Call of Duty: World at War

 

FPS videogames now dominate the once platformer dominated VG market.  The most popular franchise in the FPS genre, is Call of Duty.  In the fifth instalment," World at War", we see the most recent trip to WWII in the franchise, and the first taste of what was yet to come.  The game had alot to live up to, with the previous installment, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare receiving many 10 out of 10 reviews, and game of the year awards.  World at War has had direct 2 sequels, Black Ops, and Black Ops II, making the Black Ops trilogy.

 

GAMEPLAY

COD: WAW sticks to the basic FPS elements, adding new features such as the ability to wield a flame thrower, and some other weapons that were used in the pacific, by the japanese weapons.  Close quarters combat, can happen at any point in the game.  And cover can be shot through if wooden.  The game take's a more run n' gun style, than other games that require more realistic gameplay, such as Rainbow Six 3.

 

GRAPHICS

The games graphics are not detailed as much as in other games, but the framerate is extremely good, which makes up for the lack.  Character models look great and move very realisticly in campaign, but in online, it could have been better.

 

STORY

World at War follows Pvt. C. Miller in the Pacific, under Sgt. Roebuck. It also follows Pvt. Dimitri Petrenko, under Sgt. Viktor Resnov as they push to Berlin, on the eastern front.   

 

AGE

The game has very bloody images, with some gore if near a explosion.  Strong cursing throughout, including F-bombs.  There's also a whole mode where all you do is kill nazi zombies, more graphic than the normal game.  It's also violent.  The game in it's normal state would be 17+ just like it's rated, but there is a mature content filter, which cut's out most of the blood, gore, and language, which if it's turned on, age 15+.

 

CONCLUSION

This a very a very fun FPS game, and if your looking for fun time in the online mode, you should check it out.  I give this 8.2 out of 10.

 

DETAILS

Call of Duty: World at War was developed by Treyarch, and published by Activision in 2008.  It's rated M for Blood and Gore, Strong Language, and Intense Violence by the ESRB.

 

 

 

Batman: Arkham City

 

When it comes to videogames, a superhero alway's does the trick, for your action/thrill seeking mind.  When it come's to a superhero, Batman is one of the best.  In this sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum, you'll find alot of action, plot twists, the voice cast from Batman: The Animated Series, and alot of awesome Bat-Gadget's.

 

GAMEPLAY

 I've never played Arkham Aslylum, but from what I've read, Arkham City build's on the gameplay of it's predecessor.  Batman can glide and grapple over all of Arkham City, finding his way to story missions, side missions, collecting riddler trophys and getting into fights with the inmates.  Combat controls work smoothly, and are easy to get the hang of.  When it comes to clearing rooms with armed thugs, the same idea's shown in Batman Begins are used, using stealth, and quick n' silent attacks on isolated thugs.  Different gadgets used by Batman include, batarang's, the batclaw, explosive gel, Detective Vision, and many more.  Upgrades for the Batsuit, and gadget's, are purchased with XP's (experiance points) that you are awarded for being...well...awesome.  Riddler trophy's unlock challenge maps, where Batman, has to complete...challenges.  DLC add-on's (which I have all of) include a Catwoman story mode, the ability to play as Robin or Nightwing on challenge maps, and extra suits for Batman.

 

GRAPHICS

Batman looks very good in this game.  The graphics aren't the best I've seen on the PS3, but their great.  As you progress through the game, the Batsuit, aquires tears and rip's, character models look much less "choppy" then arkham asylum, and the enviroment's look amazing, and have lot's of objects that reference characters and events that happened in Gotham. 

 

STORY

When Bruce Wayne is incarcerated to Arkham City, a Mega Prision made from a closed section of Gotham, with a wall put around it.  All of the Inmates from Arkham were relocated there, that includes the Joker, Penguin, Mr. Freeze and more.  After entering, Bruce learn's of a plot about to unfold called Protocol 10, he then dawns the Batsuit, on a quest to discover just what Protocol 10 is.  On his journey, he runs into trouble with all of the villians, and with the plot's huge twist's, this game will keep you wondering until the end.

 

 

AGE

The game has alot of action violence, but that's not the biggest problem.  There's quite a good amount of Language for a T game, also Harley Quinn, and Catwoman have skimpy outfits.  Age 14 and up.

 

CONCLUSION

Batman is a fun game, with alot of variety of challenges, and an all-star voice cast.

It was actually awared the game of the year by one outlet, and no suprise as to why.

The only problem I had, was that the actual story was short, but with the side missions and collectibles, you can get more out of the game.  10 out of 10.

 

DETAILS

Batman: Arkham City was developed by Rocksteady, and released by Warner Bros. Interactive on October 18th 2011.  It's rated T for Alcohol Refrence, Blood, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Tobacco, and Violence by the ESRB.  I'ts available for PS3, Xbox 360, PC, and Wii U.