You also have to take the psychological make-up of the individual into consideration and whether they can differentiate video games from reality or not.
Personally, I think this is where parents should come into play. They should be there to monitor what their child is playing. I also believe that most parents that have children who play games should familiarize themselves with the ESRB ratings system and enforce the age restriction set forth by it.
@limewax
Although you have to take the psychological make-up of the child into consideration as well.
I really don't think that it matters whether the child's first exposure to video games are Marcus and Dom. It's a matter of if the individual can handle the violence properly and differentiate video games from reality.
And, for me that's where parents come into the mix. They should be with there children to discuss what is happening ...
What I meant was, "I wouldn't expect..." Didn't catch the spelling error in time to edit it.
Props on the article. It was well written and provided to some solid arguments.
And, you are write about the fact that N4G is vocal.
I would expect many intelligent comments to an article like this, especially on N4G.
Anyway, I completely agree with you and the author. I'd love to see CoD take a 2-3 year break and come back (hopefully) refreshed and with a new graphics engine.
I actually agree with him. I will be buying MW3 because my friends will have it and I enjoy the single player and mutliplayer with a little Spec Ops thrown in for garnish.
But, I really think that the CoD franchise needs to take a two year break, and really sit back and think what would make the next CoD installment great. Maybe even take that time to develop a new graphics engine.
Don't feed the blatant troll. He'll be banned in a short while anyway.
He's also saying that because he knows it will wind people like the one that wrote this article up.
Go to the top of this page and look at the picture for the article.
I have my Hardened Edition pre-ordered already. I wasn't sure whether I was going to pre-order it or not, but the Elite Premium 1-year subscription is what sold me. I love the idea of not having to pay separately for DLC.
You had me at "improved hit detection"!
I seem to remember the guys at DICE saying that all of the MP maps will be playable across all game modes.
I'll agree with you on that. It feels like the only games that the 360 has are FPS games and Kinect.
@GreiverSoul
The reason he never said "No Quickspoing" at COD XP was because he confirmed that there would be quickscoping about a month or so ago.
Looks like it could be a lot of fun.
Hopefully, this one will be as good as the first 3 on the PS2 were. I haven't really enjoyed a DBZ game since then.
Thing is though, the community manager at Sledgehammer tweeted that those "leaked" screenshots were fakes. They were just really good fakes.
Guy Beahm, COmmunity Manager for Sledgehammer Games, Tweeted that these are fakes, albeit really good ones.
http://gyazo.com/a6fadf3d1a...
It's the same here despite the fact that I have a target and a Best Buy within easy walking distance.
I like going to my GS because I know most of the employees that work there and they've always been really cool...well...except for the new assistant manager.
He tries way too hard with his sales pitch. He will literally go through the entire list of possible pre-orders for every console before he finishes your transaction.
For me, it's solid gameplay and an engrossing story. Visuals for me are a plus. I can overlooking "not-so-top-of-the-line-g raphics" if the game is good.
The title is misleading the actual quote is "IW are ARGUABLY the best FPS developer".
Personally, I don't think they are. That honor would have to go to DICE, Guerilla Games, Insomniac, id, or Bungie.
He says it because he knows it will get people worked up. Thus they will start talking about Gears 3, and people will go out and pick it up to see what the fuss is about.