Informal Friday Game Reviews

To me, Call of Duty Ghosts marked the start of an era of bad Call of Duty Games that has plagued the franchise for years. This game wasn't necessarily poorly developed but it was just so uninteresting and its hard to hide all the flaws in the game when there are so many underhwelming parts of the game.  Its predecessor Black Ops 2 was a resounding success for fans, and its popularity continued for several years after its release. However, Call of Duty Ghosts flopped fast. The overall player count tanked in the next few years and there are about 500 players still playing the game. However, its predecessor to this day has over 2,000 players playing as of recently. (statistics from steamcharts.com) Nobody should play a Call of Duty for its campaign. Even some of the most popular titles in the series still had awful campaigns. Call of Duty has always been known for its cliche over the top violence which has come to define the series. Though this action ...

There have been 11 battlefield games released since 2002 and until Battlefield 4 the series was under the shadow of the Call of Duty series. A large part of the gaming landscape of 2013 was the end of Black Ops II and the new Call of Duty Ghosts. However, Ghosts was a disaster on the franchise and Ill release a review telling exactly why eventually. Because of this other titles and franchises were able to take the stage. That's how I found Battlefield 4 and since the open beta, I still see this game as my favorite military shooter. Battlefield 4, to me, is the magnum opus of DICE and EA. The fabulous graphics of the Frostbite engine were so good that to this day, its the only video game engine I know by name. The explosions are beautiful, and the different landscapes and colors of this game are enthralling. The sounds and visual effects such as lens flare, and textures in 2013 made the experience absolutely. Even 4 years later the graphics are still comparable. The...

I've never been much of a winter sports guy. However, I quite enjoyed playing Steep for most of this past year. In my opinion, it makes a sports game just a bit better when it has a bit of absurdity to it. The fact that you can become half deer half man and shred down the mountain at insane speed hooks me right into this game. This game is perfect for a laid back gaming session with a few friends. Steep isn't the first over the top snowboarding game but its the only one to have more than just snowboarding. So maybe it's not just a snowboarding game... however you have to see comparisons between Steep and other series, like SSX, that take it to another level of insanity. Maybe that's just extreme winter sports culture? You can do crazy stunts in so many other different types of sports like wingsuit, bobsledding, and parachuting. I found that the ground sports like skiing and snowboarding were my favorites and found the wingsuit a bit overwhelming and the parachuting wa...