Comments on: Call of Duty 4 http://themacgamer.com/2008/10/08/call-of-duty-4/ An independent look at games for Mac Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:38:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Alex McLarty http://themacgamer.com/2008/10/08/call-of-duty-4/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Alex McLarty Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:37:23 +0000 http://themacgamer.com/?p=75#comment-367 I didn't think the game was making any comments on the detached nature of warfare. In fact, I felt it was glorifying the violence and was possibly bad taste. The only saving grace was that it had Terence Stamp in it, but he was better in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. He suits a drag queen, not a bad ass SAS brit. True gamer? I play most of my games on Windows, but I don't like consoles. I don't like the controls, I don't like the price. However, you can play on a console - that's up to you. I choose not to. I do try and play certain games like Shadows of Colossus, Rayman Raving Rabids (hilarious title), Bushido Blade or the original Worms, but I don't really enjoy them as much as I would on a PC because of the limitations of a console. My preference. My friends tell me to get a PS3 with a keyboard and mouse. Maybe...but it's still wrong! ;) I really do enjoy using Mac OS X, but I'm well aware that it is not the ideal platform for gaming. I have said this over and over in articles, I have given feedback to Apple, I have tried to isolate and understand why there aren't titles for Mac OS X. If you'd read a few of my articles, I think that Windows is a far superior platform for gaming, not because the technology is better, but that gaming is established and Microsoft at least try and keep it alive. Apple don't seem interested in games for OS X. That's the point of the site really, to encourage some great development and some great games for Mac OS X. Apologies for listing the gun AC130 incorrectly, but it seems you still understood what I was talking about, which is the main thing. I'll check and correct it if I was wrong. As for a realistic war game; auto healing? This undermines the whole title for me. Why not just die? Or get medkits? Or have a dedicated medic? I feel America's Army is more realistic because you actually die instead of just 'recharging' and running back into action and killing commie Arabs. Why are you still on this website? Not sure. I'm posting my views on a game which are completely valid and at the same time completely invalid. Just the same as yours. That's the point of discussing things! If you really find my opinion that insulting or ridiculous and can't stand reading anymore of my writing, then don't. I didn’t think the game was making any comments on the detached nature of warfare. In fact, I felt it was glorifying the violence and was possibly bad taste. The only saving grace was that it had Terence Stamp in it, but he was better in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. He suits a drag queen, not a bad ass SAS brit.

True gamer? I play most of my games on Windows, but I don’t like consoles. I don’t like the controls, I don’t like the price. However, you can play on a console - that’s up to you. I choose not to. I do try and play certain games like Shadows of Colossus, Rayman Raving Rabids (hilarious title), Bushido Blade or the original Worms, but I don’t really enjoy them as much as I would on a PC because of the limitations of a console. My preference. My friends tell me to get a PS3 with a keyboard and mouse. Maybe…but it’s still wrong! ;)

I really do enjoy using Mac OS X, but I’m well aware that it is not the ideal platform for gaming. I have said this over and over in articles, I have given feedback to Apple, I have tried to isolate and understand why there aren’t titles for Mac OS X. If you’d read a few of my articles, I think that Windows is a far superior platform for gaming, not because the technology is better, but that gaming is established and Microsoft at least try and keep it alive. Apple don’t seem interested in games for OS X. That’s the point of the site really, to encourage some great development and some great games for Mac OS X.

Apologies for listing the gun AC130 incorrectly, but it seems you still understood what I was talking about, which is the main thing. I’ll check and correct it if I was wrong.

As for a realistic war game; auto healing? This undermines the whole title for me. Why not just die? Or get medkits? Or have a dedicated medic? I feel America’s Army is more realistic because you actually die instead of just ‘recharging’ and running back into action and killing commie Arabs.

Why are you still on this website? Not sure. I’m posting my views on a game which are completely valid and at the same time completely invalid. Just the same as yours. That’s the point of discussing things! If you really find my opinion that insulting or ridiculous and can’t stand reading anymore of my writing, then don’t.

]]> By: dook http://themacgamer.com/2008/10/08/call-of-duty-4/comment-page-1/#comment-366 dook Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:12:13 +0000 http://themacgamer.com/?p=75#comment-366 You really, REALLY didn't get it, did you? -The AC130 (not "310") was exactly how it is in real life. This is a realistic war game. The guys feel detached because that is what war has come to for those sitting in desks, thousands of miles from the battlefield. It's supposed to make you feel sick, and powerful. It's terrific. -A mac gamer complaining about consoles is about the stupidest thing I have ever heard. You literally cannot play most games unless you have a console, or multiple consoles. Gaming is much bigger than one platform. This argument is worthless to someone that is a true gamer, rather than a platform fanatic. -Why am I still on this website. You really, REALLY didn’t get it, did you?

-The AC130 (not “310″) was exactly how it is in real life. This is a realistic war game. The guys feel detached because that is what war has come to for those sitting in desks, thousands of miles from the battlefield. It’s supposed to make you feel sick, and powerful. It’s terrific.

-A mac gamer complaining about consoles is about the stupidest thing I have ever heard. You literally cannot play most games unless you have a console, or multiple consoles. Gaming is much bigger than one platform. This argument is worthless to someone that is a true gamer, rather than a platform fanatic.

-Why am I still on this website.

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