Have it on pc, played until chapter 11 i think it is, its unfathomably pretty, so many clever things going on, so much intricate detail in the slightest of things, it plays ok on easy, some annoying glitches mind, but all in all i like it!

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£30.

Just checked on Game's new online checker, £20 trade in, £15 cash.

Wow, it's gone down a tenner in just over a week.

It's the tipping point in time. Everybody's rinsed the campaign, realised the MP's bobbins and now hotfooted it to Game.

Give Payne Killer a good try. It's a hoot and seems to have a lot more skill to it.

Gang Wars can be enjoyable if the right mix of players is present but most of the time one team is ridiculously better than the other and has access to large grenade launchers and all that. Payne Killer seems way more balanced and makes players work together and then be enemies. It's good fun.

What approach are you taking to combat?

It does change a bit depending on the level, but I really found that bullet time and aggressive play is required to get a proper handle on the game. Once I locked into it, I suddenly stopped dying and started getting through sections without having to Last Stand and all that. It's really important where you are choosing to dive. Cover tended to get me killed more, because the guys have near perfect aim, flank quickly and use grenades later on. Once you get on the move and use the location right, you take away their advantage. Once you land somewhere with a bit of cover, or enough of a change in position to disorientate them, stay on the ground and switch into bullet time. When you clear enough folks, get up and re-position for another run. Keeping enough bullet time in reserve is the most important part of the combat.

There are a lot of parts in the game that are circular and wide open areas. Any attempt to stay in cover gets you done in within ten seconds. Some parts cover *can* work, but you never need it. And getting used to the flow of aggressive play makes for a much better time. Especially when the armoured dudes show up later...

Didn't even realise you could melee. 

I love diving about the place, but it has cost me a couple of deaths. I launched myself down the stairs in the stadium, killing four guys before I hit the deck. Unfortunately the last bloke did me in. 

I've took off all aim assists thinking i could get through on bullet tine alone, but maybe I should put them back on? Anyone use them?

I'll stick the slowdown one back on then. When did I get shit at games?

@Paul: I had the same problem with it. It's very demanding for a modern game, but if it was ten, fifteen years ago it wouldn't have been a bother. We've been spoiled by wonderful experiences that don't require any real skill!

Am I one of the few who played it on pc then? I guess the mouse helps a lot, I just tapped in and out of bullet time most the time, taking headshots while in it

nah i was talking about the headshots, not the bullet time

the latter half of the game, if you can headshot quickly its all quite straightforward, wondered if a mouse helped that

How do you control Maximus' movement in the pc version then Cuckoo?

Surprisingly, I actually don't like the last kill slow-mo shot. I keep shooting fools in the teeth.

Sometimes you hit the bullets on their vest though and they explode. That's neat to watch in slow motion.