Coffee Break Musings
CAUTION: This post contains spoilers for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. If you are one of the few gamers who hasn’t completed one of the finest shooters even made, proceed with caution!
After my last post where I ruminated on the slightly uneasy feeling I had playing Call of Duty: World at War, I did make it through to the end.
Having made it through to the spectacular set piece ending and the message it delivers overall I did enjoy the game, and if it was designed to make an impression as well as make a land fill of money for Activision then it’s mission accomplished for Treyarch.
It reminded me of THAT scene in Modern Warfare where one of your characters dies from radiation poisoning and his injuries. That was a truly shocking moment that to my mind hadn’t been done before in a game. There is nothing particularly subtle about a Call of Duty game, but Infinity Ward managed to turn out a scene that was remarkably well handled. Modern Warfare puts across its message in a slightly more heavy handed way. Both equally effective in their own ways.
I also tried out the inFamous demo over the weekend, very much like Crackdown. An open world+super powers always = goodness. It is released in the US today and here on Friday. I’m trying desperately hard not to preorder it at the moment and be swept up in the tidal wave of positive reviews and forum comments. As I currently have a handful of Wii titles that are still unplayed it would be rather excessive of me to add another game to the pile. Give it six weeks and there will be at least ten pounds off it anyway, or I will just add it to my rental queue.
Finally, my Wii related fitness charge continues apace. After a couple of false starts yesterday (trying to exercise when you are angry is always a recipe for disaster) I managed a full half hour on Wii Fit, and even managed to complete the ten minute free jog mode without stopping to catch my breath.
The new EA Sports Active which arrived today will no doubt be a very different beast altogether.
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well maybe I will have to rent World at War afterall.
I’m torn about infamous too, not sure if it would be a game that I would get into or not. Must read more reviews.
InFamous seems to be getting very solid reviews across the board. General wisdom is you’ll like it if you like Crackdown. I’m not going to buy it, but it’s at the top of my rental queue.
Picked up inFamous about a week ago and it’s great! Solid engine and controls. Good environments and missions. I’m still near the beginning and haven’t unlocked all of the powers, but combat is a little bit (and only a little bit) repetitive. I guess it’s balanced by being able to shoot people with electricity though, so it’s swings and roundabouts really