Great!.. we had 7 days off the college.. and another 3 days for the ALFATER feast .. that's total 10 days of pain relief ..only to have  another pain .. EA games pain !

I don't know ..but EA always choose the last of October and the beginning of November to launch their hottest titles ..and what could be hotter than NFS & Battle Field franchises ?

I kinda find it weird ending a year without a new NFS or BF game !

I am bored of those games though .. EA always exploit their ideas till they wash the ground with them ..I can't forget my bloody experience with BF2 .. starting with difficulties in visually optimizing .. benchmarking .. and finally the obvious rib off in BF2 : Special Forces & Armored Fury !

I regret getting them badly ..BF2:SF was a complete stupid mode for the game .. it shouldn't be considered an expansion pack at all ..I mean what's so great in having a silly flash grenades and a couple of fast vehicles ..?! even those three factions sounded pretty immature and falsetto !

alright beside USA , China and Middle East Coalitions (MEC) there are :

1-Ribbles which is a copy of MEC faction .. same weapons ..same voices ..just different immature animations .. 

2-Russians ..same weapons as MEC and Ribbles  .. just different ugly animations with Low textures and different radio voices .

3-British forces .. which is the only completely different add-on faction .. with new weapons and voices ..again with ugly animations .

all those 3 factions have the same vehicles though ..a small APC and a fast buggy in additional to the normal Jeep ..no Tanks ..no aircrafts ..nothing new ..with the exception of new bugs and performance issues ..the whole thing sounds like an amateur work ..and it sounds rushed by the way .. this is ridiculous ..I don't know how any respectful developer would consider making this crap an expansion .. even the maps were awful and seemed pretty unnatural .

and for Armored Fury .. such a trick .. but I gotta admit .. they made some great selection of maps for this one as well as a couple of new aircrafts and vehicles .. but is it really worth the money ..why do we have to PAY for anything that is new in this game ?

looking at UT2004 , COD or even F.E.A.R. new contents are always free ..but that's not the case in EA franchises .. Money is the case .

I didn't fully enjoy BF2 though .. due to many problems in my internet connection ..nor did I enjoy Special forces at all .

Anyhow .. EA has prepared BF 2142 and NFS:Carbon for this fall ..I am kinda curious to see how 2142 will perform and look .. a strange enthusiasm pulling me towards this suspicious game .. but no .. I am not falling in the same trick for the third time ..Carbon does sound interesting though .. if it really comes with those gameplay changes .

of course I didn't mention "Sims" the biggest EA franshise and number #1 title in gaming industry .. they keep releasing trivia stuff for it along the whole year .. and you'll have to pay to for the sims to have pets or to go to university !

pay attention .. university is so boooring !

05/02/2006

last week I bought all harry potter novels ..I decided to read them all ..and I did ! ..my eyes were screaming ..complaining about reading more than 2500 page in one week ..any way after reading them ..I simply fall in love in this world ..although it's about magic and other unreal things ..but guess what ..that 's what makes this world interesting...  I am looking forward to the next novel ..

02/02/2006

I finished downloading Time Shift single player demo ..I read alot about this game ..I also read that it has a solid graphic engine ..

well after playing I finished the demo within 15 minutes ..I spend some time adjusting graphics options which was so many ..I set every thing to maximum...even HDR ...the game encountered few lags in the first cutscenes ...but it's okay.. I think it's time for changing my 6600GT ...!

the graphics of the game don't seem to be very taxing ...and it's not amazing or surprising by the way ...I just had a feel that I am playing Unreal touranment 2004 ...and I think ATARI has used UT2004's engine in Timeshift ...this nearly add no improvements ..however I set Material Quality to "good" instead of "best"  in order to have 25-40 FPS ...which is also low ..especially in a game like this ..which depends greatly on how fast can you shoot ....that made me hide a lot and always use time capabillities ...

my general thought :I felt bored ..this game is nothing but an enhanced UT2004 engine and gameplay with time fancy control ..no more ...I must admit that I liked reversing the time ..but the particle effects in the game aren't satisfying enough ...vice versa F.E.A.R ...which also included time Slow Motion control but in an excellent way ..

that's my opinion for the DEMO ..I don"t know about the full version ..but I don"t expect too much ...I've had enough with traditional shooting ...