Grinds My Gears: Call of Duty and Other Over-Hyped Games
70 days 3 hours ago
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ksmooches
I remember how some people tore apart RSV2 and other games for being
released only a year after their first one(which is wrong b/c RSV1 was
2 years ago). Now, here comes Call of Duty 5, only a year after Cod4,
and everyone is all over that...wtf?
Maybe it's because a lot
of people liked the first game more, or the extra hype, or the PC gamers.
But obviously, the game hasn't had too much development time, and it's
not Madden or any other sports game, where minor tweaks will do it because
most people that buy it just want upgraded rosters.
I for one
would choose RSV over CoD because it's more team oriented, and you feel a
real sense of accomplishment when you defeat the other team, rather
just running around shooting and hoping your teammates get some kills
and help the cause. Graphics also don't make a game, so I'll admit its
not the best looking game, but it's fun and that's all that matters.
COD4 players hyped the game up sooo much and when gamers start to hype
games up, they start to rub off on casual gamers who go buy the game
and will not let anything change their mind about how good/fun the game
is. Honestly, CoD5 is shaping up to be a GTA4/Halo3, so hyped up that
reviewers will have no choice but to throw out the 10's no matter if
the single player is shoddy, or non existent(really they should make this game
online only and sell it at $40).
And it might not be super
hyped right now, but it will start going up when it's release comes
closer. The game, from what little i read, is just putting parts from
other games and adding it to the one from last year, like vehicles and
such. This stuff is not original but someone will say they do it
better, someone might go on a limb and accidentally call it original.
Like what they did with COD4 and exp and unlockables...other games did
that first, maybe not as good, but still no reason to say that it was
the first to do it.
I think I just have a bias towards over
hyped games, like COD, Halo, GTA - the only reason why i preorderd GTA4
was to keep EA from taking take two and i ended up getting one of the
copies that kept me from playing any GTA4 disc so i gave up on the
game. Haze is another one, not as hyped, but i saw it as it was before
it was shown, just another FPS. And I have a feeling that Killzone 2
might become the next Haze/Lair. The biggest issue that i have with
myself is the thought in the back of my head that Resistance 2 is gonna
do something wrong, but Insomniac always has listened to their fans and
fixed issues, so i don't feel too bad about That game.
I
just think that games shouldn't be talked about until at least a demo is
out, because we all just set ourselves up for disappointment. Sometimes
I think games should not be announced, until a week or a few days before
its release, to keep reviewers and everyone else's opinions honest and
unbiased, well, not as biased as they are gonna be already
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