Subscribe RSSOne pizza later (ham and mushroom, thanks for asking) and the game has installed. It’s time to load up and very, very annoyingly it then decides to check the installed data. This adds another 30 seconds or so starting a game. Quite why this happens I am not sure, I’ve yet to play any other game that has to check the install file every single time you load up.
Finally, reaching the menu screen gives you three options which are ‘Escalation’, ‘Multiplayer’ and ‘Campaign’. Escalation is set on a small number of maps in which you and a number of online friends fight against wave upon wave of AI controlled bots. The more bots you kill, the more points you have and these can be spent opening doors or buying more ammo or health. How much you enjoy this mode depends entirely on who you are playing with as the stronger players really need to spend their points to help out those who are doing less well so it is best to play with friends.
