The Good
id Game at it's best, Corridors and all. None of this jump completely on the open world band wagon... minus the post apocalyptic band wagon. Seriously, the biggest complaint is id haven't gone out their comfort zone and have stuck to dank dark corridors. But what the hell is wrong with that? All games now days are completely open, there isn't another corridor shooter on the market nor has there been for awhile. id filled that gap beautifully. Ok it has some open stretches but that's only to get between locations in a four wheeled gun tooting death machine. There's also a minor share of RPG elements but most of the game your shooting an it feels GOOD! Animations are incredible, death one's the best I've seen. It also looks incredible in motion. Don't miss this one folks, it will be one to remember.
// Performance
Aside from the obvious technical issues, it shouldn't put you off from grabbing it, new driver are coming out over the course the week, AMD especially. The game runs fast, like really fast. I tested two cards and the lesser of the two ran it pretty well. I tested a 8800 GT 512 MB at 1920x1200 with 4 x Anti Aliasing and the thing still ran fast. Ok the game is locked to 60 FPS but still there wasn't any lag at all. The only notable thing between the two cards the other being Nvidia Palit GTX 580 was the texture pop ins were far more noticeable on the lower spec card.
The Bad
Obviously it's going to be the texture pop ins, which on lower spec systems will be a nightmare to the eyes. Though eventually you just get used to it, but does hinder the beauty of this game. But this is new tech, bugs will always be chucked into the mix. Let's hope they get squashed quickly.
Lack of video options is a joke, for a major PC release, for an id game is unbelievable. The FPS is lock to 60 FPS, so people with higher hertz monitors will be annoyed. No Vsync, no anything really but AA, brightness and resolution. You can thank consoles for this one guys.
Conclusion
I would rate this an 8 out of 10. Why? Well it's very noticeable that this game was designed console first. I don't know why both can't be done in mine, why one and port to the other. And because of that it looses a point straight away. Second point is technical issues. Why on earth would you release a major title without testing it with the full rage of current tech/drivers. I shouldn't pay £40 for a game my £300 GPU isn't compatible with and from a veteran (id software) in the PC world this is inexcusable (AMD card made the game pretty much unplayable). Other than that this is a great title.
I've already mentioned the good so I don't need to sell this game anymore. So let the discussion begin.
