NOW PLAYING: CoD, CoD, DoD and Peggle,
Its one of those weeks. I just don’t feel like playing Single player games (Peggle aside) right now. So I’ve been playing a variety of multiplayer games online. Killzone 2 was not enthralling enough to keep hooked so I went back to a few old standbys. Its pretty barren for new games over the next few months so its a good time to indulge in MP shenanigans.
Firstly on 360, I picked up the map pack for CoD WaW, which offers three multiplayer maps and one new map for the awesome zombie Nazi mode. The maps are very nice and are a blast to play. No tanks which means one of the more common complaints is not as much of an issue as is in the main game. For a game that supposedly meant to be from Activisions ‘B’ shooter team, CoD WaW manages to offer very playable maps.
I’ve been playing a bit more PC CoD 4 Modern Warfare multiplayer and alternatively getting frustrated and enjoying myself. It basically sucks enjoyment out of a game if you just want to have some fun and you play with serious players. Apparently its considered cheating to use either the rifle grenade or the Juggernaut (extra strength) perk. The Last Stand and Martyrdom are also often frowned upon. Its not cheating children, its not even a ‘sploit. Its just that people who have level up can’t stand being killed by anyone with a lower ranking. I even dipped my toe into some Hardcore and found I played better that normal servers. Is it because I’ve been playing a lot of Day of Defeat as well?
Day of Defeat Source is such an old game with such little depth. I am still intrigued why updates to TF2 also mean updates to DoD:S but either way this is a game that has a grip on a select few who play every day. You don’t level up but choose a class and yet the in game chat isn’t full of cries of noobs with rifle grenades and rocket launchers. I mean, yes people complain about being owned by snipers and machine gunners but it’s generally restrained. There’s so much anger in CoD 4 players.
And I’ve been playing Peggle. I like Peggle. It is fun. You should play Peggle on whatever platform you have access to.
I’ve just bought World of Goo as part of MacHeist so I expect to give that a spin over the weekend. Also, there’s the Modern Warfare 2 (note no CoD) teaser and even cooler, the original Call of Duty is coming to PSN and XBLA soon. Day 1 purchase! It will be really cool to have access to all of the major Call of Duty games on Xbox 360 (since I also have CoD, 3, 4, and WaW on 360)- and 1, 2, 4 and WaW on PC as well. That’s nothing, I have one colleague who has CD 4 on PC, PS3 and PC.
CoD be praised!
March 27th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Be careful, or Cameron will start scolding you for buying too many versions of Call of Duty 1.
March 27th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
CoD 4 extreme: The revenge! Game of the Year Edition!
I’m really looking forward to Modern Warfare. Even if it’s just 4 with some extras it should be awesome.
I haven’t gotten to the Nazi Zombie mode yet in CoD5 because the single player is just so damn boring.
I don’t know how such a well-made single player game can bore the hell out of me but it’s managed to.
…and this is from a guy who played the Tribes 1 single player (training missions, really) multiple times for the hell of it. If you know what I’m referring to you’re boggling because the T1 bot A1 was beyond dismal and they wouldn’t venture off their fixed paths, even for a battle.
March 28th, 2009 at 1:10 am
The Zombie mode should be unlocked from the start with the latest patch (on consoles, haven’t played the PC version in a while)
March 29th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Really? I hadn’t seen it. Do I have to start a new solo mission or something to see the option?
I assume it appears as a new menu item?
March 29th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
You select solo campaign, mission select, it should appear down the bottom. One map comes wit the game, as second with the map pack (consoles only so far)
March 30th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Ah yeah, figured it out finally.
Holy shit, fun stuff. If they had marketed it differently/better they could have sold a lot more titles… not that sales suffered any (understatement).
Thanks for the instructions!