Pastiche of Life

It has come to my attention after a little bit of browsing tonight that the Wii version of Modern Warfare (Due out Nov10th) has yet to give a taste of its Gameplay.

The fans of the Infinity Wards shooter are extolling dismay and fear over the decision to not show advance gameplay footage each of them springing up with many rumours and reasons for why they are withholding the information. It is to be expected of course by Activision considering the presence of obviously broken street dates that any attempt to corral the lucky few with access to the game and a webcam will only be building buzz over the game. Already tonight i have myself been unfortunate enough to miss out any of the leaked footage before Activision brought down the legal hammer, Or should that be Gavel…

The discussion of reasons behind Activision and Treyarch’s silence has come to two differing sides one that is optimistic and the inevitable pessimist who hopes to be proven wrong. Its a Strange combination of forlorn expectations from the pessimists probably born from the history of porting and power issues that reared its head in games such as Dead Rising on the Wii but the optimists counterstatement has been Infinity wards strict quality control using examples of the internal struggle between Infinity ward and their handlers it is simply a mater of time now to see if everyone can come away happy. A true happy ending of course would be something that will blow the expectations of all parties and pull the carpet out from Wii detractors and admittedly if anyone could do it Infinity Wards would have my bet. (See Below for my retraction of this statement)

Anyway With the amount of excitement surrounding MW2 and MWii the COD behemoth rolls on after its reported 12Million unit sales. This cannot come as a surprised considering the stellar Single player campaign that has been a discussion cinematically with my own friends, Alongside its addictive multiplayer that even caught hold of my non-fps centred attention. Lets just hope that the Wii delivers.

Edit Postscript!

(The fact that Infinity ward is not at the helm of this port has been pointed out to me and i think i made a major mistake not double checking my sources apologies for claiming the Wii port was developed by infinity ward it was in-fact done by Treyarch, so stop emailing me for those who want to read the First impressions of the port should take the jump to Here)

The Road Avenger Game for the classic\lamented Mega-CD console is a piece of my gaming history and now its a book!

personally i have fond memories attached to it. I’m pretty sure i could still complete the first level or two on hardest difficulty with the help icons removed even today but less of my boasting, Today I had a reminder of its excellence and with that reminder a shock as to how much of a present fan base the game has accrued.

On my daily perusal of YouTube to delay the onset of actual work i found a series of videos called Guru Larry’s retro Corner. In his look back on the Game “Renegade” a small comment popped up pointing out A car from Double Dragon (Arcade) that was modelled on the car from Road Avenger, Inserted because the creator worked on both games. In a flare of inspiration i began searching up the plot and history synopsis of Double dragon and attempted to link it with the story of Road avenger with the intention of writing a little fiction to pair two games i love into a singular reality. This is where the Shock and dismay, at being beaten to the punch, began. As Road Avenger already has a Book in the works.

Due for release Next year a teaser of the books content is already available on its main site which also reveals that in the design of the novelisation a musical project to re-orchestrate and re-imagine the classic Theme tune is in the works for concurrent release.

You might expect being a fan of the game I’m excited about the musical accompaniment but i may give the Soundtrack a miss, Its not that i don’t think its worth a listen but the sample given with the excerpt does feel a bit bland compared to the literature. Which is surprising considering their YouTube Video of an Excellent Piano and vocal Duet by both Writer and composer. The Musical sample provided on the main site upon repeated listening does have the feel of the song embedded in there somewhere but its subtle compared to the original but hey i am just a fan boy purist so what does my opinion matter, It only Fills me with slight concern as to further reduction that might coincide with the books pacing and plot.

The writer Mary Margaret Park and composer Sekrett Scilensce seem to have a real handle on the simple source story of the game which gives room for creative plotting from the tragic death of the protagonists love and his process of planning before the eventual vengeance. Their pairing is perfect with what seems to be an honest excitement for the project. If the samples already on offer are the level of quality to expect its an exciting adventure ahead and i look forward to its release

Main Site

http://www.theroadavenger.com/

Writer/Composers Sites

http://www.marymargaretpark.com/

http://www.sekrettscilensce.com/