I started the game playing squads as it suggested and eventually created my squad and went through all the maps, most of them seem OK but there seems to be a lot of multi level maps, the gameplay seemed ok as well, i them moved on to the campaign for a while and quite enjoyed it. I then had a few games of Extinction and i still have to make my mind up about that, i found it hard work, Then came the multiplayer, jumped in on core domination and after about four games realized why i play hardcore, the gameplay was very good but core is not my favourite, i then moved into hardcore search and rescue and i started to enjoy the game a bit more (at least i started killing people) and my only problem in that game is the wait for the game to end if your tag is not picked up. i then went to Hardcore KC and i started to really enjoy it better i had quite a few decent positive games and the connection seemed fine just had a couple of blips but nothing serious. Ranking up seems a lot harder than before and it seems the squad points don't add up very quickly so it's improving as you go on. I've solely been using the Honeybadger SMG and it seems a beast in hardcore close up and at long range, loads of perks to chose from (when you've got the points to unlock them) the 8 point system works well, i removed my secondary to give me extra points for perks. haven't worked out what my best strike package is yet until i can unlock what i need, I can't really pass judgement on the first day but to me it's looking like a positive feel to it. managed to get to rank 6. i haven't worked out yet how to get squad points a lot quicker.