So the new CoD game is declared, Black Ops, which is a pretty cool idea -wow, didn't see that coming! but from Treyarch, yeah, that I didn't see. but the trailer actually looked pretty intense...a bit too fast and chaotic, but I'm actually hoping that that just shows what Treyarch wants to do with the game: a bit more Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now, than Platoon, because I'm getting tired of the whole war is noble and we're here to do good...like in Uncharted 2, at the end Nick takes him down, but what does he tell him:"how many have you killed just to get here? you're no different!" sure 'nuff.... so yeah, I'd love to have Black Ops be what Bad Company 2 has introduced: the idea of a good squad based story, game, and focus. Modern Warfare kind of brought that in with it's Soap and Ghost and them, Tier 5 i think they were called, but Black Ops can run with it. Take the game on Ops, not a ruthless killer or organization being hunted down, but just ops, that can go a number of ways, depending on how you play it...sure that won't happen, but since playing Mass Effect 2, I'm just itching for aFPS to try it's hand at that depth...maybe Sniper:Ghost Warrior will!

another note: multiplayer, I think too, has met its test since like someone said before, sure it was all along just shoot the next guy and win, but now it's all shoot the next guy, get points, increase some silly perk etc, well, it has a total rpg, stat, rts aspect to it that just takes from playing and enjoying a quick shoot out! maybe a new mode has to be created: old school fps! just a gun, a second gun, maybe a grenade or claymore and go into battle, but well, just too much menu load outs... yeah, that's me crying....

I AM just playingBC 2 and can't stop! one mission goes into the next and I just don't want to stop! with mw 2 I played the first mission and haven't even gone back; I did some spec ops but that too haven't really gotten into...I don't think it's an intentional hate, or nostalgia for mw 1, but dunno, just not as enjoying it as I did with bc 2, but then again, I didn't really enjoy bc 1 so, there ya go...

Just Cause 2 was fun, it's what Mercenaries 2 should have been, but that too i think has met it's limit, two missions down and I'm pretty much over it.

I was thinking of Tomb Raider, and I heard that it might look more like Uncharted than the old Tomb Raider, and I'm fu*&in glad! It's about time. It needs a new overhaul. Elena and Chloe pretty much proved that games can have both sexy and caring and ass-kicking female leads and not be all cartoon big boobs, eyes and bodies really... take Tomb Raider to a more "realistic" third person, platformer and I thinkit can really have a come back... more shoot out than puzzle though...

As a side note: I own both 360 and ps3, but since Sony did their little linux block, I pretty much don't use my ps3...I only went online for MW1 and Uncharted 2, but yeah, nah. I even unsuscribed to the psn mail list, sorry, but taking something that yeah, I didn't use but had no intention of ill using, was just wrong in my opinion... I hated updates before, but now, I'm thinking of making myself be done with online dependence... I always felt updates should be optional, not mandatory, if it adds gameplay improvement then yeah sure, mandatory, but console improvement, or in this case, suspicious take aways (sorry but you'd have to be an idiot to believe that it was for security reasons! 1: it was primarily to disable blue ray copying and unlicensed video streaming, so for gaming it had nothing! Being a conspiracy nut, I call that it has nothing to do with gaming-well maybe a little- but more to do with future updates, possibly tie in with the motion sensor, etc... It's for down the line things, not gaming.... I'll give Sony this, they learned from the ps2 and hopefully, that's why they went all 'aghast' on this one; but it made menone too happy...and so I'm trying hard to boycott them and these shenanigans gaming companies are suddenly going into...it is all about money, but if it's my money they want, then 'here ya go, gimme what I paid for, else give me back one hundred dollars that now I'm losing. thanks, now we can do business....) then no, it should be the users' decision based on use and intent to implement. i.e. the photo editor, haven't touched it, but it is on my ps3, so do I care? not really, it's there but can't do anything about it, so...anyway, rant aside, I still love gaming, and until my 360 goes the route of my ps3, I'll still enjoy gears, lost planet 2 and mw/bc...

as another side note: I played Bayonetta on both the 360 and ps3 and well, let's just say it was a better experience on my 360. The loading screens take forever on the ps3 -it was ona friend's slim- and the witch time was totally different...if you've played them, you know what I'm talking about...huff, sheesh, it's sunny out, I should be happy; fine, fine, I haven't posted for ages, so I won't again until Arkham Asylum 2 comes out! hah!...