I'm not a big fan of FPS in the first place, but honestly I just could not get used to the very weird sensitivity of the stick, even after changing the controls in the options. I *really* hope this will be changed for the final release.

Looks extremely pretty with the added sharpness that no doubt comes from being at a less crowded show room floor and being able to film without having a big hairy neck leaning into the picture. :)

Seeing gameplay footage of ANY FPS looks "repetitive". What makes other games different is that they have cinematic trailers out by now.

Having just finished FEAR, Jo's gonna have to work hard to impress me. The FPS die-hard in me says that COD2 is the X360's first solid shooter experience--Nostalgia is the best thing at work in PDZ. Love the COOP though, I look forward to many solid COOP experiences on XBL this gen--love that..

FEAR was somewhat repeditive, and it's enviroments were a bit low on the polygons--but there are other areas where it completely trumps this game, such as character models. The enviroments in this game are pretty nicely detailed--but I don't think it's fair to say that it looks visually that much better than FEAR. And while the first several levels of FEAR will make you long for a new surrounding--you really can't knock the ambient creepy feeling that they accomplished. Another merit of FEARS enviroment are its destructive effects and wonderful light model--the effects pretty much go unmatched..the lighting isn't technically a marvel but it certainly fits the game and is well designed.

Where FEAR absolutly murders what we've seen so far is its firefights. The action is horribly intense--and while the story isn't the best I've ever played through--it has great atmosphere. It has great gameplay--centered around the gun--in comparison this looks rather dull and dated in the gameplay department.

EDIT: Another thing FEAR does wonderfully is hit detection and animation--seeing the enemies body contort as you pump it full of nails in slow-mo is pretty satisfying. It's also somewhat unfair that most sites have provided HORRIBLE screenshots of FEAR--the game looks spectacular with soft shadows and AA enabled.

The only single player campaign on PC that may stack up to it this year is Call of Duty 2--which is very derivative of the original call of duty..this isn't a bad thing, since COD was an excellent game--but it does mean that FEAR is somewhat more original.

FEAR is easily SP GOTY for PC in my opinion--the global PC GOTY being BF2 (and my GOTY in general). The only thing I really can complain about w/ FEAR is that perhaps the story could be more cohesive--and perhaps that the game include more enviroments--and maybe it should be a hair longer too..10 hours is mighty short IMO--even if it is pretty standard for a shooter now.

All opinion of course--I think that comparing the technical merits here is just too difficult without seeing more of PDZ--the only thing for certain I can knock are its horrid character models.