I'm kind of on a family vacation right now, and I don't have
regular access to WiFi, so I decided to post this to give a rundown of what
I'll be posting within the next two weeks. I know I made this blog to review
both anime and games, and I also know that it's been lacking on the gaming
side, that's because I'm currently writing a review for dragon age 2, which I
can't fully review without at least playing all three classes, so I'd like to
ask for some more patience with that. Added to that, I would like to make a
statement about call of duty. I will not be posting any reviews of call of
duty, but I might post some gameplays or some random stuff about it. It will
most likely be links to the call of duty page on YouTube (Since SONY blocked
call of duty elite and i can't post directly to my channel). Since I don't have
regular WiFi access, I can't be sure when I'll be able to post my review of No
Game No Life, however, I'll be at a hotel starting on Wednesday afternoon, so I
may be posting the review between Wednesday and Friday, but if it's not up by
Saturday, It probably won't be up until I write my Dragon age 2 review, which
will be done by next Friday, July 18. Sorry about not posting anything about
gaming, but since i'm on the topic, i'll do an on-the-spot top ten of my
favorite shooter games. Sorry, no pictures.
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#10: Contract Wars
-Contract wars is a browser based shooter and it's quite
enjoyable. It has decent graphics, however there are two major problems: You
can't jump, and the server system is kind of glitchy. That being said, it's
only worth the #10 spot.
#9: Halo 4
-No description needed. If you don't know what halo 4 is, crawl
out from under that rock. However, I will give the reason that this game is
ranked so low. Lack of integrity. The game plays so much like call of duty that
it's sickening. You can even change the controls to the call of duty controls.
The campaign was good and everything, but the similarities to call of duty made
me doubt 343's future in halo.
#8: Halo 3
-The classic Halo experience. In it's day, halo 3 was the #1
shooter, however, I've beaten the game 3 or 4 times on every difficulty and
reached the max level on two different xbox live accounts, so I've become
indifferent to it's charms.
#7: Call of duty: Modern Warfare 3
-Easily the worst game of the call of duty franchise, however it
is fun to play if you have a friend to play with. It plays differently from the
other call of duty games and it even has worse graphics than the original
Modern warfare. The offline content was solid and could keep somebody
entertained for at weeks, however, the online gets to be a bit boring when
playing without an actual person that you want to talk to.
#6: Battlefield
-Now, I know that some people may disagree, but I think that
battlefield tends to play the same way in every game. I've played bad company
2, Battlefield 3, and battlefield 4, and I can do the same two things in every
match, however, battlefield's destructible environments make the game more
interesting, especially in battlefield 4, when they actually change maps a
little. Nonetheless, I tend to do the same thing in battlefield all the time
and get the same results, so it lands here at #7
#5: Hawken
-Hawken is a first person shooter for PC where you pilot a mech.
To be completely honest, it plays like call of duty, however, that's where the
similarities end. Even in the lowest settings, the graphics are better than
call of duty or battlefield on any console. The maps are big enough to keep you
wandering the whole time, and the game is very unforgiving to campers, so
that's a huge plus. Overall, this game is extremely fun and extremely
addicting.
#4:Red Orchestra 2
-Red Orchestra is a WW2 shooter that can only be played on PC. I
really enjoyed this game because it combined both fast paced action and long range sniping which makes the game more fun. There are varied map sizes, from the
size of a large Call of Duty map, to the size of a massive battlefield map. It
makes the game interesting in the fact that you can learn several different
play styles and get good at both close and long range combat.
#3: Call of Duty [Treyarch]
-I admit that I trashed call of duty earlier, but that was not the
call of duty that I know and love. The best call of duty games were the ones
made with or by Treyarch and not infinity ward. The graphics are gritty and
resemble actual battlefields, and on top of that, there's gore, and lots of it.
When it had just come out, World at war was the best game at that time, and the
same can be said about Call of duty 4 as well as both black ops games. In fact,
I still play black ops 2 all the time. It just proves that call of duty is
better with the dirt and grit that it started with even all the way back to the
original Call of duty.
#2: Ghost recon
-This series started off pretty rocky with the crappiest first
person that I have ever seen in ghost recon Jungle storm and Island thunder,
but almost immediately got better with the release of the first Advanced Warfighter
game. I was so addicted to this game that for almost three months, Ghost Recon:
Advanced Warfighter was my only form of entertainment. I've always been a fan
of third person when it's done right, and in this case, it was amazing. The
same goes for Advanced Warfighter 2, but my favorite game on release as well as
biggest disappointment was Future Soldier. Of course, when the game came out, I
played the campaign, but the biggest thing about it was that they set up a
team-based multiplayer. I love team-based games and I love Ghost Recon, but the
multiplayer was a huge disappointment. However, they redeemed themselves with
the PC-exclusive title: Ghost Recon: Phantoms. All of my issues with the future
soldier multiplayer were resolved when Phantoms came out officially. Of course
it couldn't be perfect, and the big problem with phantoms was the matchmaking.
Lots of people played, but the matchmaking client could take up to
10 minutes to find a match. It was worth the wait of course, but
eventually, you get turned off by the long wait.
#1: Titanfall
-If you didn't see this coming, then I want to slap you myself.
Titanfall is the best shooter that I have ever played. It can easily be enjoyed
by players of all skill levels. It was renowned as the "COD killer",
however, it basically just killed every other title out there for me. This game
was so good that I actually decided to renew my xbox live and dust off my xbox
360 just to play it. And before you say anything, Yes, I've played it on the
one as well. If my PC was good enough, I would have been playing this game so
much that I probably never would have thought to make this blog. I love the gameplay,
I love the graphics, I love the weapons, and don't even get me started on the
mechanics. The free running is such an amazing add-on to the plain old first
person shooter style, but of course what takes the cake is calling in your
titan. You can set it to protect you, or move around freely, but you can also
pilot it yourself. And let me tell you, if you know how to use a titan, you can
be the most destructive player in the game. If you haven't played this game,
find someone who has it and beg them to let you play at least one match of
attrition. You will fall in love with this game so quickly that you won't even
understand why you like playing it until you've logged a few hours.
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So, that's the list of my favorite shooter games to play. I'd like
to make two comments on this list before I close out this post.
1-Don't you dare email me or comment about gears of war. I hate
that game and I would rather never play a shooter game again than play that
game. Don't ask me to explain why either, I've hated that game from the moment
I played my first match. I even tried each GOW that came out just to see if it
changed enough for me to like it, but it didn't.
2-I really wanted to put Army of Two on this list, but I just
didn't know where to put it and, I only bunched games together when they play
similarly. (Example: Battlefield, Ghost Recon, etc...)
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Thanks for reading, and keep checking in for more anime and gaming countdowns, and
reviews. Don't forget that either this week or next, I will post a review of
the anime: No Game No Life, and the game: Dragon age 2. My dragon age 2 review
will detail the pros and cons of each class along with including some tips and
tricks to helping you make your character the best. I will also give my recommendations
for the best party members for each class that you pick. And with any luck, I
may also post a mini-review of one of the DLC's.
Keep checking out the blog and thanks to the couple of people who
check almost every day. Thanks for reading!
-K.G.
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