Well, I got this game for Christmas. My wife picked up this, Wolfenstein II, and COD WWII.
I chose to jump on this first. First, I'm not an online gamer and am what I'd consider a casual gamer as I play when I have time. Being that I'm off work for a couple of weeks, I've spent my time playing games, reading, and cruising the internet...really productive I know.
Anyway, I'm to the part where I play as Kylo Ren. I'm not sure exactly what to do, but I'll figure it out. I've enjoyed the game so far. Game play has been pretty simple, shootouts are fun, hero play has been fun, and the highlights have been the amazing graphics. This game blows everything else out of the water in that regard. I doubt I'll get into the online play as I'm not paying to play when I've already dropped cash on the game itself.
I'm not sure what other options are available to play once I finish the story, but I assume it's the arcade mode. I will say that sucked and I thought it was stupid I had to wait (overnight it turned out) for the game to download to my console. Why in the world do we spend money on a game and we don't have immediate access to story mode? I think LA dropped the ball on that. The arcade level I played was quick and easy and that's about as great as it got.
So, my summary...I've had fun playing the story mode. I think I'm almost finished and while it was fun, it appears it was short. It stinks to drop cash, as many have said, and only get a few hours of game play before I have to start paying for stuff. Arcade mode sucks...sucks. Online, probably won't happen because I'm not that hardcore. As for gameplay goes, it's been fun and easy to work through. I just wish there was more to it. Hopefully if there is a BF3 then LA will expand the game and story mode. They improved a lot on the last one, but as many have indicated, this one appears to be lacking in some regards.