Monday, January 14, 2008

Playing This Weekend: Call of Duty 4, Gears of War (PC)

Two games played this weekend: COD4 & Gears of War. Although, I played through the tutorial of COD the other day, I didn't get a real feel of the single player until Sunday. The story is definitely interesting and the graphics are gorgeous. I'm still on the fence about the gameplay. While the controls are similar (if not identical) to prior iterations of COD, the game plays as if you are in the middle of a war zone. 90% of the time I have no idea if I am shooting a friendly or some evil terrorist. I "get it" but wonder if that will become a frustration later on in the game. It definitely would be a frustration in the hands of the wrong developer.

I installed Gears of War on my new PC and just delved a bit. I caught some slow down and might need to shut off every other program in order play. The graphics, on my rig, are not as good as on the XBOX 360. The gameplay feels exactly the same as on the XBOX (I am using the wireless controller adapter to play). More time will tell.

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