i dont know why i played this. ive just had it forever and decided i ought to give it a go. ive only heard bad things about this but if modern warfare was so good, SURELY they couldnt screw this one up. but they did.
guess i should elaborate on that, because Modern Warfare is my favorite FPS, ever. the excellent story paired with the - at the time - unique take on the military shooter genre made for an enthralling experience, so what does ghosts do to follow up that act?
god only knows, dude, this whole thing felt pointless. the story is absolute nonsense. characters talk all the fuckin time but nobody ever says anything. things happen just because. every single mission in this game can be summed up as "because it would piss off rorke." why are we destroying this oil rig? because it would piss off rorke. why are we in space? because it would piss off rorke. (ALL FOR FUCKING NAUGHT, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE AS IM WRITING THIS THE GAME THREW A SEQUEL HOOK AT ME. SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING DROPPING A STAR)
so the story is your typical american circlejerk running the usual laps of how much greater we are than every other country blah de blah de blah, and theres nothing to gain from it. no interesting characters to latch on to, or really hate since rorke doesnt get nearly enough screentime despite having a half-decent motivation and completely owning every scene hes in.
but thats not why youre here, you silly sausage, youre here to shoot people, and im happy to report that part of the game is... ok? at times? mostly its a bog standard boring mess but some shootouts were actually engaging enough to keep this whole thing from being a 1-star affair. dont get me wrong, theres some trash (the helicopter sequence comes to mind) but there are some levels that are actually interesting, and dare i say even fun (the tank sequence comes to mind.) i definitely dont regret having played those moments, but the rest was boring and stupid enough for me to still have a go at criticizing it.
its ugly as piss, too, good god how have i not mentioned this. everything is gray. my guys, the enemy, the environments, everything. there were so many god damn times where i see someone run on screen and shoot them only to have my brother yell "WHAT THE HELL, LOGAN," and i assure you now, it never stopped being funny. that was the only upside, however, since the rest was either not knowing if an enemy was dead or not knowing if an enemy was actually a plant or not. if this game didnt have aim assist, logan wouldve become a ghost much sooner ill tell you right now
so yeah pretty shit game, but some moments were pretty fun. also, you only get the dog for one mission, so its actually a very shit game. i only played it to see if the fish scatter when you get close anyway. (which they do!!! the marketing didnt lie!!!!!)
guess i should elaborate on that, because Modern Warfare is my favorite FPS, ever. the excellent story paired with the - at the time - unique take on the military shooter genre made for an enthralling experience, so what does ghosts do to follow up that act?
god only knows, dude, this whole thing felt pointless. the story is absolute nonsense. characters talk all the fuckin time but nobody ever says anything. things happen just because. every single mission in this game can be summed up as "because it would piss off rorke." why are we destroying this oil rig? because it would piss off rorke. why are we in space? because it would piss off rorke. (ALL FOR FUCKING NAUGHT, BY THE WAY, BECAUSE AS IM WRITING THIS THE GAME THREW A SEQUEL HOOK AT ME. SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING DROPPING A STAR)
so the story is your typical american circlejerk running the usual laps of how much greater we are than every other country blah de blah de blah, and theres nothing to gain from it. no interesting characters to latch on to, or really hate since rorke doesnt get nearly enough screentime despite having a half-decent motivation and completely owning every scene hes in.
but thats not why youre here, you silly sausage, youre here to shoot people, and im happy to report that part of the game is... ok? at times? mostly its a bog standard boring mess but some shootouts were actually engaging enough to keep this whole thing from being a 1-star affair. dont get me wrong, theres some trash (the helicopter sequence comes to mind) but there are some levels that are actually interesting, and dare i say even fun (the tank sequence comes to mind.) i definitely dont regret having played those moments, but the rest was boring and stupid enough for me to still have a go at criticizing it.
its ugly as piss, too, good god how have i not mentioned this. everything is gray. my guys, the enemy, the environments, everything. there were so many god damn times where i see someone run on screen and shoot them only to have my brother yell "WHAT THE HELL, LOGAN," and i assure you now, it never stopped being funny. that was the only upside, however, since the rest was either not knowing if an enemy was dead or not knowing if an enemy was actually a plant or not. if this game didnt have aim assist, logan wouldve become a ghost much sooner ill tell you right now
so yeah pretty shit game, but some moments were pretty fun. also, you only get the dog for one mission, so its actually a very shit game. i only played it to see if the fish scatter when you get close anyway. (which they do!!! the marketing didnt lie!!!!!)