In the race to the bottom of the well of dimishing returns, two competitors run neck and neck this fall: Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3. While the MW franchise stems from a decade long tradition of Call of Duty games that initially featured robust and thrilling single player campaigns, BF has arguable never had a compelling single player experience outside of the Bad Company spin-offs. With the annualization of the COD series, MW3 follows the formula laid out by its's predecessor's and dials everything to 11. Set-pieces, sound design, and narrative are more incomprehensible and bombastic than ever and all within a bite-sized shell. BF3 clamps onto that formula like a lamprey, without ever understanding what originally made it interesting but again serves it up in a bite-sized format.
Showing posts with label MW3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MW3. Show all posts
Friday, December 2, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (360)
I have no idea what MW3 is about.
I know what the plot is, such as it is, and who the characters are, such as they are, but I have no idea what it is about.
Following the tremendously successful Modern Warfare and its sequel Modern Warfare 2, MW3 picks up directly where the plot threads of those games have left off. The world is at war, a war created by the machinations of a single man who has manipulated tensions to drive Russia and the United States into open conflict.
I know what the plot is, such as it is, and who the characters are, such as they are, but I have no idea what it is about.
Following the tremendously successful Modern Warfare and its sequel Modern Warfare 2, MW3 picks up directly where the plot threads of those games have left off. The world is at war, a war created by the machinations of a single man who has manipulated tensions to drive Russia and the United States into open conflict.
Friday, September 2, 2011
The Long Walk: Call of Duty Elite
Finally announced at the CODXP event today, the paid service part of Elite contains all DLC including map-packs and celebrity video content delivered weekly for $50/yr. This comes on top of the previously announced free content which includes a Bungie-net style web interface that allows for stat tracking, heat maps and tweaking loadouts while not in-game. Interfaces with mobile apps will allow players to review their gameplay and loadout's as well. DLC will hit subscribers first then roll out a la carte to the rest of the community.
Labels:
COD:BLOPS,
COD:ELITE,
COD:XP,
Modern Warfare 2,
Modern Warfare.Modern Warfare 3,
MW2,
MW3
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