I am sure by now most of you have seen the Black Ops multiplayer teaser trailer. And probably by now there has been many an article on the trailer in question. I figured that i would put my interpretation of the black ops trailer for you all.

To start things off, the trailer, by the end, gave me a feeling of, well, unease. I started watching the trailer like the rest you did, watching only the cool explodey things first, then analyzing the trailer. Once i had gotten over the first view, i felt the black ops could, repeat, could, be headed towards disaster. Explosive RC machines? Ballistic knifes? CAMERAS? What in the hell happened?! It seems now that treyarch and infinity ward are putting in this kind of unplausible BS just so it can be in there. And I seriously hope that some of the things that are in the multiplayer, like the rc of doom and the controllable missle, stay in multiplayer. It would give any immersion of the story a firm kick out the door. Even if these additions stay in multiplayer, they could still unballance the entire system. A person could basically camp in a room with a camera watching his ass and their is no way you could stop them.

Look, the bottom line is that i feel that Black Ops could be heading for a huge failure. I am interested in it, don't get me wrong. I just feel that I should observe from a distance. I may or may not get it, but I feel safe in knowing that Halo: Reach cannot disappoint me. For now my interestment in COD: BO will be akin to me watching a train wreck.

In my experience as a gamer, I've learned that to simply judge a game by how it looks in say, a trailer or from a cursory glance, is just unfair. Unfair to the developer and unfair to you as a gamer. i'm assuming most of you have heard the expression "not to judge a book by its cover". what most don't know is how much this plays into gaming, pardon the pun. i have seen both people i never knew and my own friends pass up games on the basis that they took a glance at it and said no i'm not getting it. the variations are that a certain publisher *cough Activision cough*, were behind it. one, if you refuse to buy games on the basis said above,such as Transformers: WFC or Blur, you're only hurting the developers for having Activision as a publisher.



Autobots are angry because of judging games by cover alone.

my second point is that comparing two games to each other is just as bad, if not worse. if i had a nickel for every time someone said that they didn't want to play Bad Company 2 because they figured that it sucked compared to MW2, i would be a f****** millionare. i concede that if they had played both and genually liked B:BC2 more than MW2, then i would be happy for them. but since is the internet we are talking about, there is always going to be trolls who enjoy ripping on a game because it borrows similar aspects from another game or because they simply feel that, through their logic, they know the trials and tribulations that come with making a game and have a god-given right to judge it, not by technicals or by seeing it being made, but by their opinion alone. it's that kind of thing that truly digusts me.

As with many games on multiple platforms, there will ALWAYS be comparisons to see which version is "superior" than the other version. As this is a free country and everyone is entitled to their opinion, mine is that the game should not be lost in the fight. To put in layman's terms, the expierence from the game should be overshadowed by the people. If said game is a fun game, it really matters not what console you prefer it for, as long as the game itself is good. People shouldn't fret over which version has more/less discs, console exclusive marketing or even exclusive content for one version. as long as you enjoy the game in question and don't give a rats hairy **** about console comparisons, then by all means enjoy. Those who can't, well... there's always the internet

This being my first post and all, I would like to start off with the most reviled, hated, detested and utterly despised people in gaming...

FANBOYS!

Yes yes, I know that there have been many an article about these pariahs, but what I really want to talk about is not what type is the worst. I say for all intents and purposes, all fanboys are terrible. Anybody who thinks otherwise is a fanboy themselves. No, what I really want to say is that is your "pride" that important? Is your ego easily bruised? If so then listen up. i currently own all current gen consoles. that means i have a Wii, Xbox and PS3. some might call this heresy but i call it life. i own and play mass effect 2, but that doesn't mean I don't play Uncharted 2 or Super Mario Galaxy. I believe that you should just play good games. It doesn't matter what company made them or which console that it will appear on. Just because a game is exclusive does not mean it deserves a n instant 9 or 10. That also means just because you have a different system than another exclusive, it does not instantly make it the worst game evar. You hear that, you PS3 fanboys, JUST BECAUSE HEAVY RAIN IS AN EXCLUSIVE DOES NOT ENTITLE IT TO A 9 OR 10. Grow a pair and play a game on another system. Or if that is unobtainable, just stop complaining to those of us who have souls and lives.

PizzaReaver, out.