lost in games

I’ve been playing Battlefield: Bad Company for the past week or so as it has been a game that i really wanted to try last year but missed the boat. Unfortunately, the single player campaign is extremely disappointing.

I can not get used to the controls and specifically the aiming part. It reminds me of the problems i have with FPS games on the PS3 where due to the sensitivity of the analog stick i find myself constantly making minor changes to aim properly. Bungie, Infinity Ward and so many others have shown us that this is not longer an issue on 360 FPS games.

Then it’s the destructability of objects which is good and bad. Good, because you never feel safe behind a wall or inside a building. Bad, because there is no consistency. You can bomb the hell out of a building but certain parts of it simply do not get destroyed. It loses it’s realistic feel and it’s even more noticeable than if there was no destruction at all.

Also, what is it with this healing system? You can heal yourself with an injection which basically has a meter showing you when you can do it again. It only takes a few seconds to recharge and this means that i am constantly injecting myself. I mean all the time! It feels so ridiculous. Why not simply use a recharging health instead??

Finally, you are in a squad of 4. Actually of 1 soldier (myself) and 3 guys who are just hanging around you shouting all the time. Their AI is horrible with some Naked Gun moments where they are shooting at enemies a meter away with nothing happening. Also one of them is supposed to be the demolitions expert and carries around a rocket launcher. But he never uses it! NEVER! If there is a tank or an armoured vehicle that needs to be taken out I am supposed to go find a RPG and take it out yourself.

As far as the story is concerned it is really irrelevant although i actually like the characters. But it’s a pretty shallow affair overall.

It’s a very boring FPS in fact. I am just going through the motions of finishing. Learn from my mistakes. Stay away!

There is good thread over at the forums of www.cygaming.net (Link) with a healthy discussion going on. I wish there were more discussions like this and also stop beating around the bush. Start naming Cypriot retailers charging exorbitant prices. Apart from the Megaland fiasco i also find Stephanis to have some ridiculous pricing system with games at Euro70 to Euro80 and i am not talking about limited editions.

Also something that all retailers have in common is that they are too late with their sales. They could introduce some deal of the week schemes much like the Game and Play online stores.

The first quarter of 2010 will be one of the busiest for many years. Why you may ask and what does this have to do with this week’s releases? Well, a lot of games publishers have moved the release date of their titles to avoid coinciding with the biggest release of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The chances are you have played the first Modern Warfare from Infinity Ward two years ago either in multiplayer or/and single player, so you know what this game is all about. The chances are it’s one of the games you will be picking up this year.

I have not seen any reviews yet on the game, but as the competition this week is pretty weak, there is no doubt that COD:MW2 is game of the week.

Release List

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360, PS3, PC, Wii)
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast (360, PS3)
Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage (Wii)
Tales Of Symphonia: Dawn Of The New World (Wii)
Tornado Outbreak (360, Wii, PS3)
Tropico 3 (360)
Speedzone (Wii)