I've only played the demo at the time of writing this review, but I have the game on preorder.

If you like GTA, or Saints Row, there is a good chance you will love the hell out of this game. You can jack cars, and beat the crap out of everyone. You can shoot guns, and throw grenades. All the stuff you can do in other sandbox games...and then it goes farther.

The game starts you out as an agent with starter stats, that increase as you do activities. The more you shoot people, the more your Weapons skill improves. The more you use explosives, the more your Explosives skill improves. There are 5 core skills: Agility, Strength, Weapons, Explosives, and Driving. Strength, Weapons, and Explosives are simply improved by killing with it's respective skill. Agility is improved by either killing while in the air, doing rooftop races, or by collecting Agility Orbs that are spread out on buildings and ledges everywhere. Driving is improved by killing with your vehicle, or by doing races.

It's no small improvement when you increase your abilities. My two favourite things about this game are increasing your agility, and increasing your strength. When you get your agility up you can jump incredible distances (all the while targetting and throwing grenades, etc.) and incredible heights. When you increase your strength you eventually can lift cars (or trucks, etc.) and toss them pretty far. You can kick cars and people, or whatever, and send them flying.

All in all, this game is a blast. I've played the demo more times than I can count and I plan to play the game a lot when it arrives. Give it a try, the demo is free after all.

Learning Curve: Instant!

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