Call Of Duty Games, And What Are The Two Kinds Of Video Games That All Games Fit Into

What might be wrong with Call of Duty games? Not much. But there is a but. And when there is a but there is something wrong. The way I see it MW3 is way too short. Now we are paying a lot of money for a game that is done in about 14 hours.

When looking at games like Skyrim, which is essentially an FPS combined with RPG, it will take you 200 hours to finish the main story lines.

And because of its Creation engine, which has a very advanced AI that gives randomness like real life to NPCs, and its free roaming capability, you will have thousands of hours of game-play waiting for you.

Lets say the player in Skyrim wants to stay away from the main quest line. This is easily done. There is always something to do no matter where you go in the game.

The truth? Call of Duty games are getting shorter and shorter. I think the phenomenal success of the Modern Warfare series has pushed the developers to think more about money than the player. Modern Warfare 3 is not much different from its predecessor?

The makers of Skyrim have put out a truly innovative game building upon its predecessor: Oblivion. This was not done for Modern Warfare 3, why? I know why.

First off there are two kinds of games. Alley games, and Island games. Call of Duty games are alley games. The boundaries in alley games are close, very close. In this case the player is led down a certain constrained path.

Boundaries are not immediately perceptible in Island games, and are often referred to as sandbox games, popular for RPGs. It might take you all day to walk to one.

What do I mean? Games like Modern Warfare would be made like Island games that would be way more interesting, maybe a little less exciting, but would increase play time. It is obvious that multi-player and survival mode, is were the hours of play time can be found in Call of Duty.

But what I’m getting at is having an FPS game that empowers the player more, so the player can determine the way the game will evolve. Call it a cross-genre fps. Does it have to be RPG? No, but we should be able to build on your combat skills.

Don’t get me wrong. I know that alley style games heighten the drama of the game play, and I love MW 2 and 3. FPS games are fun and Modern Warfare is one of the best one going. Before we have to fork out another 70 dollars, I just think it is time to start thinking outside the box for once.

Since the combat is still FPS, I like to play Skyrim. But still get the Call of Duty games, they are a lot of fun, and make sure you get Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, and 3.

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