Yeah, its true Edge are big boys and capable of not bowing to popular opinion, BUT... being a very cynical person and given the massive hoo-hah directed at nearly all reviews, I detect a sense of not wanting to get burned twice. Edge prides itself on being a bit different from the rest so the fact that this 'uns been given another spate of 9's by all and sundry just heightens my suspicions.

My opinions on the game are a bit compromised though as I've had the priviledge of playing it in 3D, which combined with the non-stop, no brains action rollercoaster style has made the campaign something really special.

FAIL! Actually, its Hudson, with weaver watching. I suck, even at being pedantic.

As for my review of the review - this feels a bit like a response to the backlash Edge got for giving MW2 such a glowing review. For me campaign & multiplayer are superior to MW2 so it credits more like an 8, but with a docked point to satisfy COD haters.

First!

"one mission begins with Mason forcing a shard of glass into a man’s mouth and then punching him repeatedly in the jaw, after which the victim leads the player through the level while shouting"

No it doesn't, its Weaver that does that.

If I play the transformers game, it doesn't brainwash me into hating the decepticons.

It's the ideology of the decepticons that makes me hate them.

Plenty of natural resources to steal in Africa. The reason no-one intervened is because "we'd done enough harm already", which is the equivalent of setting someone else's house on fire and then not calling the fire brigade.