Well, I had my first experience with the PS3 this weekend. I played Modern Warfare 2 with my brother and my nephew. And I ROCKED! As you may not know, I have a propensity for the shotgun, automatic shotgun and SPAS-12 (which is a quite divine AUTOMATIC tactical shotgun... ooooh weee!!) while playing first person shooter games. My nephew was amused that I was so good at the game as we completed a number of missions in the Special Ops section (which allows you to play solo or co-op with someone in the same room with you, otherwise you have to play over the net with friends) and once my comprehension of the controls was up to par, quite a few times he remarked how amazed he was at my competence. One of the ops involves being attacked by dogs while you're avoiding fire from 40 aggressors who are converging on your position. I figured out that while we stick together when we hear the dogs, when they attack, they can be shot off of the team member, rather than depending on having to personally remove the animal yourself. I have to confess that the game seemed to be anticipating our moves, and even learning from our behavior, thus making the game quite amazing to play, and near impossible to complete on harder levels. That is until your experience and training provide you with the platform of tactical strategy that you need in order to out-smart them. I have to admit, I was really impressed. I'm not a big 'war-game' type of guy and first person shooters don't really set my sails in the wind, but this game was INCREDIBLE. I so enjoyed playing it that we completely lost track of the time and before we logged off, we were near our 9th straight hour of play. I haven't spent that kind of time on a game in a long time... it was hard to put the paddle down, despite my very sore eyes and pounding head.
MODERN WARFARE 2 (PS3) - 5/5 stars
1 star (game play) Engaging, entertaining and challenging
1 star (replay value) With the seeming intelligence of the enemy, even the same level is lots of fun
1 star (graphics) Absolutely incredible, realistic sounds/textures give you the feeling that YOU ARE THERE
1 star (controls) Easy to learn & well thought out. Keeping your head is easy when you know what buttons to press.
1 star (functionality) Being able to resuscitate your team mate after he takes an onslaught of fire, and having a minute and a half to clear the area makes playing the harder levels less overwhelming.
Good stuff. I can see where this would be a very good frustration relief tool.
