We need to play the Hunter mode as well in co op when we’re done with the story this weekend. I’ve been playing it single player, fun times.

I liked the previous games and I can see how some people didn’t like the departure from the past here. But it was time for a bit of a reboot for the franchise and with Sam being all rogue and such it was a good time to change up the game mechanics a bit as well. I think they handled the changes very well though, with enough change that it feels like a new game and not like episode 5 of the same old thing but not so much that it feels like, say, Gears of War with Sam Fisher in it.

And like you, I love the way you can either go the stealthy rout or the guns-a-blazin’ way. I thought how they differed the game play in some of the levels, from stealth to . . . well I don’t want to spoil anything so I wont say . . . kept it feeling fresh with out feeling like they just threw every kind of game play in there just to mix it up. Every level’s game play mechanic had a specific purpose that furthered the story I thought.

Co-Op is great. It’s just . . . wonderful. I could go on and on about it, but they just did a super job. I was surprised by how good it was in fact.

I will say that the last part of the last level in Co-Op Story Mode is CRAZY difficult. And some points in the Single Player Story just require a bit of trial and error until you figure out the ‘way’ to progress in the level, which I found a tad frustrating at times. And, I just have to say, I think the black and white in shadows, color in light game mechanic is absolutely annoying. Cant stand it. I got use to it, but it distracts me every time I see it. But I think I’m in the minority there, most people don’t mind it or think it’s super. I see how it highlights things in the area for you to interact with, as if Sam’s ‘spy sense’ is pointing these things out to him . . . but I cant stand it. I wish it were a feature that I could turn off.

Other then that, I loved the game too. Glad you got it ! 8- ) Very excellent review too, you always have a better way of explaining things then I do.