Yeah I played through the beta a couple of times and found it to be disappointing because the 'gameplay' is all about leveling up and getting new toys; there is absolutely no tactical thinking involved and only two game modes: battle the enemies, and upgrade equipment in town. No CTF against another team or anything like that.
Run into an area, trigger the bad guys, click click click until they're all beaten. They never try to outflank you, there are no surprises, not much suspense, and no skill or aiming involved.
While the graphics have improved, and the WD has some wild spells to cast, the AI for the baddies seems no better than in the original game that came out in 1996.
I could see joining friends and using voice chat for some fun comments and joking around, and find it really disappointing that after 10 years of development and only 4 people max in a session, the game doesn't even include that feature.
And my other complaint: it would have been better for the game to be released in the winter; there's too much to do outdoors in the summer rather than sitting at home plugging away at leveling up for hours at a time. Maybe I'll get into it in October or November when the days are shorter and the temperature has dropped. OTOH there's not much on tv in the evenings but reruns.
I don't how effective they are at higher levels but the Zombie Dogs are so much fun I'd have to include them in any WD build!
