"It’s a shame all games can’t be multi-million pound blockbusters"
Shooting games seem to have fallen out of favour
with critics recently. Both EA and Activision have tried to reinvigorate
the market - Activision with the Exo Suit, and EA with this: A Cops and
Robbers take on Battlefield. Not just an aesthetic reskin of
Battlefield, but a fairly profound change to the way the game plays.
As a cop, the focus is on arresting criminals
rather than pumping bullets into heads. Getting into a shootout against
multiple enemies is never recommended.
The result is a game that feels more like Metal
Gear than a first-person shooter. One of the biggest innovations since
World at War became Modern Warfare.
Aiming is a small issue. Using a joypad rather than
a mouse means by the time you’ve lined up a shot the target has already
moved. A widespread console
issue. Sometimes the shot is lined up automatically when you ready your
gun, but it is not as dependable as Call of Duty.
Battlefield has had shedloads of money thrown at
it. Cinematics are Hollywood standard. Something we’ve come to expect
from EA. It’s a shame all games can’t be multi-million pound
blockbusters, like Hardline.
