So Long, Farewell....

So my Xbox Live ran out today, which means that tomorrow I'll be trading in Modern Warfare 2.

Oh Modern Warfare 2, How you've given me laughs, endless fun and callsigns.

Anyway, out of grievance I'll be getting this for the PS3...



*sniggers*

Original Dungeon Keeper Podcast: Episode 1

So I've decided to do a podcast. It's pretty self explanatory. It's pretty awful as well I reckon but who am I to judge? If you guys like it then please leave a comment as I'd rather like to run with this idea for a little while longer than just a week.

Enjoy!

An Epic Gamer Indeed

I don't care that I've posted two videos in a row, and you're probably all after a more serious post but.. come on. What isn't great about this video?

Apart from the fact that it was probably planned?

This 'n That

Haven't really been playing much recently.

I've been having the odd mess about on Modern Warfare every night, but apart from that it's just been short bursts of inFamous.

Still, I'm keeping up with the times and that over at CVG.

Also nFortress celebrated it's two year anniversary today. You should check it out if you haven't done so already.

PC MW and a Revelation!

So after all the outrage of Modern Warfare 2 not supporting dedicated servers on the PC, the PC community have finally cracked the system.

Well done guys, I honestly mean it. Infinity Ward have really screwed you all over and it sucks, especially since you all supported that little game called Call of Duty back in 2003...

In other news, Metal Gear Solid is coming to the Playstation store this Thursday. I know the other day I asked you guys to get me a muffin and Peggle but you all seemed to have outperformed yourselves on this one! This is even better!

So next week Resi 2 and a flapjack yea?

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Review

So a lot of you are going to see that this is my review and hopefully read it out of... I dunno, habit I guess. A lot of you however, aren't going to bother because you're so sick of hearing about this by now you actually want to physically stop playing Videogames. So to start, I'm going to tell you what's bad about Modern Warfare 2.

The campaign mode within MW2 is shockingly average. The story goes nowhere, and it feels like Infinity Ward have just recycled pages that were torn out of classic war films like Black Hawk Down and Red Dawn (You read the latter right. For a reason that makes practically no sense, the Russians invade America in a scene that isn't even a homage to Red Dawn, it just is Red Dawn. In fact, the level is even called "Wolverines") It's a mess basically. Whereas the first game didn't have much of a strength to it's narrative, MW2 doesn't even have a narrative. In it's place stands a long selection of twenty minute set pieces. Despite all this however, the campaign is enjoyable. Some scenes are shocking, some upsetting, some... downright tasteless but I won't go into that. Modern Warfare 2 may not be worth buying for the campaign alone but I would call you a fool if you didn't complete it. The campaign is, I must admit, my only niggle. For all it's joy and excitement, it is at the end of the day "Scripted, all the way down to the last bullet" as a friend so rightly put it.


But then, the campaign certainly isn't why people flocked in their millions to purchase MW2 and it's certainly not the reason why this blog has deteriorated since Tuesday. Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer is once again just as deliciously addictive as before. It hasn't changed dramatically, but how is that a bad thing? All additions to the experience make it just that little bit sweeter (Customised Kill streaks, additional XP from headshots, deathstreaks, more perks, more ranks and a fudge load of new weapons) and everything that's been removed (Mainly glitches and a few minor animations etc.) has been done so in order to make this the definitive arcade-Esq modern warfare multiplayer to date™.

The new game modes are good fun, the maps are all lovely and overall it's an amazing game. I'm having a whole lot of fun with this game and I have a feeling I will be for quite a long time. To me, this was worth the £45 price tag alone. If you liked COD4 and COD5, I have every confidence that you will adore what COD6 has to offer. If you were never a fan, then I doubt you'll like this at all.

On top of the multiplayer is the new Spec-Ops mode, which is basically the Challenge mode from Timesplitters Future Perfect with online play. Spec-Ops is a collection of segments from the main campaign, edited for two players with a time limit slapped on. It's great fun, and it ranges from fighting off waves of enemies, to fighting your way up a burning bridge to racing your mate in a snowmobile. It may not be as impressive as the multiplayer, but it's certainly fantastic fun to mess around with for a few hours.

All in all, Modern Warfare 2 (I'm getting sick of typing that) is a fantastic game worthy of it's global acknowledgement as a landmark within this years release schedule. All though it's not game of the year in my eyes, (Uncharted 2 beats it by a long shot) it's still a very important game.

Modern Warfare 2 represents the lad's mag of videogaming. Whereas games like Uncharted 2 are the experiences you cherish forever, like classic cinema or novels, Call of Duty is the game that you and a few mates always smile back on fondly. It's the game that requires, nay, demands you crack out a beer, get a few bags of crisps and lie back on your chair. It's the game that you'll want to get 1000 gamerscore on. It's the game you enjoy, regardless of what you're labelled as.

(When I say Lad's mag, I mean it metaphorically. There seems to be a lot more girls playing this than most online games on the Xbox.)

Modern Warfare SUCKS (Apparantly)

If anyone hasn't seen this... well. You're sort of missing out. I only have one comment to make.

Modern Warfare 2 isn't that bad....

Odds and Ends

Just a few things.

I've been obsessed with Modern Warfare 2 since it's release. I'll be honest, it was ridiculously expensive (Came to £60 overall as I had to buy a subscription to LIVE as well... Boo!) but I'm having fun with it. Expect a review on Saturday.

Secondly, where the hell is my Resident Evil 2 and Metal Gear Solid on the PS store? Also, WHERE THE HELL IS PEGGLE? I've been waiting for it since JANUARY. That's nine months I've been waiting for it. Bloody commies. I'm not even that bothered about it, it's just the fact that Sony take an absolute age to get anything done. *sighs*

As you've probably noticed this week I've had very little to talk about gaming wise. Seems to have been a slow week (bar the absolute pandemonium that was the release of Modern Warfare 2). How about you, my dear readers, leave a comment below and propose something for me to talk about?

Not that I'm running out of ideas, It's just I've been preoccupied by COD6 lately and I don't just want to focus on that xD

Until then, someone go get me Peggle on the PS3. And a muffin.

Modern Warfare: Reflex (Wii)

So this is the first level of Modern Warfare Wii and... It looks fairly decent! Technically underwhelming, yea... but as a Wii Port? Not that bad I guess!

Modern Whorefare 2

I have this pre-ordered, and I'm in two minds. The first is so excited he could wee himself. The other is so bitter and disappointed he would make me wee myself out of pure shame...

See, this bitter side is angry for two reasons. The first, is the ridiculous price tag on the thing. £55!! What the FUCK! Wait... I'm actually willing to pay this?? WHAT THE DOUBLE FUCK!

Secondly, I'm getting it for the Xbox. Which... well I know for a fact that the frame rate and the graphics will be more superior on the PS3 but.. well I know more people on Xbox live. But the main reason for this decision is... they're only releasing the map packs on the Xbox. Oh yes, I lowered myself to the point where I will allow Activision to bend me over.

The gamer within me is going ballistic. It's telling me that it's just a ploy, they'll all be released for the PS3 a few months afterwards... but I'm not listening, and I don't know why D:

Modern Warfare 2 - The Cash Cow

In a further attempt to apparently bore everyone who reads my blog with tales of how expensive things are these days, I bring you news that Activision would like to raise the already high price of it's products believing that titles such as the Call of Duty series would sell in the same high numbers "Regardless of price".

Bearing in mind that Modern Warfare 2 is already going to cost the quite alarming amount of £54.99 for the standard edition, I have only this to say:

These Games Look Tasty!

Is it just me, or do all the latest games look very VERY good. I dunno what it is, but Bioshock 2, Modern Warfare 2 and Assasins Creed 2 all just look so polished and well made. They look like the iPhone's of the videogames world.

Just a thought!

Taking The COD Out Of War

In a bizzare turn of events, Infinity ward have stated that the next Call Of Duty game... won't be a Call of Duty game... Kind of.

It's an odd choice, but never mind. Call of Duty 5 got rather boring so it's no wonder that they've decided to divide the two time periods apart once and for all.

Oh, and for all those who havn't seen the teaser trailer:

It looks immense!