OK, don't take this as a rant, or anti-UBI post. I would just like to air my thoughts about the once-pretty good game.
I echo all the "[GR] was great etc etc" sentiments, as I played for quite a few years too. RSE did a damned fine job.
GRAW came along... it was okay. Buggy but okay.
GRAW 2 was next... Just okay but still a bit better than GRAW
In between I've played VEGAS and Silent Hunter. Both UBI titles and both had the potential to be great games. BUT, UBI ignored it's customers when they cried for updates, patches, bugfixes etc. Over on the Vegas forums, things were incredibly hostile from both UBI reps and the forum residents. At the end of the day, UBI gave everyone the bird saying "thanks for buying our games, now **** off and stop whining". Pretty much the same with SH4 too.
I think the same is going to happen to GRAW 2. UBI/GRIN will just let it die. The fanbase is too small and they're made their money out of us. Maybe us "old school [GR]" players are just too old and we aren't moving with the times? It just seems that every FPS these days follows the same formula:
"run, shoot, die, respawn, run ,shoot, die, respawn..." not forgetting the bunnyhopping of course.
Being ignorant of the programming aspect, it amazes me as to why UBI/GRIN haven't even made the SP maps into MP ? Surely this isn't THAT hard to do? But again, maybe that points back to the UBI response to the VEGAS issues? "we don't give a damn, we got your money. hahahaha" Shame because it will breathe new life into the game.
GRAW 2 is dead in my opinion and UBI/GRIN will not attempt to resurrect it. C'est la vie.
Now I've moved to COD4... I'm not really that impressed. Yes, as others have said, it's pretty to look at. But again as others have said it has it's flaws. I probably won't continue to play COD4 purely because of the nature of the game (non tactical) but it's ok to play just for short term.
For those who stick it out and continue with GRAW 2, have fun