Thanks for the review. Already bought it, but it's good to get someone else's perspective.

I'm really hoping for new maps and perhaps new co-op modes outside of survival.

Good review. I feel like people's enjoyment of the single player will depend heavily on their own personal expectations of it.

The co-op is enjoyable. What sets it apart is definitely the persistent characters. Other than that there's not much to it. I wanted a bit more out of it but it's a good first try by BioWare.

Good review. The co-op has seriously kept me from playing the campaign. Fun as it is, I think most of the appeal lies in the randomness of the packs. Gotta get them Spectre packs!

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Is the shooting any better than they it is in the single-player campaign? Because having played that all the way through, I have to say that it seems absolutely insane to me that they'd create a whole extra game mode that concentrates much more heavily on those horrendously flawed shooting and cover mechanics at the expense of other aspects of the game.

The combat isn't any better in the multiplayer than it is in the campaign. It might be more tolerable, though, because the rhythm of "Horde mode" means the miserable cover mechanics are less of an issue. With a competent squad and the good sense to choose retreat over turtling, the irritating combat isn't much of an issue.

I'm flabbergasted at how in love with the multiplayer I am. I expected an amusing diversion, not a full-time obsession. I do hope they add some different gametypes, though. It's crying out for some Brink-style objective missions, or maybe something like the GRAW co-op campaign.

The combat is the same as single player. For some reason it doesn't come off as frustrating as in single player - perhaps because you have 3 real players watching your back.

I think because of the nature of horde modes you tend to stick to an area for defence and the cover mechanic doesn't seem to lead to as many maddening deaths.

I was thinking more in terms of Terrorist Hunt from Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 to compare to the multiplayer - of which I've been hooked on since the demo.

My nutshell take - an awesome game 90% of the time with a very dud of an ending. But I'm gonna hold out hopes that the DLC will address it.

Does have the feel of T Hunt about the co-op mode and the unlocks are fun. I still think the single player is great, but I was always a story man over the action so am a little disappointed that its increasingly an action game.

A mode with no story and nothing really co op about it other then your both there gets a high score and resident evil a full story mode gets a low score..... wow

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I'm surprised, too! I guess there really is more to making a quality co-op title than adding co-op features and putting a few bullet points on the back of the box.