Gamers rejoice.
The much anticipated Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) was released Tuesday.
What exactly makes this game, developed by Infinity Ward, different than the previous versions?
To be honest, not too much.
The game hold true to the same old idea: shoot to kill and kill to win.
No need to worry – this is coming from a gamer. I’m not spitting opinions about a game franchise I’ve never played.
In fact, despite millions of complaining players, I absolutely loved CoD BlackOps.
It was my thang. I loved the maps (well, most of them) and I loved the graphics.
Sure, it was glitchy at times (in multiplayer mode), but it all panned out in the end.
And just like my male counterpart, I could play for days on end if my bladder, stomach or dreaded education didn’t stop me!
Now, back to MW3.
Infinity Ward threw players for a loop with its biggest, and maybe most shocking change to the game: strike packages instead of kill streaks.
As G4TV (g4tv.com) put it, “There are now three separate ‘sets’ of reward packages available. Assault is the most similar to what series fans know, with rewards coming as you streak through multiple kills in a single spawn.
The Assault Package rewards are built around death and destruction, offering things like Predator missile strikes and covering fire from an attack chopper.”
What else is new?
Prestiging.
You don’t fall straight to the bottom anymore. This, to me at least, is a huge perk! Starting from zero with crappy weapons wasn’t my style and I HATED prestiging. This new features gives you “token” incentives.
The best part of the new game?
No last stand.
Those dirty, rotten, pistol-shooting, good-for-nothing, obnoxious last standing SOBs are out of the picture.
Shot him in the head once and in the legs twice?
He’s dead instead of scooting around shooting you in the back with a surprise bullet from his handy-dandy hand-gun.
Praise the Lord and Hallelujah, Infinity Ward has stepped into the realm of pure awesome!
So pick up a controller and join this girl gamer in fragging and dragging enemies through the digital dust.
You scared of getting beat by a girl?
Get in the game!
Hear my war cry!
