: However, the sound effects sound very "game-ish," the environment
: looks very training ground-eque (and I feel I can say with confidence that
: this is on purpose, no?), and a lot of the HUD elements also feel very
: "game-ish." This sits well with me for something called
: "War Games," but I hope very few of these elements make the
: crossover into the Single Player. Because, of course, they AREN'T war
: games.

So is it mostly map related in that regards? How many maps are in the beta? Maybe the map is primarily for the beta; not really any reason to make the beta map very 'canon-friendly'. I'd be more concerned about the final release were it about the map aesthetic. *shrug*