, sound, and design are done absolutely perfectly, and if you just want some fun being immersed in the worlds, it does its job more than perfectly.
But as a game and shooter, it suffers highly from key parts that make or break shooters.
