After watching this, I want to get Bioshock Infinite. I have the 1st one, but I haven;t finished it. Will I miss much of the story? Because from what Ive played of 1 and seen of Infinite, they seem like they're not related at all.
Anyone saying that CoD is better should walk away. They don't appreciate the massive scale and challenge of BF3, and the BF series in general. CoD is alright, but it is nowhere near as awesome as BF3.
There is the same amount of weapons in BF3 as there is in MW3 and BO2 combined. You could fit at least 4 CoD maps in a single BF3 map... And do I even have to mention vehicles? BF3: Tanks, Jets, Helicopters, Humvees, LAV, AA, Boats, ATVs, dirtbikes, and more. CoD: *cricket chirps*
I like the small, frantic action of CoD, but you can get the same feeling in the Close Quarters expansion for BF3.
@scarred_fox You can't really blame them for choosing a different country. CoD MW1, MW2, MW3, BO1, and BF3 have ALL had a Russian opposition (I'm sure there are plenty others too). I think it might open up some different story opportunities
@Boomslang Because the Dead Space franchise was originally about horror, and DS3 wasn't scary enough. It focused on the action more than it should have. An ice planet had so much potential to be terrifying, but the action orientation killed the horror, and therefore, the feel of the original experience
VRAM minimum is 512 MB, but they say the Intel HD 3000 is compatible? The 3000 is automatically set to divert 318 MB of RAM for VRAM. You would have to go into the BIOS to set aside 512 MB for VRAM
@Unfallen_Satan I agree, but the problem is that people are inherently lazy, and tend not to care. Most of the non-gamer parents who take the time to look up the game itself and find out what sort if content it holds and what the ESRB has said about it are overprotective people who rarely let their children play anything even T rated. A broader solution would be to have the retailers up to date on what the games hold. Anyone who chooses to work at Gamestop or BestBuy to sell video games is obviously a gamer, so they should already have background knowledge on most current games. Asking them to be able to accurately describe why a game is rated M should be hiring criteria
It really depends on the person, what games they are playing, how young they were introduced to violent video games, and what their background is. If you have a child who already had short tempered parents, who is given Mortal Kombat and GTA at 4 or 5 years old, they are probably more likely to be more violent, and be desensitized to violence. But if you have a sensible child who has loving, caring parents, and played more muted games, such as Halo, starting at an older age, then they will be able to tell the difference between real life and video games.
For the most part, I agree with the current ESRB rating system. However, there are a few things I would changed. First, Mortal Kombat should have been rated AO. From the gameplay I've seen, it went WAY overboard on the gore. Second, games with sexual content and nudity should be rated AO. Parents who are unfamiliar with the ESRB system see kids playing M rated games such as Halo, maybe CoD that aren't so bad. They assume that all M games are the PG-13 equivalent. But they don't realize how raw M games are allowed to be. This also shows that parents need to be more familiar with the ESRB system. And those who aren't, need to be given a better understanding of the game while the Gamestop cashier is reading the back. Those cashiers should be familiar with the games, and should be able to give the parent a more accurate description of how bad a game is. They shouldn't be turning a blind eye when they help a 6 year old purchase Mortal Kombat.
I also think that during the rating process, the ESRB should look at the game as a whole, not just the individual rating criteria (Violence, gore, drugs, language, ect.). Halo and GTA are both rated M, but Halo is obviously more appropriate. For example, Indiana Jones is full of faces melting, gun battles, and heads getting chopped off. But it is still seen as a family movie, because the main characters had a strict moral code.
Although there are things the ESRB could do to make the worse games stand out more from the more muted games, it still really comes down to the person them self.
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