Hesitated about replying but.....I have real mixed feeling about games like this
Here is an excerpt from a place I know very well in real life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kjccIpjxbo&feature=fvw

Not knocking you guys at all - as the graphics are amazing, the technology behind this is very impressive and it looks very exciting to play. But for young generations it turns war into a game and doesnt portray the reality of what modern ordance does to someone, the levels of brutality people decend to and how war lives on in these places years after.

I know people who have many of their familys wiped out.
We regualrly have to watch where we put our feet - many mines about in places where they can not be retrieved and booby traps - anything with wires or old bits of abandoned electronics stay well clear. My girlfriends uncle had his head blown off by a sniper whilst trying to get food to old people...it gets far far worse than that...... but I wont go there -the list is endless etc etc etc. The intensity of the combat in these places was unreal - I might post some of my pics up. (Nothing gruesome)

So not a personal knock at anyone - I can really see and appreciate the appeal of it all. But it cushions younger people from the realities - which in my eyes is really dangerous for the world. But hey its the unreal world most live in I suppose.

The other side of the coin is that this level of techonolgy can help save lives. My best buddy I went drinking with on Sat - trains many of the world armies in how to survive ambush/combat situations and he uses virtual reality technology (think of it as this game x 20 with real life combat situations which he throw at theses guys on the fly).
Governments will always stick troops into wars and I suppose this kind of technology gives green recurits through to the very experienced US marine the opportunity to get it wrong once. It undoubtly saves lives.

Not knocking anyone...just my views on it all

Cheers
Steve

Thats a very elequent and well thought out reply. :10:

Sometimes gamers do come in for some uncalled for stick, because we like to play games like this. I enjoy playing games like this as do many others and as a rule can see the "fantasy" side of these kind of RPG games.

But I do agree that they do de-sensitize the truths and absolute horrors of real war. And tragic consequences that war brings.

I'm sure I speak for us all when I say, my mere words cannot express the gratitude we feel for what our armed forces have to go through, to keep this country a safe and free thinking place to live in. Where we can all openly express our opinions without fear of any kind of retribution.

Regards
Steve

Agree - We do have basic freedoms here in the UK which are very precious and not a reality for many other people on this planet.
Cheers
Steve

It's very hard to set up, i had to plug in a cable and switch on the PS3 and away i went :rofl:

Yes online gaming is totally free on the PS3 :grin:

I had to type in my wireless key, this was actually harder than planned as I'd forgotten it!

The only reason nige i have had five is that i have managed to change them just inside my warrenty period with the GAME store, also free repairs from xbox. But now if the elite goes bust after the warrenty period xbox wont repair it for free, they say minimum cost could be a £100. I shall be getting a PS but i have so many friends on xbox live that i talk to so ill always need one.

IRC you should be covered for the RROD (3 red lights), Microsoft extended the warranty on this failure to 3 years.

Just bought the Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Super Elite Ltd Edition from Game, 250gb hard drive, 2 controllers and the latest motherboard and chipset, awesome piece of kit!

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...hoes/mw2se.jpg

Paul

Just completed it on PC.

The end "credits" sequence is just totally awesome.

In a different league than anything seen before.

Anybody prestiged yet??? im currently level 60 online, my eyes are hurting with all the concentration! :-(

Ive gone back to playing it with keyboard and mouse, I just suck too much on the 360, lol.

Running it at 2000 x 1000 and it looks stupidly detailed compared to the 360 version.

keyboard and mouse? NO WAY, thats gotta be double tricky :shock: