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As the year winds down once again we find ourselves musing about new game releases while still burning a candle in the gaming window for past FFC'ers... Orc, Eagle, Semp, Kato, and RoadDog.
Don didn't play with us for long due to excessive lag (and excessive Don ;), Greg is still stuck in Europe, Scott had health probs, Bruce is job/house/life hunt'n..again, while John remains a retail biz casualty. Such is life...and death....the candle burns on, but the games won't wait.
Games we have -
"Killing Floor" has proven to be a load o'zombie (errmm, I mean "specimen"...sounds like a doctor visit) fun for cheap, if a bit dated and repetitious. Best thing about it is that it supports 6 COOP players, 'tho it lacks the "push away" feature and AI of the L4D series.
Speaking of, now that Schultz purchased L4D2 (for too much $ ;) that should help fill the gaps in having a full-house for same once in awhile.
The older COD series continues to entertain with various mods and new maps still releasing for both 4 and 5. There's a hot looking new mod for 5 releasing "RSN"; currently being pre-release tested overseas. I won't spoil the surprise but expect to have some new "World at War" fun in December!
I know Crow still plays BF:BC2 on the pubs, I don't play it or MOH for that matter on pubs...can't stand them myself. Too many hacks, too many spawn killers and kiddies...guess I'm get'n old. I keep an eye on BC2 news...like there's another map pack due soon, but none of their map releases thus far has been anything but a rework of the originals. Even the new Vietnam expansion pack includes reworked BF maps...sheez...how cheapo. I don't regret buying either game; the SP was fun in both and we got some MP value from BC2 for awhile.
New game releases -
Of course COD:BO made (continues to make) buku $, but it has just too many negatives to be a good game for us as a group....that $60 price-tag being a big no-no. I played the SP, which was pretty good yet not worth that much coin.
A game that looks interesting both from a price ($20) and feature perspective is "Breach". No idea yet what the MP server model will be like. Definitely one to keep an eye on, with a Jan 2011 release date being right around the corner.
That's it for now, hope ya'll have a safe and prosperous holiday season!
Mamba, out
