Why Bethesda Will Save Gaming Part 1:

This is actually my first ever blog. I'm more of a reader than a writer so odds are this will be a tedious read but I feel the need to speak up before it's too late or I'll never forgive myself.

I admit that I'm a ranter which is why this will be in 2 part's rather than 1 and I apologise to anyone who feels I've wasted their time.

Now then. Oblivion. Fallout 3. And now Skyrim.
(And I would like to pay tribute to New Vegas also)

4 Things that kept me going through the Depression of the Boring never changing FPS Multiplayer that has plagued our consoles since November 5th 2007. The reason I include Skyrim there is because I've had more fun and Excitement from reading about it than any Multiplayer game I've played since It's announcement.

Before I tell you why Bethesda are our saviours I will at least explain why we need one in the first place.

Now I know that there has been Multiplayer before Call Of Duty, One of my favourite's being Shadowrun, A fantastic online multiplayer that had me playing with my friends in exciting and interesting matches in a brand new way that I never had before. Rainbow six Vegas. Need I even say anything other than Calypso Casino?.
Finally, Halo 3. Groundbreaking Multiplayer team work made for thrilling competitive online gaming sometimes with a beautifully yet painfully tense ending to a 49-49 slayer match. It would be cheers of joy if you'd managed to bag the 50 at the end or utter despair when you lost by that one point. But win or lose it was always as a team I felt.

Then skip to November 5th 2007. Call Of Duty came along and started a rather disturbing trend of the FPS being made repeatedly in the exact same way with a different cover on the box. This is when things got worrying. And now here we are with the 5th Call of Duty Game in nearly 4 years. Added onto that the failed attempts from other makers to jump on the band wagon and make some easy cash. And we are throwing it at them every time a new one comes out.

Even my beloved Halo have brought out ODST, Halo Wars and Reach and I lied to myself and said were great but now I can't look at myself in the mirror. They are all becoming repetitive, boring and worst of all they are made without care and respect to the gamers that fork out crazy money to buy them again and again.

We are forgetting our love and appreciation of compelling stories and well made adventures be it an Elder Scrolls open world or the more recent linear games like Batman or Mass Effect where you are lost in the beauty of the immersive world around you or staying up that extra hour to get to the climax of a gripping story.
And are instead choosing to shout to the T.V or the heavens cursing the man that made this game or the little ****ard that killed you. We play games that frustrate us, give us migraines and make us hate ourselves for even trying to believe that maybe this time they would fix the problems from the last games, which they rarely do. for our reward to have a better Kill to Death Ratio?. Or to tell your mate that your better than him at this and that. Too many times have I preached to my friends of how I lost in Fifa to someone I was much better than and I'm sick of hearing my own voice.

Remember folks this is only my opinion and I'm happy for people to put me in my place. I'd love to have a positive out look on Multiplayers but we are treading down a dangerous road right now and we need to act before our single player games become extinct. I for one will be boycotting online games from here on.

I hope this hasn't made anyone's eyes bleed and if you'd like to hear how Bethesda will save us from this Tyrant taking over you will be able to find:

Why Bethesda Will Save Gaming Part 2: By next week I hope.

Thanks for reading.