yeah, cod was awesome when they were WW2 games. I absolutely loved Big Red One
It's always cool to see people that have things in common.
Those games offered enough depth that let you have a lot of fun and let you do a little bit of random roaming.
It's why I really love the Elder Scrolls games though morrowwind or what ever it was called was kind of rough around the edges but was totally fixed with oblivion.
They build us a world that had a history and even enough books that you could sit down and learn all about their universe if you felt like it. With old destroyed or abandend forts to check out. The game let you win it kind of fast (nothing was really fast though in that game) but you know what I mean.
You could spend months playing around without doing even the first quests if you didn't feel like it. And now they are making a new one called Skyrim I think that's it's name. I can't wait.
I don't know if you were around for the might and magic games but they had this kind of build to them and I am glad to see something like them only even better being made.
I saw some of this magic in the Bioshock games though I liked the first one a lot better than the second. Made me feel like I was entering the overlook hotel in the shining the game had that errie feeling to it that made it such a neat game.
And this is what I hate so much about the current COD games. They are totally plot only in single player with small maps and no real freedom to expand the game. They were so easy to work your way through and after than were so easy to throw away.
A lot of people hate me for saying this but I blame a bit of this on them being ported to or from the xbox or other play station type systems that don't allow you to have depth to them because of the simple controllers they can only do so much and is a high numbers market where they don't have to make a real good game to make good money at it because the numbers are high enough for basic sales to work before word is spread out that it's not a good game. They don't care as much because they already hit price quota numbers. So for a few reasons I wish they never came out with those types of game boxes and get flamed for even saying this. I don't mean anything personal toward game lovers and players, it's more towards the game developers and their ceo's and so on. And from what I've read and seen I am not talking out of ignorance as many sites have voiced the same thing I am saying here. I just have a lot more time to think about it for horrible reasons.
PC games could have more depth to them and had a keyboard with other controllers to branch a game out and make it as complicated as they wanted to if they did want to which is not always the way they are made but the complexity is there if needed. I always felt the xbox and pc's should not share games all the time but what can you say to them when they want to make as much money as they can. It's understandable but I want a equal partner with the game makers that they are going to make a real good game.
Paying around 69.95 for a scripted game that lasts one week more or less and then it's trash only makes getting it off the pirate bay even more worth it I'm very sad to say. Because even though I'm way past poverty money wise (they don't pay squat when your disabled) I will still pay for a game if they put real effort into them. Please don't get mad at me for even hinting at pirate games. I hate it and would not do it if they played fair and made a game worth this high price tag they are currently asking.
It's sheer hell being relegated to the poor disabled life even when it was not my fault I met up with a bad driver who's insurance ran out 9 days before she hit me with her car. The games at least help me escape the pain and poverty for a while and enjoy my self for a while. I need the illusion of escape they offer me.
Life is not fair, I learned this fact and a more important one, keep your body in good shape because health is EVERYTHING.
oh, sorry I got off topic. try out the new elder scrolls game. I know you won't be sorry. Or the Fallout games. They are open ended and a lot of fun also...
TAKE CARE friend and have a good holiday...