I'm sure that this blog has been posted over and over again on various accounts, mine will be no different as I had a god given day off work yesterday and took the opportunity to watch the live conference for the Xbox One reveal. Of course we had not known what the name was going to be prior to the conference with ideas such as the Xbox 720, Durango and others being thrown around. Personally, I like the Xbox One title that Microsoft has given its newest toy, its not following the Playstation numerical system which is too predictable and dull with the PS4. I'm sure they will both be solid consoles but Microsoft clearly got more creative with the names. 

The main standout for me at this conference/ reveal was how the sports games looked so early in development. Sports games tend not to be a huge thing for everybody but they are a big part of gaming for me, and the way FIFA and Madden games both looked blew my mind. I'm definitely 100% stoked about the release of these ones to see a finished product. 

Another big moment for the conference was the first look at the newest Call Of Duty, subtitled "Ghosts." Activision and Infinity Ward are gearing up to put up another release into the Modern Shooter franchise and the reveal of this particular game left me with many questions. The showcase of the game sounded more like a sales pitch than an explantion of what is going to be different with the Activision representative talking about various things involved in the game which have already been done on the current generation consoles. Interactive multiplayer maps and events was said to change the way the game was played and my first response was "Gears of War did that already." Now Call of Duty may do it to a different extent but I'm curious to see if that is the only new innovation to what is becomming a stale multiplayer. I have many issues with Call of Duty's multiplayer since Modern Warfare 3 but the biggest one is that Call of Duty takes multiplayer too seriously like so many of its players. In the end its a game, a game is meant to be fun, playing Black Ops 2 is not fun to me anymore because I feel like theres no room for fun. It's strict gun vs. gun and running around. My personal favourite Call Of Duty (Modern Warfare 2) had so many elements from noob toobing, to the best sniping in the series and always made for a fun experience no matter what the game type. Now with more recent ones I feel like if I mess up a movement I'm killed instantly.

I'll leave my Call of Duty complaints for another day, because the Xbox One will probably make Ghosts look fantastic. I'm thrilled about the next generation of gaming and can't wait for a release date.

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