Quaere Verum

I just finished the last couple of missions in Call of Duty 2 during the weekend, and I'm still suffering a bit of shellshock. Yeah, I know, it's been quite a while since this game first came out, I guess I just haven't had the time to play computer games as much I would want to - and for good reason, but that's a topic for another post. I was wondering what to put down in this short pseudo-review, but I guess I can summarize my observations in a few paragraphs or so. There isn't much to say actually. If you must know right away, the game's simply great . :-) Despite the game's greatness however, it is still a World War II FPS, and nowadays this genre has become so common that it has basically worn out all of the novelty associated with it. I've played basically all of the World War II themed shooters out there, and frankly, I'm tired of shooting Jerries (and Japs , for that matter). It's lack of originality and freshness notwithstanding, it...

If you're a regular visitor of this blog, you may remember a post I made several months ago about Battlefield 2 , an online multiplayer first person shooter set in contemporary times (see post here ). It's a fabulous game by any measure, and Electronic Arts , in an effort to provide more hardcore combat action to more than a million shellshocked gamers hooked on Battlefield 2 has recently released an expansion pack for it entitled Battlefield 2: Special Forces . The expansion pack gives Battlefield 2 a Counter-Strike flavor by adding specialized equipment such as zip lines, grappling hooks, tear gas, flash-bang grenades, night vision goggles and gas masks to an already potent arsenal. There are new weapons and vehicles as well, and, as you might well imagine, there is an increased emphasis on indoor combat, and for the first time, battles will be raging on at night. The three original military factions in the game (United States Marines, People's Liberation Army of China...