When a game is released, it enters into competition for the time and money of its target audience. The latest entry into the first-person shooter fray is Bodycount, a game that tries to gain a foothold by putting you on semi-destructible battlefields where skillful kills are rewarded with powerful...

Skillshots can be gratifying; Some sizable and appealing environments; A few fun guns

Gameplay feels flat; Campaign is only six hours long; Enemy AI is lackluster; Multiplayer modes are rudimentary

Like Bulletstorm before it, Bodycount revels in the over-the-top sensation of shredding scads of enemies in violently creative ways. As a well-armed operative for a mysterious military corporation, you'll pop into Africa, Asia, and a handful of sleek, futuristic bases to extinguish civil wars and...

+ Combo system and power-ups give game a distinct feel; solid campaign with diverse states and unique boss fights

- Multiplayer is laughably lightweight and feels tacked-on; ?

Tried the demo and it was just plain awful, one of the worst games I have played in a long time. How does Codemasters expect to compete in today's market of FPS I have no idea! Don't see this game doing well at all! Rent, don't buy...

But I'm getting ahead of myself. For those who've never encountered Bodycount before, it's a first-person shooter designed to put the f...

Fantastically destructive action, OSB works beautifully..; online, Very fun when it's all kicking off

Poor signposting and checkpoints; Bodycount mode is a level select; Highly suspect grading system

Most people have played or at least heard of Black. It was a shooter on Xbox and PS2 that really pushed the limits of what the hardware could do back then, and aside from being a little on the...

+ Solid shooting mechanics; + Destructible environments

Feels unfinished; Online is a waste; AI is terrible; Content is extremely lacking

While any game could have learned a lesson from the instant restarts (did I mention they were glorious), Bodycount would have done well to take heed of Bulletstorm . Bodycount should have been a similar style of FPS-as-racing game, finding that perfect line through straightforward levels, racking up...

Bodycount has its place, but for the full price and at this time of year, it's hard to recommend for purchase for any gamer who needs to pick and choose his way through this upcoming holiday gaming season.

It's probably what I was thinking as well. Something along the lines of: "Does the world really need another FPS?", followed by some mutterings under my breath about how Codies should stick to their forte of making superb racing games instead. But I digress. Bodycount .

Billed as the spiritual successor to the classic last-gen shooter, Black, until the mysterious departure of motor-mouthed project lead, Stuart Black, Bodycount is a stingingly average shooter.

When Outtie gave me a plain looking game box with just a myriad of guns and the title Bodycount, this should have been my first clue as to what to expect.  The second clue should have been the lack of any sort of description of what Bodycount is about on the back of the box as well as in the...