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[Evil Tim]

Originally Posted by The Wierd It

Yeah, 2010 was a bit more "based on real events" since it was just Operation Anaconda with the serial numbers filed off and a different Dramatis Personae.

I had a few problems with the 2010 game in that it was trying to be more Call of Duty than Medal of Honour; the whole point of the original CoD was it was more "average soldier" rather than "hero doing exceptional things" like MoH. Hence both of their names.

Also, MoH 2010's plot was so badly described that all I really got was 'everyone wants to climb a mountain for some reason,' and I could only keep track of which protagonist I was by who he hung around with. And then I was supposed to care when one of them died rather than going 'wait, which one was he again?'

Plus rather than trying to make you feel like you were a Tier 1 it tried to nag you into acting like one. If a game is going to hand me a sniper rifle I've never used before it should make the effort to make me feel like a pro, not have my spotter complain at me for not hitting the bad guy with my first shot.

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by Evil Tim

I had a few problems with the 2010 game in that it was trying to be more Call of Duty than Medal of Honour; the whole point of the original CoD was it was more "average soldier" rather than "hero doing exceptional things" like MoH. Hence both of their names.

Also, MoH 2010's plot was so badly described that all I really got was 'everyone wants to climb a mountain for some reason,' and I could only keep track of which protagonist I was by who he hung around with. And then I was supposed to care when one of them died rather than going 'wait, which one was he again?'

Plus rather than trying to make you feel like you were a Tier 1 it tried to nag you into acting like one. If a game is going to hand me a sniper rifle I've never used before it should make the effort to make me feel like a pro, not have my spotter complain at me for not hitting the bad guy with my first shot.

You know, I have to confess, I don't remember anything about the plot of the 2010 game. When Voodoo says "For Mother, for Rabbit" right before breaching the final door, I couldn't remember who Rabbit was. Nor could I remember who Dusty was when he finally showed up in the end.

(BTW, did they market the game as "Medal of Honour" in the UK or was that just you spelling it the way you normally would? If they marketed it that way, that's pretty messed up.)

I think the game would've done better if they hadn't tried going head to head with CoD, especially given the response to the previous MoH. If you only had sixty bucks for one game, I don't know anyone who would spend it on this if CoD: BO2 was going to be available at the same price only two weeks later. Maybe a May release? Tie it in with Memorial Day?

[Evil Tim]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

(BTW, did they market the game as "Medal of Honour" in the UK or was that just you spelling it the way you normally would? If they marketed it that way, that's pretty messed up.)

Naw, that's just my typing without thinking. They used to "translate" things into British English back in the 80s or so when GI Joe became "Action Force" ("In-tah-NASH-an-al Heroes!") over here, but that stopped slowly when they realised we didn't care either way. T2 was always "Judgment Day," it was always Pearl Harbor and the MoH games have always been Medal of Honor.

Edit: Though my copy of Tora! Tora! Tora! is subtitled "The attack on Pearl Harbour," so I guess they didn't always bother with the US naming conventions for places either.

[funkychinaman]

My buddy and I are still waiting for the prices to drop on Army of Two: Devil's Cartel and Gow: Judgment, so I decided to check XBox Live activity just to see how popular they are.

http://majornelson.com/2013/06/26/li...ek-of-june-17/

The short answer is, they're not, but the results are surprising.

- Four COD titles in the top twelve, in order of release. Number 12 is MW2, which came out 2009.

- I didn't think Halo 4 would be as low as it is. I'm sure it'll be back up once Spartan Ops is back on. Halo: Reach is still number 14.

- The number two title is Minecraft?

- Gears of War 3, which came out in 2011, is sixteen. Gears of War: Judgment, which came out in March, is out of the top twenty. Ouch.

- GTA IV, which came out in 2008, is still number nine. Wow.

[Evil Tim]

I think I'm most surprised at four CoD games beating Borderlands 2.

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by Evil Tim

I think I'm most surprised at four CoD games beating Borderlands 2.

Especially one from 2009.

Less than a year ago, there were FIVE COD titles on the list.

http://majornelson.com/2012/08/22/li...-of-august-13/

(And GTA IV actually managed to go UP one place in ten months. Now I have to try the multiplayer, it must be incredible.)

[funkychinaman]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...online-support

It appears that none of these pages are complete. If they are not completed by 1/28/14, I don't think it'd be possible to ever complete them.

[S&Wshooter]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

My buddy and I are still waiting for the prices to drop on Army of Two: Devil's Cartel and Gow: Judgment, so I decided to check XBox Live activity just to see how popular they are.

Bought it today so my buddy and I would have something to do. It's pretty fun (I definitely feel like I got my $30 worth), and I personally like it somewhat more than the previous two. It isn't really anything particularly special, but it's certainly worth a look

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by S&Wshooter

Bought it today so my buddy and I would have something to do. It's pretty fun (I definitely feel like I got my $30 worth), and I personally like it somewhat more than the previous two. It isn't really anything particularly special, but it's certainly worth a look

My buddy and I were fans of the previous two games. And you're right, the universal opinion appears to be that the games in the series are the greatest $30 games ever. It's just too bad they're asking $60 for them.

[Excalibur]

The Pacific Rim was a fun movie to watch and enjoy. I really had a great time.