The latest addition to the "Call of Duty" universe drops on November 10th, which is coincidentally (or maybe not) the Marine Corps birthday. I have played all the XBox games in the series (except the first one) and I must say that it is one of the best First Person Shooter series ever released.
The latest version will be another Infinity Ward developed title. IW was actually founded by a group of people wwho used to work for 2015. 2015 were the folks who brought us the Medal of Honor series. From my own personal experience, I would have to say that Infinity Ward was founded by the best developers that 2015 had to offer.
The series itself is developed alternately by IW and Treyarch. Treyarch, in my opinion, is the less talented of the two groups. They have good releases and the product is quality, but IW seems to be a little bit more innovative. But I will give credit where it is due and say that Treyarch does produce games with good graphics and smooth play. I think the weakness is their storyline development. IW seems to have better storylines and in a multi release series, this is essential to game development.
Anyway, the release is heavily anticipated. The game itself will come in three deifferent versions, each including a set of extras. Although I must say that the version that features the night vision goggles seems to be way over the top. I'm a little skeptical that a serious gamer would buy a game for over $100 just to obtain a functioning pair of NVGs.
I'm looking forward to booting it up after work on Tuesday night and playing into the wee hours. Thank God Wednesday is a holiday...
Friday, November 6, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
The Plan
I just bought the Blu Ray DVD of Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, and I gotta say it was a great purchase. It put the first two seasons into c a different context and cleared up a bunch of open plot points from back then.
Featuring archive footage from the previous episodes as well as new scenes, The Plan functioned as a view of the war between the Cylons and Colonials, but from the Cylon point of view. We get a look at the motivation behind the attack on the colonies, as well as details of the attack itself and how total the destruction of humanity was. The story perspective is told from the point of view of Cylon number 1 (Dean Stockwell) and Sam Anders, one of the Final Five (Michael Trucco).
We also see details of some of the other colonies. Picon for example is revealed to be a largely water covered world famous for its harbors, while Libran is a world that seems to function as the Colonials' center for justice and the Colonial Court system.
If I had one critique, it is that Mary McDonnell was conspicuously absent. Why that is I can't seem to determine, although I know from various interviews that it was more likely related to the story. McDonnell has said that this was the best projects that she ever worked on so I'm sure she would have participated if the opportunity presented itself.
The production and diresction were superb as always. The DVD itself has plenty of extras to go around. The coolest thing was the opening "Universal" logo. Instead of the planet Earth in the logo, we see the planet Caprica.
A great addition to the reimagined BSG universe. I was glad to see it and was happy to part with the $29.95 the Blu-Ray cost.
Highly recommended. Enjoy!
Featuring archive footage from the previous episodes as well as new scenes, The Plan functioned as a view of the war between the Cylons and Colonials, but from the Cylon point of view. We get a look at the motivation behind the attack on the colonies, as well as details of the attack itself and how total the destruction of humanity was. The story perspective is told from the point of view of Cylon number 1 (Dean Stockwell) and Sam Anders, one of the Final Five (Michael Trucco).
We also see details of some of the other colonies. Picon for example is revealed to be a largely water covered world famous for its harbors, while Libran is a world that seems to function as the Colonials' center for justice and the Colonial Court system.
If I had one critique, it is that Mary McDonnell was conspicuously absent. Why that is I can't seem to determine, although I know from various interviews that it was more likely related to the story. McDonnell has said that this was the best projects that she ever worked on so I'm sure she would have participated if the opportunity presented itself.
The production and diresction were superb as always. The DVD itself has plenty of extras to go around. The coolest thing was the opening "Universal" logo. Instead of the planet Earth in the logo, we see the planet Caprica.
A great addition to the reimagined BSG universe. I was glad to see it and was happy to part with the $29.95 the Blu-Ray cost.
Highly recommended. Enjoy!
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