Is it just me or does it sound like Vonderhaar is a 14-year-old girl? "The game's not broken! You're broken!" It's almost like he doesn't understand that glitching - unlike hacking - is something that it is the developer's responsibility to patch out. Not to call it's consumer base "douche-bags" and make threats like a middle-schooler suddenly becoming aware that his macaroni art "painting" of an elephant looks all-too-much like a penis to his friends.
I like his face. It seems to convey trust and says, "I'm a college student extra who is sitting on a black stage, told to hold replica guns and look into this camera. Badassery will be added in post." Honestly, the dude looks more like a Billabong model than someone who has seen combat.
It does my heart good to go from reading and watching as everyone at E3 and on the consoles wets themselves over 3D to the PC market - where people don't give two shits and would rather spend their money on things that are worth-while.
I can only speak for myself when I say this, but I can tell you that my dislike of Treyarch stems from a long history of me playing an Infinity Ward CoD games (starting with CoD1 for the PC), loving it, then playing a Treyarch or other studio's CoD for the consoles and being either completely underwhelmed or downright disapproving. I can't say that any of the CoD Treyarch games I've played are any more or less than mediocre and, for that reason, my dislike of Treyarch is based on my opinion that their mediocre CoD installments bring down the franchise as a whole. I'd much rather the series have been entirely made by Infinity Ward - even though MW2 basically killed the entire experience for me.
As for being "the greatest game(s) ever", I'd say that's a matter of opinion. I would put CoD1 (PC), CoD2(PC), and CoD4(PC) all on my list of the greatest games I've played and I'd like to think that my choices aren't dependent on the fact that Infinity Ward developed all of those games or that I disapprove of Treyarch's involvement. I would also absolutely place IW (now Respawn Entertainment) in the same league with Relic and just short of the Valve league - only failing because of Valve's incredible non-game accomplishments.
Just for reference, I do approve of your Company of Heroes and Half Life picks - though, I have to question Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear and suggest Rainbow Six: Raven Shield (I had more fun with it).
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