Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Review of: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2


Author: David Lam
Title: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
System: Xbox 360/Playstation 3
Genre: First-person Shooter


The Call of Duty series has made an insane amount of money in the videogame industry. The most recent one which is the sequel to Infinity Ward's COD Modern Warfare was highly anticipated and believed to have sold the most copies out of the other COD games. Honestly every game is the same and it always has some sort of multiplayer system which sucks. Every game has a decent sort of story line and this game has the same level in decency. Pretty much it is a WW III scenario and you play as different character. One is part of an elite task force and the other part of the Rangers. Eventually you play as Soap the main character in the previous Modern Warfare. The campaign reveals a plot to instigate a World War between Russia and the USA. You act as a Ranger officer that successfully does his job in fighting the Russians. Also you play as Soap and end up killing the US General Shepard who is responsible for starting the World War. The campaign involves both stealth and action which appealed to me. It appealed to most player but the reason people usually buy the COD games is for the competitive multiplayer.

Top 10: Coolest Armor


Author: David Lam


10. Gears of War 2 - COG Armor
At ten we have the COG armor which has no special abilities meaning it is at ten. Since this armor does look badass it made it on the list. What is better than blowing off and alien's head while looking like a badass with a chainsaw bayonet gun on your back.


9. Oblivion's - Daedric Armor
Here we have armor that does what it is meant to do, Protect ya neck. This armor is great since its covers your whole body and it looks cool. What is better than looking like an anti Christ while you slash off someone's head. Unfortunately this armor has no special powers only the power to protect your body from an arrow.


8. God of War - Cratos's Armor
Enjoy bashing people with two swords attached to chains? Well then this armor set goes well with that weapon. Cratos's armor is plain badass. You wear this so you can go fight a god. Fighting a god is kind of hard and this armor is what will be your grundle guard while fighting Zeus.

Top 10: Shooting Games

Author: David Lam

1. Bioshock
The reason why Bioshock is first should be common knowledge. I mean it is great with some nice guns that are antiques yet they kick ass. Then of course we have the special elements you can add to the guns. Not only that but Bioshock features a nice story driven FPS game and most FPS games are driven through multiplayer and their plots tend to be so-so that is why Bioshock got first place.

2. Crysis
Ah Crysis brings tears to my eyes when I think of the action and happiness this game gave me. This game features cool weapons an awesome suit and
intense action. Don't forget the great graphics and the detail as you see the footprints in the sand. This game is great and ranks 2 with a well developed story line.


3. Halo Reach
Halo has made some good games and now we have Reach. New weapons and new abilities offer a nice change up in the normal Halo game play. Now you feel invincible as a Spartan who can sprint and wreak havoc ranking it as third.

Top 10: Hard Bosses


Author: David Lam

1. Final Fantasy VII
Awesome the ruby weapon just....great. Here is a boss that can kill you easily even when you did everything in the game 100% except kill this guy. No matter what he is a challenge and even at max level you will have a hard time killing this jerk. Even with the best sword in the game he can stomp you.

2. Final Fantasy Tactics
Enjoy killing this vain creature. Altima will own you period end of story. Unless you use the cheap tactic that Ramza is capable of you will lose and it will happen quickly. You kill her once she comes back stronger and second once again here she comes. Only after round three are you rewarded the ending of the game which you have worked hard for.

3. God of War II
Boy is he pissed and all you did was kill a bunch of gods who were his family. Well Zeus the king of Gods will whoop you good because there is a reason why he is the king. No more button mashing it is time to get serious because Zeus will destroy those of you who survived on button mashing.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Review of: Left 4 Dead


Reviewer: David Lam
Title: Left 4 Dead
System: Xbox 360
Genre: First-person shooter/Survival Horror


                Zombie Apocalypse, a scenario where the majority of the world is flesh eating hungry dead corpses. You are of the few survivors and have to survive the zombie hoards by shooting them in their brain which is their major weakness. You can be infected through bites and this genre has been showcased in books, movies, and videogames. In my opinion I think that everyone has at least once thought how they would do in a scenario like that. It is fiction and some think it would be enjoyable to live a an apocalyptic world like that.