Call of duty 4 - Yet another First person shooter. What could separate it from the from the most saturated genre in the gaming industry? Quite a lot actually, graphically a superb game showing that games can survive without the use of the Unreal Engine. It sounds excellent, especially through a surround sound system. The single player game is a joy to play, with some of the best scripted levels I have ever experienced. Some even involve the use of a A130 gunship! But the single player mode is not the best part of this game. On-line it is a gem, from the fast paced team deathmatch to the tactical search and destroy. It uses an excellent party system which every other multi-player game should take note of.
Call of Duty 4 has pretty much dominated the charts, selling 10 million copies and is still the most played on-line game on the XBox\PS3 networks.
This week saw the release of Battlefield 2 Bad Company Demo. A very popular series on PC and the original XBox. Battlefield is a stunning looking game and with the use of DICE's Frostbite engine which allows a level of destruction which many other games have promised but failed to deliver on. Thankfully BF2 does not fail. Buildings can be blown apart, shells leave craters that work as makeshift fox holes. The use of tanks, jeeps and helos adds a whole new twist to a multi-player game. Hiding in buildings is no longer safe as a well placed shell will destroy your cover (handy for checking for snipers). I must mention that the demo is a bit laggy and the party system seems to make a few mistakes, but it is not the finished article so lets hope they get it sorted. When it runs smooth, it is a thrilling game.
Can Battlefield de-throne COD4? I for one believe and hope it can. The use of destructible scenery and vehicles adds plenty to keep you entertained and the map featured in the demo, Oasis, allows for plenty of flanking. The Gold Rush mode keeps the battle focused in an area until the attackers destroy two crates of gold, then a new base is created further back and this continues until one side wins. If Dice manage to sort out lag issues and keep it running smooth I can see this being a big challenger for the COD4 crown.
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For a ps3 point of view, I agree with the xbox heads, battlefield BC is quite impressive, most notably for the destructible landscapes and the range of offensive options(vehicles), auto loading tanks making small pieces of sniper hidey holes is good fun. A bit of strangeness though, when you shoot out vertical fence posts, the horizontal ones stay floating... pedantic or what?
Is there much lag on the PS3 version?
it wasnt notable any worse than other online games using the pig that is eircom
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