I have watched many videos and saw how over the top the game is, and so I thought it would be a run and gun at "Bring Them On (Normal)" difficulty. Guess what, if you don't use cover at all, enemies will adjust their aim very quickly, and you will die soon afterwards. Fortunately, there are almost always alternate paths that allow the player to avoid the most difficult encounters.
The game is from 2009 ish but it looks better than that. It is far from being the most photorealistic game, but the visual style works and the grittiness of it fits the setting. Game play is intense but doable; my only gripe is that you can't lean out of cover.
It is hilarious that I still have muscle memory from this game, 1 for pistol, 2 for rifle etc. Anyway I had a blast treating this game almost like run-n-gun; knowing where every enemy is on Easy difficulty, it's not too hard. The game is showing its age especially through its AI --- it's a hypersensitive aimbot, and sometimes it's frustrating how easily alerted it is. But if you are able to look past that, then blast away
