Battlefield 3 vs. MW3. The dumbest argument this year.

What is wrong with everyone. This has to be the most upsetting and ridiculous argument this year in the gaming community. I want to express something to you. The FPS community of this day in age is spoiled. It is rotten. It has been torn apart. Would you compare Barbie Horseback Riding Adventure to Forza 4? No, but they are in the same genre of racing game. Would you compare Fable to Mass Effect? No, but they are both RPGs. Now you are saying to yourself, "Well, 308, those games are not similar in story and context. This is true. Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 are both "modern military shooters". There is one difference that people seem to blatantly ignore. They are two different gameplay styles. Battlefield, the grandaddy of modern military shooters, is a hyper-realistic team-based military shooter. It supports team play with a squad structure, realistic terrain destruction, realistic pacing, vehicle combat, and a single player story that makes you a part of something bigger. In Battlefield you take on the role of an everyday soldier in realistic combat situations. You advance in one of four specific, and specially balanced, classes. You play the role that you want to be. Utilizing the pinnacle of realistic graphics technology, DICE is set to release one of the greatest games of all time. On the other hand, and it is on a totally different hand, there is Infinity Ward and their MW3. Call of Duty has always been about making you the hero. You are the epic hero in an action movie. Cinematic events and unrealistic combat situations make it a terrific game to play. It accounts for hours of entertainment. This game, however, is an arcade style shooter. The goal is to obtain as much experience to unlock more powerful weapons. You can become proficient with a certain weapon to unlock upgrades for it. The upgrades are weapon based compared to Battlefield's class upgrade system. MW3 is lacking in the player controlled vehicle combat, but you have the ability to call in airstrikes and support helicopters. MW3 will focus on small intense battles in skirmishes with very fast paced gameplay. Battlefield has a more strategic slow paced gameplay system based around vehicle combat, destruction, and team play. They are two very different games with two very different gameplay styles. They can be compared only on the aspect that they are both modern military shooters, but they cannot be compared against each other. They having something in common, but that is all. Let's just all get along. I will be purchasing both so I can experience both gameplay styles and enjoy both. Think about it people. That's all I have to say about that.

Wii U Troubles?

Nintendo may be in trouble. I've expressed my concern for Nintendo in the past. When they released the Wii in 2006, they were already in trouble. They put all their effort into providing their innovated motion sensing technology and provided no support for third party developers. They also put no effort into advancing their graphics capabilities or processing power. This automatically killed off most of the core gaming community's interest in the console. With the Xbox 360 dominating the next generation market and the PS3 launching nearly simultaneously, the Wii had almost no shot at making a chunk on the market. That is thinking from a logical perspective. There will always be die hard fans. The Nintendo Wii survived due to the inexplicably large Nintendo fan base and the very young and very old communities getting heavily involved in the simple gameplay. Now, after the Wii's fifth year on the market, Nintendo is acting out of desperation. The lifespan for the current generation of consoles is supposed to be ten years. That was stated from the beginning. Now Nintendo has announced the Wii U, originally code named "Project Cafe". The Wii U is supposed to be a revolutionary way to play video games. It includes an overhauled graphics card and processor. It also includes a massive controller that includes an interactive screen. It has potential. There are a few things wrong with it though. As of right now, it only supports one controller. They are working on making the console support two controllers, but it still isn't enough. The novelty of the controller will dissipate rather quickly. It's a very clunky design. I won't go into the other downsides of the console. It still has a lot of development time before it's release next holiday. There are, however, many developers are saying that developing games for the console is "absolute hell". Things aren't looking good for Nintendo. Falling Wii sales. Utter failure with the 3DS. A price drop on 3DS and immediate design change for a 2012 re-release is going to kill them. Now things aren't looking good for the Wii U. Nintendo is going to fail as a company unless they get their act together or partner with a different company. That's all I have to say about that.

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Lowdown: Mass Effect 3

Here's the deal with ME3. If you're a fan of the series, I don't need to tell you much. Mass Effect was confirmed as a trilogy back in 2008. After the first Mass Effect the series has only gotten better. The first game was able to seamlessly blend the RPG aspect into an action adventure third person shooter. It was intriguing. It was an instant classic. It was damn near perfect in all honesty. Then came the second game. It improved upon almost every aspect that everyone had come to love and enjoy. The armor was upgradable, the combat was more intense, the characters had more depth. It was mind-blowing. Then comes the announcement of the third installment. The unanimous expectation is nothing less than perfection. Bioware has done an exceptional job so far, and I don't see that changing any time soon. The last game is finally coming to the birth place of humanity: Earth. Finally we will get to see the futuristic vistas we've been dying to see since the first game. The announcement trailer gave us a taste of the general emotional setting. Earth is under siege by the Reapers. All hell has broken loose and the Alliance is all but disbanded. We are on our last leg as humanity. It comes down to Commander Shepard. He must assemble a force of humans and aliens alike to take the fight to the Reapers and defend Earth against the most unstoppable force the Universe has ever known. What can we expect? Here are a few things i think we can expect. Even further development with returning characters. More variety of weaponry and more upgrades. Multiple suits of armor with even more upgrades. An improved combat system. An improved Normandy. Improved material mining. In short, everything will be improved. I am looking forward to seeing how this trilogy will conclude. I'm interested to see how the redemption aspect will play out in this epic conclusion to the trilogy. Note that I said trilogy, not series. This may not be the last scuffle to save the galaxy that Commander Shepard appears in.
 On a side note, it is important to know that EA is now the producer of Mass Effect. It is also important to note that the CEO of EA announced that single player only games are a thing of the past. So it may not be an outlandish thought that ME3 may come with a multiplayer mode. I know that is troubling news to most of the hardcore fans, but Bioware will do it up right. That's all for now. I will update as more info becomes available. -308

Introduction

Hello Future Followers, my name is 308. I pride myself on judging everything on equal grounds. I love video games and everything they stand for. It is the fastest growing industry out there and I am becoming a part of it. I want to keep you informed of everything gaming, but here's the catch. I only deal with Xbox 360. I have nothing against PS3 or Wii and I actually respect them for some of the advances they have made in the industry. I am simply limiting myself to a single, and my favorite, console. Hope you enjoy. -308