Clearly what I wrote was a strongly weighted rant. Read any of jjafuller’s game/movie reviews on his site this post was pretty much inspired by that. I actually had more fun writing this post then I did playing COD. This post and my FFX post were just a blast to write and I think it was playing a game that I was divided on gave me a lot to think about and that is a good thing. I couldn’t imagine writing about something and just gushing over it.

Mostly I just needed to play the game to see what everybody sees in it. EVERYBODY plays and loves these games. Hell almost revere these games as the second coming of christ and I needed to find out why. Since MW2 has came out 95% of the time on my friends list somebody is playing it. I actually do like the COD games the first two were great and I almost bout the COD Classic on the XB and I did have fun co-op’ing World at War awhile back. If COD4 had co-op I promise you this post wouldn’t have existed.

Aside from a few games my favorite games recently have been co-op games like Halo Borderlands L4D and the single player of COD can’t come c;lose to the fun I’ve had recently with those games. The games I’ve played from December 2008-December 2009 (I really should write a post on this and include Bioshock and Fallout 3 to completion) have been so good.

Clearly I could write forever about this but to be honest I agree with everything you said vanbergs. Hopefully I’ll be able to write most but for now this is what you get lol

brb

If you played it on normal, or even hardened, you would have played through a campaign that is short-lived, but very satisfying. Granted, the story is borderline nonsensical when you ultimately reconsider the events in your own mind, and in a game with such catastrophic missions and events, you’d expect the narrative to help supply some emotional weight. But the masses have spoken, and the majority of players are willing to pay top dollar for a 6 hour campaign, as long as it has kickass multiplayer to make it last past a rental.

The hand-holding nature of the new breed of shooters is something that won’t go away. And to be honest, Call of Duty isn’t even close to being the worst offender of guiding players to the right path. Look at the Gears of War franchise. They actually include push-button hints on how to defeat bosses, while you’re in the middle of fighting them. And general combat, forget about it. Run to area with cover, get ambushed by enemies, take cover, dispatch enemies, and repeat. That’s the entire game. But as with Call of Duty, the action/gameplay is so well-done, the repetitive gameplay tends to become a strength. Back to narratives for a second…Gears has an even more shattered storyline than CoD. But, like CoD, I looked the other way because, in the thick of the game itself, it’s a blast to play it.

Games like Bioshock and Fallout 3 manage to strike that perfect balance of freedom, exploration, and diversity to bring a much more complete package to the table, especially when narrative is used to tie all the mechanics together. But sometimes it’s just easier and more fun to throw in a game that you can beat in one or two sittings for a fun bit of escapism.

We should beat Gears of War on hardcore, I’ll be Dom brb.

LOL

Also I would like to write a post like this about L4D.

I can’t wait for our kicker matchup

It needs a reboot.

Also plz fix your site. When I hit tab from name -> Email -> website in the comment form it always kicks me up to your search bar!

did you ever play the NES “Rambo” game vanberge?

brb

Keep up the good work. I would like to see another 14 posts this weekend.

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