Ok so the title of the article may be a little bit of a giveaway as to the way this review is going to go. However you may be surprised.

Ok first, things first, while I appreciate the way the world is going in regards to DRM, and I love Steam as a platform for Digital distribution, I hate that if I purchase a retail copy of a game from a store that it then forces me to install and patch through Steam, fair enough if I had purchased the game digitally, however if I buy a retail copy I expect to be able to install it wherever I like. It’s a trend I have seen with Dawn of War, Total War and others taking this road, but I don’t like.

Ok onto the game. First the good. The graphics were well done. Playing this game on a good system at high resolution was like a massage for the eyes, beautiful colours, nicely rendered environments and realistic clothing made this game a joy to behold. The story was also engaging and tightly scripted bringing you into the life of Vito Scaletta and forcing you to emotionally invest in the character. This was a blessing and a curse (more on that later)

Drunkards in Combat? DIC? Aren't they successful kents, playing on super dope PC's, with awesome styled names and tags,  pr0 gamer circuit champs coming off fresh on the fun crusher plus worldtour -London, Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo, sydney??? lulz Pimpin'calendar girls of the net, glossed out, death starz on COD TV.

Meh!

while we might not be pr0 as all that ^ there can be no doubt that inside the Drunkards camp for all of those involved in the running of the GA COD 4 team, we can all agree it was the greatest thing.
Even though we're not the best, we all feel like winners, it was really happening for us this season. When it was good it was great and everything that happens now is just the sweet thereafter of another successful season in COD 4