Call of Duty: Black Ops 4- Addressing the Hate Bandwagon

Hey Guys, now that Black Ops 4 was officially announced and most of the rumors about the game have been confirmed it's time for me to finally talk about it. There are a couple of elements of the game that I want to talk about and of course all the bandwagon haters that clearly played the game before.

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It's been almost eight years since the original Black Ops released. Let me tell you, I didn't originally play the game for its multiplayer as I didn't have Xbox Live at the time, but I played the campaign and the zombies mode.

Let me tell you, other than the Modern Warfare trilogy, Black Ops had an amazing campaign. The story itself was interesting enough to keep you playing it and even gave us a few memorable characters that modern Call of Duty games no longer give us. Plus, the game had some meme worthy moments in it as well. Black Ops 2 also had a good campaign as well.

If you didn't already guess, I am disappointed that Black Ops 4 will not include a campaign. The whole "nobody plays the campaign" argument is bullshit because there are plenty of people who love to play their games with a story.

To some degree, I understand why Black Ops 4 doesn't have a campaign and that has to do with Black Ops 2. If you didn't know this already, Black Ops 2 introduced a non-linear campaign which is pretty goddamn innovative for a Call of Duty campaign. Of course, this already creates a mess in the timeline for the yearly shooter, so they had to go in a different direction for the Black Ops 3 campaign.

Personally, I didn't really enjoy the Black Ops 3 campaign. It was just too much of a jumbled mess to me. It's essentially a poor man's attempt at Halo: Reach.

However, I'd rather have some kind of story than no story at all. Sure, I may not have liked the story for Black Ops 3, but it did provide some pretty enjoyable levels. It also introduced a player-created character. Regardless, at least something new was being attempted.

Okay, now that I got my thoughts out on the lack of a campaign, let me talk about the zombies.

I'm not a huge zombies fan. I did play a lot of the zombies mode from Black Ops and Black Ops 2. After they started incorporating a story, I just lost interest as most people I played with were more into the lore than the actual gameplay itself. I have nothing wrong with it, but if I'm playing a horde mode I just want there to be elements that put emphasis on the gameplay itself rather than on the hidden lore.

It's pretty interesting that they are including three different modes for zombies, but it's really something that I'm not looking forward to.

Moving on to the multiplayer and Battle Royal.

This is where I see the most criticism being drawn to. How many times to I have to keep hearing "Wow, they are just copying _____"? Seriously, if we're going to go with that argument you might as well say that for every video game ever. "Silent Hill? It's just copying Resident Evil!". "Resident Evil? It's just copying Alone in the Dark!". "The Evil Within? It's just copying Resident Evil 4!". Believe me, I can go on for hours about how flawed this argument is.

At least Treyarch is trying something new for the multiplayer. They are trying to make it more team-oriented. I don't understand how people work. They complain that Call of Duty has copy-paste multiplayer, but the moment something new is actually incorporated people start bitching.

I'm not big on Battle Royal, but who the hell cares that Black Ops 4 includes one? Fortnite is essentially PUBG, but it includes crafting making it a completely different game than PUBG. If Black Ops 4 can do something different than PUBG or Fortnite, than who the hell are you to complain about it?

Look, people need to realize that this game is going to sell millions. You can criticize the game all you want, but I hope all you bandwagon haters realize that none of you haven't played the game at the end of the day. You can't say a game is going to be horrible based on a trailer. Just shut the hell up and wait for the game to release and then you can give your opinion on the game.

Now that I got that out of my system, let's call it a day. I know I'm going to buy this game eventually. Especially, if it pisses off all the bandwagon haters.
Till Next Time!!

Rage 2: My Thoughts

Hey Guys, a few days ago Bethesda released the official announcement trailer for Rage 2. If you've been following the game, you would have known that the game has been teased for a while now. Regardless, its announcement came as a surprise. Out of all the franchises that id Software could have brought back, they decided to bring back Rage.

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Rage was released all the way back in 2011. I didn't play the game back when it first released, but I heard about the PC port being damn near unplayable. However, I did play the game a year after its release and have some relatively good things to say about it.

Rage is a good but flawed game. In retrospect, I understand why some people would call the game disappointing. The story wasn't great, the characters weren't interesting despite giving us a Borderlands-like tone, and the driving combat felt a little tact on. However, the combat itself was great. I also was impressed with the game's graphics despite being seven years old.

It's been a while since I've played the game, but I can say for certain that it's underrated. The game did sell moderately well for a new IP, so a sequel wasn't out of the question, but seven years later is unexpected.

Based on the two trailers that have been released on Rage 2, I can say that this game does look promising. I would love to see more gameplay on it, but I'm still getting that Mad Max and Borderlands like vibe to this game. Maybe this game will have more of a narrative than the original? I sure as shit hope so because this is a game that can benefit from a good story.

id Software has been killing it these past years especially with Doom and Wolfenstein II. I'm confidant that the same can happen for Rage 2. If they fix all the criticisms that I mentioned, I'm sure the sequel will be superior to the original Rage.

If you haven't played the original Rage, I would say give it a shot. Don't expect to be blown out of this world, but it's still a damn good time.
Till Next Time!!