Welcome to Shooter Seasons '11, all the biggest games are, and have, come out during the Australian Spring or US Autumn. The two biggest titans, Call of Duty and Battlefield have gone on a head on clash with each other. Now I am not going to compare the games, i just want to say that first, secondly, i have not played Mw3, so i cannot comment extensively on what it can and will offer. And thirdly, I have not delved to much into Battlefield 3, the most i've done is the early campaign, but courtesy of Confuciustech, i finally have a rig to run the game. What i am going to focus on however, is what the Mw3 promises, what Battlefield has delivered (based on reviews, will write up a proper review sometime before Skyrim, well, hopefully), and at the end of it all, I'll give my expectations, or opinion on both games.

I'll start with the game that is already out, Battlefield 3. I really wish i could write more, I'll be getting my copy of it later today. Regardless, all of my information about the game comes from the interwebs, primarily gamespot, but i don't trust them too much, they tend to have a biased opinion on games. According to Gamespot, bf3 has a 'boring' campaign, and limited co-operative missions, I particularly don't agree with this, i had a lot of fun, but the story was pretty dull. The real focus of Bf3 is the multiplayer, which i am utterly eager to play. And i've heard a lot of positive news about it, 64 player maps, and 9 of them. Each is unique, and expansive, constantly changing. Loads of weapons to play around with, same with gadgets. They changed a few things since BF:BC2, like knifes, progressing in rush mode, and grenade launchers. A huge degree of work was put into the multiplayer of Bf3, and it is the one thing i havn't experienced yet.

I am still somewhat sceptical about Battlefield 3, in the past a lot of over marketed games have disappointed a fair bit of people, as well as the whole 'Origin' argument circulating the interwebs, that it has terrible service, and likes to scan your computer for goodies. I am unsure as to what to trust, as far as I know, Origin is just EA's attempt at their own 'Steam' client. Feel free to post up your opinion on the game, if you have played it in the comment section below, I'm curious as to hear what the community has to say about this game.

Now, to look at Activision's money titan, Modern Warfare 3, or Call of Duty 8, it seems like so long ago since I was excited for Call of Duty 2... ah nostalgia.. Like i mentioned its not out yet, so i can't comment extensively. It will be multiplayer oriented, new game modes and a revised perk system. One thing that I would like to first mention, is this new perk system, as you use a gun it ranks up, and as it ranks up it. Change of killstreak system into the point streak system, which works off scoring points rather then killing players. Infinity Ward has removed the nuclear bomb killstreak, along with the perks Commando and Last stand. Shotguns are no longer secondaries. There is a new game mode, Kill Confirmed, in which the player earns points for the team by collecting enemy dogtags, you can deny the enemy by picking up your team's dogtags. That is the extent to my knowledge, I am still rather curious as to how it plays out.

I am not a fan of the Call of Duty series, I have played them all though, and the last Call of Duty game i really enjoyed was Call of Duty 4, because it gave something new to the gaming world. Now it feels stale, i didn't get into Black Ops as much as I did Mw2, and then again, i really didn't get into MW2. Twitch based shooters are not really my thing, now, for those die hard fans of the COD series, I am not saying it is bad. I am saying that, I didn't enjoy the overall experience. The Call of Duty games are fun, I have enjoyed playing them with friends in LAN. It just isn't my kind of game. And as such, based on my experiences with the previous COD games, I am not excited about MW3, but i want to at least try it out.