COD4:MW is the greatest game ever made (for the PS3...until Orange Box comes out)

Hey all,

Been getting some serious playtime in with COD4... It is the
schnizzle. Takes a bit of time to gain enough XP to unlock the beasty
weapons and learn all the maps, but once you've crossed that bridge
(about 24hrs of online play) she's all peachy!

There is a definite community building up between all the [AUS]
players - and last night there were some epic battles held between us
and the yanks.

There should be a rule that unless your balls have dropped, voice chat
should be disabled. I got into trouble again last night after telling
some pre-pubescent n00b to "STFU" as he was crapping on during the
entire match:

"Oh I just switched weapons"
"Oh you killed me"
"Oh I'm so gonna knife... no you killed me again"
"Oh the sniper rifle is teh awesome!1!!1"

He was obviously communicating with a microphone (as opposed to a
headset where voice chat is not sent to the speakers) because his dad
(or guardian of some description) starts telling me (not me in person,
but everyone on our team as it is not very obvious who is talking
unless you know where to look), that that kind of talk is unacceptable
with children in the room.

As the average age of the players present was >25, this was countered
by a LOT of "FUCK YOU CUNT"'s from the more eloquent Americans, as
well as a nicely timed "What kind of dad are you letting your kid play
an MA rated game when his 'nads clearly haven't dropped - for shame!"
from myself... Queue raucous laughter and more acidic comments.

It's taken some time to get used to the sixaxis, but once you're
comfortable setting the sensitivity in the high end of the band (i.e.
zen master thumb movements), even twitch shooting becomes doable.

If you have the means (Andy)... I highly recommend picking yourself up
a copy and writing off the next few weeks at work.

I got Assassins Creed yesterday and The Simpsons Game a couple of days
ago. I don't see why Assassins Creed has been panned by so many
reviewers. In the 3-4 hours I've given it I have thoroughly enjoyed
exploring the world and dispatching my foes. It is a beautiful game.
The controls take some getting used to, but are necessary when you
need to be able to evade your trackers in 3 dimensions (climbing is
key).

Simpsons Game on the other hand is only good because it is a Simpsons
Game... Playability and graphics are pretty shite, but the storyline
is funny and the humor a lot more adult oriented than you'd find on
TV. Hearing the morbid Voiceover Guy in the Springfield Space Museum
moan "Hey, who do I have to shag to get a coffee around here" made me
laugh, after he had been bitching about sitting in his little
recording box all day.

Long story short, If you have a PS3... Buy COD4. If you don't have a
PS3, buy one, and then buy COD4. Oh, and even if you THINK the 6800 in
your PC will run it... good luck... 7800GTX, SLI maybe - your call).

Is it home time yet?

mm