Some Random Tosser said:
3) To the moronic masses who have never actually seen a soldier or a military base in real life, 'Call of Duty' is a juvenile war fantasy. It's not a matter of realism; it's a matter of being a soldier of war with a gun and being incredibly- I use the following word insincerely due to it conflicting with my actual definition of the word- badass and killing everyone. For any of you, even I will pray for your health if you actually hold such views in front of your superior officer, and I will pray doubly so if you voice those views.
You mean exactly like Battlefield 3 then? Come to think of it, LIKE EVERY ACTION GAME EVER? Whoa better get off those video games before you lose all your social skills and respect for anyone! We should make a video game that's all about realistic warfare, where you patrol streets and if you die once you have to restart from the beginning of the game. And you'll die from a landmine or an ambush, you'll rarely get into an actual firefight! Oh yah and they should teach the player the importance of cooking, fire making, how to send distress signals to get found oh yah and the game should teach the player how to speak the native language throughout the game. Sounds like so much fun, gee thank gosh for you enlightened minority who won't play a game if it isn't dedicated to realism, which means you're probably not playing video games at all.
Although I do find it hilarious how hardcore pro's playing war shooters join the army because of them, probably only to find out it's not what they thought it was going to be, and that in order to see a small fraction of what you see in the games you'd have to be your high school sports star and go through years of training in order to get into the highest ranks of the military.
Some Random Tosser said:
The fact that the game is set in the real world doesn't matter; 'Call of Duty' fans are (I imagine) also fond of 'Mass Effect' because the gameplay is similar; hide behind walls (like a soldier), kill anything that pops out to look at you (like a soldier), proceed (like a soldier). Games like 'Serious Sam' and 'Painkiller' are in no way the same as you can jump very high, run while gunning and carry seven billion weapons and not look down the sights. Also, you're likely to get savaged by a bunch of extremely strong enemies at once (this has doomed me several times in Sam Stone's first adventure). 'Call of Duty' players don't want to be superhumans; they want to be soldiers.
Yes, soldiers who fight Russian commies all over the world in an elaborate campaign for global domination. Considering people don't care if they're Russian's or Americans in the multiplayer, nor do they hate Russians with a grudge, yah I'd assume this is not for real.
Moreover, I'm tired of seeing people say "people have no taste in games" if they buy CoD, seriously if you campaign about that you're a huge tool, now go get your award from EA marketing for advertising their product.
