NSMBWii not taking Platformer of the Year is just a travesty -- I don't care how good R&C:aCiT is; I loved the first one (on the PS3) (though I haven't played the new one much yet) but there's just no way I see it beating Mario at his own game.
As for Killzone 2, it's a game that takes getting used to. It plays very differently from any other FPS I've played IMO, from the movement and jumping to the shooting to the ... well honestly what else do you do in an FPS?
The game has a completely original "look and feel" IMO, so it makes my blood boil when I hear people talking about how graphics are the only thing special about the game.
Having said that, there are issues. I haven't explored the multiplayer offerings exhaustively enough to criticize much, but the campaign has problems IMO. For the most part it's a great experience, but certain areas were painful to play through. I played through on whatever Hard mode is called and it was a real challenge, which was good, but made me sensitive to what I consider "cheap" game mechanics. Like people infinitely spawning until a machine gun is taken out, without being told to do it or even that it's possible to do so. Or a boss fight preceded by having to sit in a room while dozens of guys spawn in, kill them, do it AGAIN, and then do it AGAIN only with rockets that are much too quickly-and-well-aimed for an instant kill weapon IMO.
I had several of those moments where I didn't feel like I was being genuinely faced with a challenge beyond my skill level, but rather felt like I was banging my head against a wall, or that the game was being "cheap". I only had one such moment in CoD4:MW.
I have had only a little exposure to Modern Warfare 2 so far -- I'm getting it for Christmas -- but unless it fails to equal, let alone surpass, its predecessor, I can't see myself giving KZ2 (amazing though it is, the above notwithstanding) the nod over it.
Tag (courtesy of fkusumot): "Please feel free -- nay, I encourage you -- to offer rebuttal."
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My advice to fanboys: Brag about stuff that's true, not about stuff that's false. Predict stuff that's likely, not stuff that's unlikely. You will be happier, and we will be happier.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." - Sen. Pat Moynihan
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I have the most epic death scene ever in VGChartz Mafia. Thanks WordsofWisdom!
