Female of the Gaming Species

Hi!

I guess id better introduce myself,I’m Sarah, 23 from London and currently work in online marketing.So this blog is about interesting releases, and developments in gaming as this is my passion and well my job:)

This is a good day to do my first post actually as there have been some big announcements lately,firstly the announcement that Call of Duty 5 will be set in the 2nd world war…sigh….

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10830&Itemid=53

This is so odd to me, COD4 was the best FPS to break away from the old wars and tackle a new,modern enemy and the figures speak for themselves (it is back to being the number one Xbox live game knocking gta off the top spot). And now it seems like they are taking a huge step backwards, admittedly there are some great new features including co-op but COD3 received such a poor reception and Tom Clancy’s End War is out soon.

On a lighter note, although I am not a massive fan of Saints Row the new Saints Row 2 trailer is hilarious: http://www.thq-games.com/uk/thqtv/index/1516

Poking fun at the ‘Friend’s mini games in GTA4 and even using the same font it pokes fun at the more tongue in cheek aspects of Saints Row 2, hopefully stopping the tide of GTA4 comparisons.

The next big thing, naturally is Metal Gear 4, the return of the great Solid Snake loving brought out on the PS3.

I remember fondly playing MGS1 on the PS1 and being amazed that it was 3 discs!3 Discs!I obviously didn’t learn as I then went to tackle FFVII (4 Discs) but both were worth it. It was the first time I found myself completely immersed in a game,listening intently to every codec message and watching every cut scene in awe.

I was disappointed with MGS2, Raiden, the he-she wonder was not quite the man i wanted, he wasn’t the weary, bitter snake. MGS3 was amazing, the graphics still stand the test of time even against the current next gen consoles. I have to admit that I haven’t got a PS3, simply because the quantity of games on the 360 is far greater but MGS4 is the one game I would buy it for.

Having read some early reviews, they are claiming the cut scenes run at around 90 mins which yes is a smidge excessive (prompting my work mate to claim that he would relish his 20 mins of gameplay).To me, and to all the other Snake fans, my hero is deserving of a proper send off. He can’t just fade into the background, he was the first ‘character’ I cared about and if I have to sit through 90 mins to do him and Hideo Kojima justice then I will do it with pride!

Enough reminiscing for tonight, I need to put some serious time into GTA 4, rank 1 on multiplayer is just depressing…