I was watching TV, and there was nothing on, so I flicked through the channels and came across 'Playr Guide' which is a Video Game review show, and when it was on, they were reviewing a war game. They gave it really good reviews despite it being one of those horribly mediocre war games that are oh so common nowadays. Then after that review was over, they reviewed Resident Evil 5, which is an incredible game, and at the very least it's original. But no, of course, it's not a war game, so why should they give it good reviews?
Well here are a few reasons:
- incredible and original storyline
- realistic characters
- intense gameplay
- good control scheme and camera angle
- superb graphics.
And those are just a few.
Here are some good points about war games:
- war
- shooting
- badly engineered control system in most games.
To be honest, I do like Call of Duty, but it's only mediocre. It's like every other war shooter, except it has a better control scheme and a well known name. Highly over-rated, but a good game none the less.
An amazing shooter game would be Red Faction, which a lot off shooter games are based off. It might not have the amazing graphics of Call of Duty, but it has a great story and superb controls.
What is it about war games that drives everyone crazy? Can't they play something with SOME originality?
I've gone a little off-topic, but I'm coming back to the reviews. They reviewed Final Fantasy, and they gave it less of a score than the war game, despite the fact that it's highly original, has an intense control scheme, and amazing graphics for a handheld game, not to mention 10 different and original story arcs. Yet they gave it less points. Want to know why? Because it was translated by Russians! A bit ridiculous, don't you think? "Oh, it was translated by Russians. Minus 2 points!" Grow up.
Just because it's a war game, doesn't make it amazing. Learn to like originality, not graphics and repetitive stories and gameplay methods. Red Faction at least changed the controls and made them original. Now it seems a lot of FPS (First-Person Shooters) are using the same technique and doing a pretty awful job of it.
Then they went on to review Call of Juarez, which I'll admit did look pretty awesome. But despite that, it was still a FPS like so many games made today. It didn't look better than Final Fantasy and it looked so much worse than Resident Evil, it's laughable. Yet it still got a higher review than both. Why? Because it's a FPS which puts you against an army, that's why! It's a lot more original than most FPS, I'll admit, but it should have at least gotten the same points as Resident Evil.
The show didn't even review Wii games! A bit biased don't you think? It's a video game review show, and it's not console-specific, which means it should have reviewed them. But like most review systems, they hate the Wii. Mainly because they had a few games they liked on Xbox and then decided "I'm hardcore because I play Xbox", so now they're feeling threatened by the Wii because it's quickly overtaking, with Nintendo releasing a tonne of games developed by them, not some crappy 3rd Party Developer which can't make games to save their lives. Not only that, but a load of people these days only play games because they have good graphics, or because they've seen a few good screenshots of an awful game. If there was a game with amazing graphics and mediocre gameplay, and a game with mediocre graphics but incredible gameplay, which would you chose? Most people would pick the best one visually because they think it makes them look hardcore. They aren't.
I really hate it when people think that they're hardcore because they own an Xbox. True gamers know that it takes a lot more than that. It takes hours of dedication and several consoles. From the 3rd generation up. Playing NES games doesn't make you hardcore, but it does add to it. However play NES, SNES, N64, PS1, PS2, Gameboy (Colour) and Gameboy advance games would make you a lot more hardcore. Hardcore isn't about the person with more hard-drive space and good graphics on a next gen console. It's about the amount of dedication you put into your games. I put a lot into mine. Less recently than I used to, but I'm still a lot more hardcore than xbox fanboys who are only interested in Firs-Person Shooters or War games. Play some variety and stop calling yourselves what you're not.
I couldn't care less if you're on Xbox Live or PSN. You are not hardcore just because of that!
I know that if any fanboys read this, they will get angry, but I don't care. They'll only get angry because they know I'm right. They'll argue that I'm not right, but they'll know deep down that I am. What are your views on this non-fanboys?
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