Monday, April 26, 2010

Monday Commentary, Outsourced Edition.

Today's outsourced commentary is actually a bit of old news. Originally published on April 7th, this come from the New York Times Online Edition, and further weighs in on the Bad Company 2/ Modern Warfare 2 battle. While I do plan on posting a Bad Company 2 review soon, its going to be difficult for anyone to review the game or discuss the game without comparing it to the juggernaut in the room which is Call of Duty.

Prior to this year, the whole battle between Activision and EA for what company has the better FPS military shooter franchise was pretty decisively one way.  However, recent developments at Activision (more specifically Call of Duty's developer, Infinity Ward) and EA's release of Bad Company 2 have brought things more in balance by way of gameplay even though the sales figures tend to tell a different story. I have noticed that while Modern Warfare 2 has a solid following, more and more gamers are beginning to defect to Bad Company 2. Now the New York Times is weighing in as well:

In the Electronic War, Momentum Shifts to the Underdog.

To be honest, this article isn't very well written, and doesn't give a lot of insight into what may make Bad Company 2 a better game. Lord Bling actually wrote a more thought out piece in the commentary I posted a few weeks ago. However, I wanted to show the world that the tide may be changing, and maybe also to help set up my review of Bad Company 2, expected toward the end of the week. (I actually have another review coming before that so stay tuned.)

TL:DR - NYT: Hire me as your Video Game blogger.

1 comment:

  1. All this talk about the reviews you're gonna post. Get to posting already! Don't leave us hangin'......

    :)

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