Black Ops 2 Campaign - completed!

So today I decided to finally finish the campaign for the latest Call of Duty game, as with most shooters out there the campaign is slightly lacking in the length department, and this latest iteration is no different.

However short the campaign mode was still entertaining, more of an interactive movie, where choices you make throughout the story determine what happens as you make your way through the campaign in order to bring down Menendez.

From ordinary missions involving your main character the guys at Treyarch have also mixed it up a bit by introducing strike force campaigns that can help or hinder you in the end if left uncompleted.

In these strike force missions you have to control a squad of men or machines in order to accomplish the objectives, you are able to zoom out from the normal first person view and enter an aerial view of the whole battle field and control all units at your disposal by giving attack or movement orders to get the job done and help you later in the game.

As for story changing decisions, a few come about in the missions you play, whether it be,without going in to too much detail and spoiling it, to kill a target or let him live for him to then come and help you on your mission, you also see a fair bit of the game from Manendezs view, whilst playing as him or as an enemy, giving you both sides of the story and a bit of background as to why Menendez has set about trying to bring down the people that killed his sister Josefina.

When watching the credits there are also a few extra bits to the story, not sure what happens if you skip the credits if the videos still show or not as i never skipped, pretty good ending to the game overall i rate the campaign as 7 out of 10 as like previously stated it was short but there is some re-playability in it for going back and choosing different events to happen.

Thanks for reading, feel free to leave a comment :)

Many thanks
Peter

Steam Free Weekend

Following on from my last post, Steam are letting members play the last installment to the Call of Duty Franchise absolutely free for the whole weekend, you are not obliged to purchase anything to play ti, and are also not tied in to buying it at the end of the weekend, you are free to play the whole game as you would play it if you had purchased it for free until 1pm sunday PDT

To sign up to Steam and install their download client follow the following link,

http://store.steampowered.com/

it's free to sign up to S and there are no monthly membership fees to pay, so enjoy a great game for a few days to try it before you may think about buying it for real.

New Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 trailer

The new Call of Duty trailer looks pretty immense if your into your fast action gaming, shows off some of the new perks and new additions to the game. it also shows a hint of dogtags in the game, maybe to rival Battlefield Bad Company and their dog tag system? who knows?.

From mobile turrets to new style Bouncing Bettys it looks like this call of duty is all ready a hit with some of the fans around the globe who are drooling over the video in anticipation of its release this November.

One thing I have noticed which I didnt quite like in the last installment of Moder Warfare, was the heart beat sensors and it looks like they have made a return in this version, so I guess it will be campers paradise again whilst playing search and destroy, even more so now that they can have a little red dot beep on the side of their gun pointing them in your direction.

what are your thoughts tot he trailer? Love it or hate it? post a comment in the box below to have your say.

Enjoy the trailer, I will post more as and when they become available.

Released on Xbox Live tomorrow

There are a few games being released tomorrow on the Xbox Live marketplace,
Street Fighter Third strike, it is the classic Street Fighter 3 game that is re released with online multiplayer capabilities. it will also include 8 player tournaments, unlockable content with earnt vault points and also the addition of uploading replays to Youtube. It will be released for 1200 Microsoft Points.

The next game to be released tomorrow is Crazy Maxhine Elements will also be released for 800 Microsoft Points, in this game the objective of the game is to finish off partially built chain reactions using the elements of wind air earth and water, and also use the help of other objects and parts.

The last game to be released is a game for the Kinect peripheral, Hole in the Wall, being released for 800 Microsoft points, it is a game of the TV show where the player must stand and pose so that their body that will be portrayed by their avatar on screen has to position themselves to be able to fit through a wall that is making its way towards them. the game should be good fun in parties especially if alcohol is involved as some of the poses might prove to be difficult if the player isnt of a stable mind.

Also being released tomorrow is the next installment to the Call of Duty Black Ops maps, it includes 5 new zombie maps and no additional multiplayer maps, 4 of these maps were the maps that began the whole zombies saga back in World at War, and the fifth map pack will be a new never before ventured scenario based entirely on the moon

Age of Empires Online

Today I will spend some time playing the new RTS game from Gas Powered Games, Age of Empires Online, I have started playing it all ready and have got to level 12 as the Greeks.
The quests are of great variety with some being timed defense and you must survive or protect an ally for the duration, to the usual building up your empire and attacking the enemy destroying all their buildings and units and there is also some side quests for collecting resources to help out allies.

The side quests are repeatable and become harder every time you replay them in order to start unlocking stronger and much better gear, all your units and buildings are able to equip these new items you unlock and this will give them the edge over the computer A.I and also if you were to play online against other players from around the globe.
The core elements of the game are free to play, from building up your capital city and completing the main story line of the game and also able to play coop as a free to play player, then if you choose to do so, you may purchase premium content for specific civilizations, this will include better gear to equip your units with to get the extra edge over the gear the free to play units get, and also you are able to place more buildings of a certain type in your home town.
The coop side of the game is a great addition to the Age of Empires franchise as you get to have the help of another player who has their own town center and are bale to build their own army up as they see fit in order to help you in your mission. both you and your partner will earn xp from playing and completing levels in coop mode and this will help when you want to upgrade and expand your city.

The tutorial at the start of the game is a good insight to any new players who are playing the Age of Empires games for the first time, it will teach you how to play with the basic commands, from training a villager to gathering resources and building an army. as you complete levels and gain xp your city will gain levels when a certain mount of xp has been accumulated, this in all will help you to get better units and buildings for your city, which you are free to choose which upgrades you want from the tech tree with 3 points awarded per level up.

thats enough of me babbling on about the game now but if you do fancy playing it or just trying it out remember it is free to play then follow the web address here and download it now to start playing, unfortunately it is only available on the PC at the moment so all you Mac users wont be able to play it.

Thanks for reading, feel free to leave some comments in the box :)