games game and more game
November 4, 2003
Man the next few months are going to be really exciting on the game front. Hvae some really good titles coming out that should keep me busy for a long time to come. That is when i finish all the current ones i have now 
Only downer is the fact that Half-Life 2 was delayed till April 2004, Valve is saying it was due to the fact that an unknown cracker broke into their network and stole about a 3rd of the games source code. I been waiting for this title for a long time as a avid fan of the original series. It also doesnt help after seeing all the really neat demos that they put out to show the capabilities of their new tech. But you know what i waited this long for it, i can wait a few more months. In the meantime i wll just have to hurry up and get through everything else i currently have.
Call Of Duty was released last week. It’s another World War 2 based first person shooter that has you playing as different allied armies (USA, British, Russian). The single player demos were really really good, very fast paced and action packed. Plus the sound effects were jaw dropping. From the sounds of German machine gun positions opening up on your squad, to the morter rounds being dropped ontop of you, to the anti aircraft opening up on the allied planes flying above you, it makes you really think that you are there in the middle of it. I also got a chance to check out the multiplayer and wasnt really impressed with it. It has some neat features, but overall to me its a rehash of everything else thats been out there. I think i might pick this up for the single player alone and not bother with multiplayer.
I’m going to try and start writing some small reviews for games i happen to rent or get my hands on. The might be the best reviews in the world, but i dont get paid to do this all day. and i am more doing it to improved my lackluster writing abilities.
Now i am going to toss in a small rant. Lately i been getting pertty jaded with PC gaming in general. The reason why is that lately with all the cheating thats been going on with all the different multiplayer games out there, to the trashtalking 13 year olds who think they are l33t, to games coming out that will have a 50/50 chance of working on your system before needing 3 or 4 patches, its starting to get really old. Especially the last part , with the way games are coming out nowadays. I’m not going to totally lay blame on the developers, i understand that there are so many different hardware configurations out there to make sure your game works on them all. Or your publisher is pushing to get the game out the door so they can make money on it. Its getting to the point that i dont want to spend $50 or get really frustrated on a game that needs a ton of work arounds to get working, or not working at all. So i think i am going to start sticking with console games more then PC ones for now. Atleast i know that they will work right out of the box.
