"Lame explanation. The reason every other FPS has locational damage is because it greatly enhances the game. C'mon... this is 2003 for God's sake. If I walk up to somebody in DX:IW and put a burst of 9mm fire into the face and through their brain-pan with my Mako pistol, I expect them to die. Not whip out their own gun and return fire. "
Yeah. And not every FPS coming out in 2003 has locational damage. Not of all them need it or benefit from it. Greatly enhances the game? Nah, not always. Depends on the kind of action you're going for. Or maybe getting headshots from a mile away with a shotgun was your thing in Counter-Strike back in the day.
"Right now, it appears that no matter where I place my shots, it's the same. And that's silly. Why should hits "right between the eyes" have the same effect as a burst into a enemy's re-enforced metal main body armor breastplate? (If they were wearing a helmet with an enclosed face shield, I can understand it.) "
Maybe because it's a game and not every game bases it's action on where you place your shots.
"And, lord, you have no idea how much that "Unified Ammo" concept bugs me. It feels like a Xbox "shortcut" to make the game easier to play."
Strange, I wouldn't even had noticed it from the demo if it weren't for all these people bitching about it. My guess is a lot of people will have the same reaction from the full game too. Ammo? Who the hell cares about the "kid in the candy store" about ammo? It's the guns the matter. Gee, that rocket launcher would be neat if it weren't for this universal ammo thing ???
People who are complaining about performance and compatibility issues, I can sympathize with. It sucks and it's annoying, and it's hard to have faith in buying a game when the demo doesn't have the technical chops.
People bitching that it's using 512x512 textures instead of 1024x1024, or that the models are 2500 polys instead of 4000, or this whole "the XBox sucks" vein, I don't buy it. Obviously ignoring what was great in the original and what might very well be alive in this game.