Leveling Down

Is Call of Duty Elite telling me I should just stick with just the L118A and P90?

It’s been 3 days now since I last got to play Modern Warfare 3, and I have to admit that it’s been a little rough. I thought it was a better idea to not bring my 360 with me when I flew with my wife to my inlaws’ house to spend Thanksgiving week, but now I’m not so sure. I’m practically counting down the days until I can get back and play, but luckily, outside of being able to read the official Modern Warfare 3 guide at Target when we go out shopping, I have access to Call of Duty Elite in the evening. Seeing as this is all I have for my Modern Warfare 3 entertainment in this week away from my 360, I figured I’d share my impressions on it for those of you wondering what it’s all about.

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espion4ge? Let’s do this.

I left work during lunch, grabbed a slice of pizza, and then picked up Modern Warfare 3. Unfortunately, I had to stay late at work for an emergency, but as soon as I got home, I scarfed down dinner, quickly listened to Mrs. cmfl3x’s rundown of her day, pet my dog for 1 minute and BOOTED UP! Two hours and many deaths later, I finished my first taste of Modern Warfare 3: and it was good. Tiny spoiler warning.

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Nathan Drake is back

Longtime readers of this blog probably know by now that my plans get screwed up a lot. A LOT. I had planned to play Uncharted 3 for two days after release on Tuesday, but like a genius, I left it at work. So, unfortunately, I’ve only played through six chapters of the game – hit the jump for my impressions so far.

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FIFA 12 almost looks like a real life match

Unfortunately I don’t have time for a full post, but I wanted to share some quick impressions about FIFA 12, the latest in EA’s sports franchise. I bought the game to relieve some stress from my crazy life: unfortunately, it didn’t quite work out that way.

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In Batman: Arkham City, you’ll be doing a lot of traveling – but fortunately, with some fun toys

I have so little time to game nowadays, and I’m not yet done with Gears of War 3 yet, but the combination of K-Mart offering a $30 gift card with Batman: Arkham City and reviewers going gaga over the game had me impulsively buy it. I’ve been able to sink a few hours into it so far this past weekend, and my plan was to try to beat it and trade it in quickly before switching back to Gears of War 3. But I guess it’s not going to be as quick as I thought.
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Brothers (and sisters!) to the end

espion4ge and I don’t usually write about the same games, but since Gears of War 3 is the end of a pretty important trilogy, I figured I’d make the exception. It’s funny – I always anticipate the threequels more, but it seems like espion4ge always ends up enjoying them more than I do (see: Halo Reach). I don’t disagree with his review, Gears of War 3 is a fine game, but I felt the campaign lacking in points. Yes, it is probably the best Gears of War campaign to date, but I feel like overall the Gears of War series’ campaigns are weak in general. I know you don’t play Gears for plot, but I still found myself wanting more after I finished the campaign the other day.

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espion4ge and cmfl3x after a successful co-op mission

When espion4ge and I booted up the new (free) Portal 2 DLC Peer Review, it was NOT like running into an old friend. The game seems so foreign now! It’s kind of crazy since it’s only been a few months, but it took awhile for me to get used to playing again. So how is the free DLC? The price is right, but Portal might be starting to dim for me.

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In my limited time so far, Gears of War 3 is outclassing its predecessors in every possible way

After finally making replaying through the campaigns of Gears of War 1 and 2, I am now able to start Gears of War 3. Talk about some waiting time eh? I might have to think twice about replaying Modern Warfare 1 and 2 before jumping into Modern Warfare 3. Regardless, now that I’ve got a chance to put some hours into the Gears 3 campaign & multiplayer, I do have some thoughts to share on it.

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Err…I think Battlefield 3 still has some kinks to work out

Even though I’m a Call of Duty player at heart, I’ve always held some interest in the Battlefield series (console versions). I really enjoyed Bad Company 1, and when 1943 came out, I put a lot of time in it, especially considering it was just a downloadable game. I have enjoyed the different feel of the game along with the different game types which have previously provided much needed variety in my multiplayer experiences. Admittedly, I don’t understand what this means as much as PC gamers might, but supposedly the words “Battlefield” and “3″ being put together into one phrase is supposed to be a pretty big deal. With that in mind, I jumped into the Battlefield beta over the past week, both on PC and Xbox. Unfortunately, I’m not sure the beta lives up to the hype.

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution looks great, although I’ve been getting nauseous – not sure if it’s me or the game

Someone told me that Deus Ex: Human Revolution = Alpha Protocol on steroids. I’m not sure if that is accurate, but I know I loved Alpha Protocol so I was pretty excited about this game. I’ve gotten to play through it a bit over the past weekend, so I thought I’d put up my impressions.

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