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There are even multiple developer and middleware logos to enjoy—it’s an Infinity Ward game, but the studio had help—and you are left looking at a desert cliff while the shaders pre-compile on the first run. Birds circle, but you’re there long enough to notice they’re on a loop, fading out of existence before appearing again in the sky. The message here is that this game took a lot of work to produce.
Once you start playing, it’s immediately noticeable how sharp the environments are and how, as a result, character models and vehicles can look artificial in comparison. Glenn Morshower from 24 and the Transformers movies makes a great General Shepherd, although Captain Price’s beard is annoyingly distracting. Performance is generally excellent, recommended specs are low, and it will even run nicely on a Steam Deck as long as you’re running Windows on it (because the anti-cheat system doesn’t like Linux).
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