Snap Judgement Reviews 1

One of the things I intend to do on this blog is give commentary of games I play. I work at a movie rental place and get free rentals, so I will do a lot of these. My “Snap Judgment Reviews” are reviews on first impressions of a game, usually made with less than an hour of play. If a game can't grab me in an hour, well too bad for the game.

Snap Judgment Reviews:

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
Gorgeous game. Decent controls, and I just wan the other characters to get out of the way so I can play the dang game. They get in the way, get shot, and reset me back to checkpoint. They don't seem to do much to help, and are just a problem.
Game difficulty - On easiest level, I got killed in the second firefight. Not a good thing on easy level. Now part of that is my play style, I tend to run and gun, and not hide or take cover a whole lot. But unlike The Darkness I wasn't frustrated to the point of wanting to throw my controller against a wall. I didn't try to replay after I died once (it was late). Will play more and see if that is just some basic tactics I need to learn rather than a problem with the game and my play style.
Major comment great game, but I just wish it were a solo game. I hate squad based games, but this one may be good enough to keep playing.

Addendum - Didn't take much to get through the first firefight - and while there are sqaud members around, I don't seem to lose if the enemy kills them (which really hasn't happened yet). So this one is going to get more play. And the squad stuff helps give it a stronger story aspect.



Gears of War.
Visuals are cool, I like the controls and the game. I'm usually not for 3rd person games, but both Earth Defense Force 2017 and Lost Planet have become favorites so I thought I'd give this one a try too. I enjoy playing it, but like above, one the easiest mode, I got killed in the first firefight. An NPC got hit, and the screen came up wanted me to help him. Screw that, I'll kill the bad guys first. If he dies, that just means I get to play a solo game (as I prefer). Like CoD4, I intend to try again, with better tactics than last time. I have a feeling this one may be a keeper.


Addendum - after playing Gears of war for 20 minutes and getting killed time and again in the first real firefight, and then going to gamefaqs and finding that unlike other shooters a quick burst of gunfire can kill you - and taking cover is one of the most important things in the game.... well this one is off my to get list. Not the way I play.

But now back to games - time to try to assassinate some Templars.

Games played since last post:
Battlestar Galactica (Xbox)
Earth Defense Force 2017 (360)
DoA 2 Hardcore (PS2)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)
Zelda 2: Adventures of Link (NES) - my favorite of all of the Zelda games. Period.
Solitaire (PC)
Minesweeper (PC)
Luxor 2 (360 Live arcade)