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Thankfully, though, we did manage to communicate and began planning our escape. The initial part of the mission had us trying to clear a room that had foreign attackers rushing in at us. There are a number of different entry points that enemies can attack from, so knowing which areas to cover is extremely important. Because those points can change from one attempt to the next, moving fast makes all the difference. After clearing that room, a door opened and a hallway became available for us to progress through; of course, this also made way for more enemies. As we attempted to rush through this area, enemies from a building across the street began to snipe at us. Here, it's best to crouch and not bother firing at the snipers by focusing all of your attacks at the next hallway in front of you.

After making it through a firefight in one large area with enemies on two floors, we entered a section where we were pinned against the wall. Then, we had to separate from our partner. In this particular area, there will be two entrances on two different floors and you'll both have to attack the next area on your own. One will try to clear the room from above while the other does it from the ground. This was probably the most difficult portion for us because the upper section was essentially a dead end, and if one character fell during this fight, getting to him and reviving him could result in that character's death as well.

That's where our talk about this particular map ends, but it was far from over. Expect a few more corridors and office areas with enemies to confront. Then, there is the grand finale and a rush to the exit.

This wouldn't be called a content overload if we only talked about multiplayer and co-op. Of course, we got to play the first few missions of the game's single-player. The first real mission in the game has you and your squadmates in the middle of Tehran. Earlier this year, EA and DICE released a series of trailers showcasing a mission where a character shot an RPG at an enemy in a building across the way, defused a bomb, and then got stuck in the middle of an earthquake. Well, Operation Sword Breaker is that mission, and it plays out with the same intensity of the trailers.

The second mission is entitled Uprising and takes place immediately following the earthquake. You're alive but separated from your party so you need to avoid the enemy, try to secure a weapon, and hope to regroup with other members of your squad or anyone that doesn't want you dead. This mission wasn't very long, but the first few moments where we were trying to avoid enemy contact and crawl through the debris were quite gripping.

The third and final mission we played, called Going Hunting, took place around the same time as Uprising, but here, you play as fighter pilot Lt. Jennifer Colby Hawkins. You and your partner are flying high in the skies, and as the gunner, you're in charge of eliminating all incoming opposition. You don't fly the plane in this mission but are responsible early on to trigger countermeasures and shoot guns and missiles at the number of foes that are trying to take you out. Halfway through the mission, your role slightly changes and you become a marker, pointing out enemies scattered around the airport below and assisting in eliminating all threats.