Hello again,
It has been a long long time since I have been able to blog about games, and I find that needed to change. Having been in between jobs for the past few months (not unemployed, just calibrating to a much better job) it has been very difficult for me to get into the swing of things with gaming.
But this is an awesome time to be a gamer! The release of many new renditions of the most popular modern game series has brought many people out of the woodwork and back into the gaming field. The releases of Assassin'c Creed 3, Halo 4, Black Ops 2 among many others have revitalized the industry at least somewhat.
At the current time, I find myself making my way through Assassin's Creed 3, and enjoying the experience, but slightly drawn back from the difference in atmosphere. With all of the games to this point taking place in the late medieval to early modern times, it seems to be something of a shock to bring us suddenly to the modern world timeline, and to the less civilized places of the world at that time. Granted, it is change, and as I have said before, change is good. Without it, games are doomed to repeat themselves under the guise of a different name.
Turning attention to the actual release times, I seem to find myself digging for the truth every time I see a big name AAA title being released. Examples in recent memory include specifically, Black Ops 2 and Halo 4, and Diablo 3 from a while ago fits this category as well.
As the days approach the release date, I visit Metacritic, which I know to many people is a horrible, terrible practice, but I am curious. The initial reviews have been released for many of the critics, Some 100s, some 95s, some claiming it is the best in the series. Some who rate it in the 40s, but after looking through their reviews of other games, I find it quite clear they live to bring down the ratings of games with barely a single game rated over a 60. After looking at the overall rating, it seems the game is going to be pretty good. Has some glitches that are addressed by the critics, but what games doesn't have something to complain about.
The game gets released. (I happened to be the unfortunate one who was picking up a game on the day that BO2 released that happened to not be BO2. Unheard of, I know.) One of the biggest releases of any games to date. Breaks records of 24 hour sales, or weekend sales. Huge numbers go up. The next day, I visit my local Gamestop, I see multiple copies on the shelf as pre-owned. Slightly curious, I revisit Metacritic. More critic reviews have shown that indeed it was very good and the critic review score has actually gone up. I glance to the user review...... 3.5...... What? How does that make any sense? I start reading the user reviews. After a dozen negative and a haldful of positive, I have reinforced what I already knew about the gaming world.
It hates change, yet it craves it.
It is true. As with the Halo release and the 343 Industries, Some said it paid decent homage to the games developed by Bungie that everyone had grown to love, with a few additions to try to make it their own. Some other claimed it was exactly the same as Bungie's and said it was the same thing in a different case. Still esteemed reviewers stated that the 343 completely destroyed the series and it was a shame it was allowed to release. Essentially the same thing happens a new Call of Duty releases. People will praise and criticize it for being different, or the same, or the multiplayer isn't quite right, or not enough freedom for loadout, or too much freedom. I heard from one specific person that Halo is becoming Call of Duty.
Ok...What? What exactly does this mean?! Are all games going to come down to this one perfect game? Is that what we are waiting for?!
The Legend of Mario : Call of Halo :Turbo Edition VI?!
I didn't think so. I guess this is why it is always a balancing act. To please the right amount of people without changing the playing field too much.
Anyway, The point is that for each gamer, there are things that we appreciate. Many of them are the same, but the little things are what keep a game great or just good or in some cases, just plain bad.
Till Next Time. Keep on Gaming.
The Game Doctor.
Currently Playing: Darksiders (replay), Planetside 2, Assassin's Creed 3, Super Mario 3 and Super Mario World as a casual.
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