At first I didn’t want to buy this game, but thanks to positive reviews and a discount on Steam, I decided to buy it. The impression of the game is ambiguous. First, the good stuff. Firstly, I liked the plot, which shows how a person changes during war. I also liked the scenery of Dubai. There are cool features, such as finishing off the enemy (thanks to which ammunition is replenished in the years), shooting from behind cover, the ability to fire from a turret while crouched, there are several types of grenades, the ability to order partners, several endings and, although visual, there is a choice for player.
Now about the bad. Shooting in this game is something special - on high difficulties you can shoot an enemy in the head, and only his HAT will fall (!!!), or he will fall to the floor, but then rise again. Or there are opponents who can withstand several bullets from NK 417 to the HEAD (!!!) and this is in a simple helmet (not a juggernaut). The monotonous gameplay also gets boring - the locations are long and all you have to do in them is shoot crowds of enemies and hide behind cover + sometimes you come across cool moments (like the moment with the mortar). Another downside is that the situation with the choice for GG does not in any way affect the further narrative and ending - you can even put all the civilians in mission 13 and still GG will remain alive. The same situation is with endings, only here the player chooses the ending himself - by shooting at Conrad, he survives and waits for a rescue mission (they can be killed or surrender), if he doesn’t shoot, he dies. There are many examples of good games where the player’s actions affect the ending. Why they didn’t implement it like this here, especially with such a plot, is unclear. The controls are also not the best in this game.
But despite all this, I liked the game and it’s worth playing through, but only once. The second time + high difficulty will spoil the entire impression of the first playthrough (at least that was the case for me). Unless to get all the achievements.