Pick One

With the best first quarter in the history of gaming slowly starting up this past week with the releases of Darksiders and Boyonetta I asked myself, what if I had to pick one and only one game to play until the holiday season? What game would I pick and why would I choose it over the others? The game of choice has to be released before April but that is the only restriction. The game can be from any console or any region. The time period in which this being the only game I play ends August 1st. Clearly, this is not something that I will be doing but nevertheless, it is still interesting to think in such a manner.

Right off the bat I quickly got my choices down to three games. BioShock 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, and Battlefield Bad Company 2. I thought about both Final Fantasy 13 and Mass Effect 2 but since I have had very little success getting into RPG's in the past I didn't want to select one. I will surely play both games but they are simply not the games I am most hyped for. I also considered God of War 3 for the PS3 but I didn't feel that it would present enough replay for me to play it for 5 months. Thus, the three games which I considered are BioShock 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, and Battlefield Bad Company 2.

All three of the above mentioned games have multiplayer include in them. I am certainly not a subscriber to the thought that all games should have multiplayer but, since this is the only game I will be playing for the next 5 months I think having multiplayer is fairly important. The multiplayer in all three of these games will all be quite different. They all have very unique styles and I am sure that they will all be very fun as well.

I think that BioShock 2's multiplayer is the big wild card out of the three. The original BioShock was such an amazing single player experience that many people felt that by adding multiplayer the game as a whole would suffer. There is certainly a lot of potential in the BioShock world for great multiplayer but there is also rick that it could bomb. Splinter Cell will also have very interesting multiplayer. I enjoyed the very little bit of multiplayer I played on Double Agent so if Conviction's is anything similar I could very well love that. However, the fact is Bad Company 2's multiplayer WILL be fucking awesome. No if ands or buts Bad Company 2 is gonna have some good shit multiplayer. Everything I have seen on this game makes me more and more excited so if I was choosing a game solely off multiplayer, Bad Company 2 would be my choice.

As for the single player, I feel that there are no bad choices. You can't go wrong with any of the three games. I feel that Bad Company 2 could have a bit of weaker single player then BioShock 2 and Conviction but that is really yet to be seen. I could go on and on about why I think each games single player will be awesome but the fact of the matter is everyone is going to play them all anyways so whats the point?

In conclusion the game I feel that would hold me in for 5 months would be Battlefield Bad Company 2. The single player will be full of great action and intense sequences that will more than make up for the story which may be lacking. The multiplayer in and of itself is a good reason to purchase the game. Even if you're only plan was to play multiplayer you would get your moneys worth. I completely love the multiplayer Battlefield games provide and I couldn't possibly wait 5 months to play it.

In other news I have completed Jurassic The Hunted and am nearing completion in Guitar Hero 5 with less then 100 stars remaining in the career mode. Hopefully I can find time today to finish or get close to finishing it. Other than that I may go see Sherlock Holmes this afternoon. I think it is really the only movie that I have left on my list from 2009 movies I wanted to see. After I see it I will write a post reviewing my top 5 favorite movies of the past year. Everyone enjoy their Sunday afternoon and have another good week upcoming.