So a while back on my old gaming blog, I did a top ten games of my childhood. I never finished it but it was fun to remember all the old games I used to play. Then I thought about how much my taste in games has grown so much over the past years, especially since I hit my adolescent and adult years. The spectrum of my favorite games grew and I had adapted into new favorites. I decided that it was time to mark up my favorite games of my more adult years and pretty much show you why these games deserve to be in my top five. So without further ado, I give you the first in the series and my number five.
Number 5: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Okay, now don't assume that I'm one of the jerks who sits online all day and screams various racial slurs at one another just because someone decided to camp. No, that's not why I love this game. This game received so much hype, so much hate, and from me, so much love. I cannot tell you how many times I've played this game and how emotional I got during it (don't make some smart comment on girls getting emotional when playing games either). When I first got the game, it was one of the first Call of Duty games I'd ever played. I never played MW1 until I got to a point in the game where I realized "Hey wouldn't it make more sense if I played one and then finished two?" And don't get me wrong, one was awesome. I liked it a lot, but two just trumped it for me.
Two brought in a lot of things I like about video games. Not only does it have a great plot line, but the graphics on this game we're phenomenal. I hadn't seen graphics that realistic on a game before and I remember the whole time I was like "It's like I'm watching a movie!" The graphics were grade A to me and not to mention the immense amounts of detail they put into that game. At every spot you would see something so minuit and intricate that just makes you appreciate the hard work the team delivers to you.
Another thing that hooked me was the characters. Ghost and Soap; easily two of my favorite characters in the Call of Duty series I mean really, the people who thought Woods was the best CoD character were just the same idiots who thought that Black Ops was actually a good game. The allure I had toward the two was just an immediate thing and made playing the game all the more personal. On an embarrassing note, I would get so into the game that sometimes I would talk out loud like I was talking to Soap and Ghost. I would literally communicate with them while playing and going through the levels. Not to mention that I fell in love with Soap considering the fact that he met all the criteria of my perfect, war veteran, sweetheart. Another side note, I cried bawled when Ghost died. That scene where Shepard betrays you and shoots not only you, but Ghost in the face killed me. I sat on my couch, mouth agape for a good ten minutes and then tears rolled down my face as I realized one of my favorite video game characters was just shot and burned not only to die betrayed by a man they all looked up to, but to be left there and called a traitor, completely bashing their memory. It was obviously an emotional, video game moment for me, sorry not sorry. Side note: If you want to see some awesome Soap and Ghost cosplay, these two guys had this really awesome photo shoot of their costumes and you can see that here!
Along those lines, that plot though. The plot was perfect and not completely ludicrous *cough* Black Ops 2 *cough*. The fact that it all seemed so real and you watched as one of the most patriotic landmarks was burned to the ground was heart wrenching to watch. I swear, when you were in D.C., I got so patriotic and started screaming "U.S.A! U.S.A!" as I shot my way through the city that was once our Nation's esteemed capitol. And when you're in the burger place. That level was ridiculously fun. But I think the thing that hooked me was that, in a way, this was all somewhat plausible. Makarov was a brilliant villain and he made everything seem like it could actually happen. And the betrayal I think that was the one thing that I knew marked this game in my memory. I didn't know that Shepard, who I thought was completely badass, would actually become my enemy in the end. That twist just completely shocked me to my core and I was so amazed and sad that it happened. I never knew that a video game would actually leave that much of an impression on me.
And on a much more sentimental note, this game did a lot more than just take up time for me, it actually made me become a more proficient and avid gamer. Yes, in my childhood I played so many video games but I was never as active in the gaming world until I played this game. With MW2, I played online for the first time, I made my first online account, I became apart of a community, I discovered one of my favorite gaming websites/forums online and I knew that making video games and creating these amazing graphics and characters and plot lines was what I wanted to do with my career. It completely shaped me as a person and I owe a lot to it.
So make sure to check back here at exploitgaming.blogspot.com and watch out for the next four of my Top 5: Favorite Games of My Adulthood!
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