I have been wanting to write a few blogs on different types of media/entertainment for awhile now. The problem is that it takes a lot of spare time that I have been short of lately, so I apologize for the delay in a new post.
I want to start with my favorite type of media - video games. I have played video games as along as I can remember. I think my favorite growing up was RC ProAm on the original Nintendo.
Now, there are few games I play outside of the Call Of Duty series. Here's a quick history of Call Of Duty recap: ActiVision owns and publishes the Call Of Duty games, but they are developed by two main developers. Infinity Ward started the developing with the original Call Of Duty (2003), and then Call Of Duty 2 (2005). Treyarch then jumped in the developers' competition with Call Of Duty 3 (2006) and then was followed by Infinity Ward's first Modern Warfare game in Call Of Duty 4 (2007). Treyarch's World At War (2008) was a big hit, following up their WWII storyline that they started in COD3. Next came Inifinity Ward again with Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009), to be followed by the current version Call Of Duty: Black Ops (2010) by Treyarch.
In reviewing the history of COD, I have never realized how many there actually are! I started playing on my Playstation 2, and moved up to my Xbox360. I have played them all, and I tend to like the Infinity Ward games over the Treyarch games. As I play mostly the online gaming, I find that small things have held Treyarch back, such as bad spawning, the classic problem of shooting someone a thousand times and not killing them, and of course there are always glitches, but there always seem to be more in the Treyarch games (some may disagree, but WAW was ridiculous). I love WWII history, so their story lines were interesting, and it was a lot of fun shooting the old German and American guns from the era, but there was always something missing. Infinity Ward, however, has never made me feel that way. I was still hung up on WAW despite the glitches to play much of Modern Warfare, however when I started, I could barely leave it alone until MW2 came out. I was completely addicted to MW2 and it is still probably my favorite overall. Now we have Black Ops, which, again leaves me wanting a little something more. Of course, being Treyarch, spawning is horrible, and the guns are all the same and boring at this point, and the whole earning money to buy the guns idea is just annoying to me. I still like it, though, and actually think that maps are more complicated and fun this time around.
I do love the back and forth competition from the developing teams in the COD series, and the only real overall complaint I would have about them is that they are too short! I do play the online more than the story, but it only takes a good 5 to 6 hours at the most to get through them. And it always leaves me wanting more, no matter which developer it is. I suppose that's so you'll buy the next one that comes out, though, right? And that leads us to what this whole blog was supposed to be about!
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3! This is going to be epic. Here is a peak (may I suggest full screen in HD):
Z!O!M!G! I am so extremely excited about this game. It comes out, as you saw, November 8th. Don't expect to talk to me for weeks, maybe months following the release. It gives me the whole World At War feeling (or WW3 as they put it), but with modern technology, and amazing graphics. Hopefully Infinity Ward has a few surprises in their pocket, too, that turn out way cooler than a remote control car and exploding arrows (Black Ops).
There are other games I play other than COD. I tend to like first person shooter games and have tried Army Of Two (first one), Rainbow Six, Medal Of Honor, and Halo (3 of them - how many are there now?). I really didn't like any of them all that much. They were entertaining for a couple of weeks, but they just didn't have the the longevity that COD always seems to have (Halo fans, I'm sorry - just doesn't compare). I do own Left 4 Dead and L4D2. I like the first one the best, and they are entertaining to play once in awhile, especially with a group of friends.
I suppose that this is all old news to the gamers out there, and will probably not be read by anyone that isn't a gamer, but it was fun to write, and I hope to kick your butt in COD multiplayer! >:[ <-- pwnd face. ;)
Now, compare MW3 to Battlefield 3 :)
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