User blog comment:The Milkman/Hearthfire Announcement: My Take/@comment-2.219.96.47-20120901012453/@comment-4237253-20120901172054

I don't have a problem with IGN. Personally, I go there first for information and articles. The only editor I don't like is Colin Moriarty, who fucked up royal on the Mass Effect 3 review (didn't mention the ending at all) and shot himself in the foot with a horrible opinion piece riddled with logical flaws.

Call of Duty is kind of meh to me. I think the series has stagnated out of fear that, if they don't make their games more like Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, they'll lose sales. I believe Treyarch and Activision have been consistent in the quality department, but I have no reason to buy another CoD; I already own two. Because the story is utterly ridiculous, I find zero reason to go through the same motions over and over again, especially when I don't even like the multiplayer all that much. Now, some might say that the multiplayer is half the game, but it really shouldn't be. A game should be able to stand up on single player alone.

I also think that the franchise has had a negative effect on the industry as a whole, unknowingly encouraging publishers to conform and follow the CoD formula, instead of finding a niche in the market, or taking risks.

God, we need more games like Bulletstorm!