Medal of Honor – Modern Times

Before beginning work on Project Dooley, I went to browse some other blogs just to see what was going on out there in the world of my fellow gamers and game developers. I was definitely intrigued when I came across the brutal, special ops looking gentleman on the cover of an upcoming Medal of Honor game at The Cookbook.

I never got into the WWII fps craze. I tried a few of the games as the third or fourth different company was cranking one out, but they just didn’t appeal to me. I prefer more modern style or futuristic weapons in my fps games. I heard that Medal of Honor was considering a modern iteration a while back and I’m glad to see that they are progressing with that plan. I think competition in the market will keep Call of Duty making a quality game. Just look at Madden’s more recent iterations to see the kind of things that CAN happen when no competition is present.

So, I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on the new Medal of Honor as its release date draws near sometime in 2010.

Modern Warfare 2

The only game really on my “I’m playing” list right now is the newest Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 2. The first Call of Duty that I owned was Call of Duty: World at War, and I bought that like 7-8 months after it was released. The primary reason for me buying that was definitely the Nazi Zombies mode of the game. But this time around it was very different…

I stood in a line at Wal-Mart to get this at its midnight release. I then spent several hours playing it that very night before heading to bed. I have played some of the campaign but have definitely focused my attention on playing multiplayer. I don’t know if it hasn’t crossed your radar or not yet, but there is one very controversial mission in the game. In fact, the game asks you (perhaps 2 times?) if you’d like to skip it or not. It does not affect your ability to complete the game. While I played it and I take my games to be games, I won’t directly put it here on the site, I’ll instead send you off to YouTube on your own accord. A search over there for Modern Warfare 2 Terrorist Mission should put you in the right place. If you’re easily offended, I highly suggest you DO NOT go watch.

As I said earlier, I primarily play the multiplayer which I have been loving! Not since Halo 2 have I played and enjoyed multiplayer fps gameplay so much. My favorite game mode is free-for-all. I just particularly enjoy that every man for himself feel I suppose. I have tried a few other play modes but always find myself going back to ffa when it comes time to just sit down and enjoy playing for a little while.

So, just wanted to share what I’ve been spending my free time doing over the past week. I will be turning my efforts to Project Dooley very soon and hopefully be finishing that up before the end of the year.

Call of Duty and Me

I haven’t been a fan of the Call of Duty series for a very long time. It was just never a series that drew me in. A big part of that may have been the sheer multitude of WW2 games that were flooding the market. In years past, I have been a big fan of the Halo series. Not because I contend it’s an ultimate implementation of the fps genre or anything, but just because I found it very fun. I like the aspects of shields and that ability to regenerate (given enough time). And when I wanted a more realistic experience, I tended to turn to my PC and play a mod of Half-Life (Firearms being the one I played most frequently).

When my cousin got into Call of Duty, I got a chance to play the games without having to buy or rent the game which was a big positive. I played a little co-op story (I love co-op games) with him in Modern Warfare and World at War. I could see how the series became so popular but it still didn’t quite feel like my kind of game. But over this past summer that all came to a very abrupt change! My cousin had finished the campaign and been playing the zombie game at the end of World at War. He thought I’d like it, and when we got together for him to show it to me and let me play it, he was absolutely right!

I had borrowed Left 4 Dead from a friend and played it for a couple of months. It re-energized my desire to play games on XBox Live! I throughly enjoyed it. So, I was expecting a similar gameplay experience when I played WaW zombie mode. But to my surprise, it was an experience I enjoyed even more!! The feeling of being more about surviving than progressing through an area a-la L4D, the variety of weapons available and the fun strategy that went into trying to survive as long as possible whether playing single player or 4-player.

So, now I have logged a decent number of hours in CoD. I’ve played some, but not all, of the story of WaW, multiplayer deathmatch and zombie mode. So now, I would definitely consider myself a fan of CoD even though I still feel as if I’m a better player in the Halo universe.

And even with that said, Halo: ODST is “meh” for me. I may end up owning it at some point but I won’t be getting it on day 1 and am not overly excited about it. But Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2… that can’t get released soon enough. I can’t wait!

They even play Call of Duty on The Office (such a brilliant tv show!!).