So I like shooting games, I have a bunch of PS2 ones and some of the good ones for the PS3. But the three I'm would like to talk about are SOCOM: Confrontation, Call of Duty: World at War, and Resistance 2. All of them are great games, yes I do love a round or twelve of SOCOM, despite the reviews, and what others say. So what is the point of this three-way comparison? I don't know yet, we'll see how it evolves.

So lets start with SOCOM, this game was fun instantly. It was the only one that got me away from Rainbow 6 Vegas 2. One thing that had me a bit apprehensive about getting it, was the online multiplayer competitive only aspect. I have loved playing the earlier games, but I only played the single player portion of it. I liked the shooting mechanics and everything else. But I'm just not that into the competitive part. Well needles to say, that all changed. I enjoyed the added challenge of facing off against other actual people instead of AI bots. The game is slower paced enough, that I can still think about what to do, but also fast enough that you can get some intense firefights. Granted I can't play with everything the game offers, Ie.. ranked or dedicated servers. I still get horrid lag, and freezing, and even disconnected from the game. I can still play user games, with little to no problems. But any who I'm straying off point. The game is a blast, and even though they are a rarity, ever now and then I find people to work with in a game. Then it's a blast. All in all, this is my first real insight to a game with a competitive nature, and seeing how much fun it can really be.

Ok, next we shale go onto CoD:WaW mostly because it ties in with the previous paragraph best. So I know that the Call of Duty series is a fantastic one. I played a little of the first, the second one I played on the 360, single player only, and could play the mission of the allies taking the cliffs at Normandy all day for hours on end. The third one was ho-hum(story wise), but still a good shooter. The fourth was a blast, and the first time I played online. But while the online was fun and addicting, I sucked at it. So that cut back on the fun factor for me. I got Rainbow 6 Vegas, and was ok at that one, but still wasn't all that into the online. And sadly the same has happened on this one. It seems that all the little things I learned in SOCOM, I forget in two seconds playing this one online. I revert to running and gunning. But on the upside, The online co-op game is great. I actually was able to play a private game with a couple of buddies. Wow, just wow. We would be talking back and forth, I would draw there fire and they would move up and draw fire so I could move up, and it made the game ten times better than it was when I played the single player mode.

And finally, now we come to Resistance 2. Another great shooter, but here it's the co-op that I find lacking, I've played it a couple times, but just can't get into it. The competitive is fun, but at this point it's too easy to get kills. Sure that can sound like fun, but it's true. I sat back and used a sniper rifle, and bam, I lock in on there spawn point, and as soon a they spawn in I wait till they start moving or shooting, and I drop people. First time playing, this happens. I ended up being ranked 9th in the room. 30 vrs. 30 game. I get 9th place. And I used a sniper rifle the entire time. I even ran out of ammo on multiple occasions. That never happens to me, not on competitive games. So that kind of takes a bit of the fun out of it for me, but where does this one shine for me, well the single player story mode. The boss fights, intense firefights, the continuation of the story (I don't care what others say, I enjoyed it) And the ending, loved it all.

Well there you have it, three different games with three different reason to play them. I know people like to say, it's a shooting game, there is no difference. But there are differences, different things that make one fun in one way, and others fun for other reasons. This is in no way saying some one can find these game fun in other ways (except for SOCOM) but they are the modes I like for them. Now my only problem is what type of game do I want to play. Competitive, Co-Op, or single player.

Happy hunting.