all games are not created equal

I think at this point in time, single player campaigns are being increasingly less important as the multiplayer experience keeps improving with FPS games.  I mean, who really bought MW2 for the single player?  Regardless, I still love myself a good solo campaign where I just run around and shoot crap and maybe be part of a cool story.

MW2 has a pretty short multiplayer campaign, even for a FPS.  However, there are some really cool action sequences and a lot of action in general that makes it interesting through the whole, albeit short, single player campaign.  The story jumps around between a couple characters, but this helps keep it interesting.

As for Killzone 2, even though I haven't finished the game yet, I can feel that I'm going to be pretty unimpressed.  There is just something that's too point A point B about this game.  Run somewhere and shoot some people.  Run somewhere else and shoot some more people.  Sometimes, shoot 'em a bunch of times because they just don't know how to die.  I really don't have a good feeling that this is all gonna wrap up in a fantastic way.

I think this is the best way to put it.  I beat MW2 over 3 sessions of at least 2 hours a piece.  For Killzone 2, I have trouble playing the game for longer than about 40 minutes in a sitting. 

Most of the time, FPS games all feel the same.  For some reason though, Killzone 2 just feels terrible when you're playing it, at least when compared to MW2.  Everything feels sluggish when compared to how quickly you can aim and shoot in MW2.  MW2 does provide a little bit of assistance with aiming (it snaps the crosshairs to the target if you're aiming close enough).  Killzone does not have this, but I'm pretty sure the addition of this wouldn't change the overall feeling.

I guess that in the end, maybe MW2 is just a much more finely tuned game than Killzone 2 where every aspect has been obsessed over to allow for the best playing experience.

Both of these games are a lot of fun when playing online for totally different reasons.  It's cool to kill a bunch of zombies.  It's also cool to kill a bunch of people on the other team.  The one thing that makes L4D2 a big loser in my book is that there seems to be a thousand different ways to do something wrong.

Everything is going all nice and good and, whoops, a witch gets hit by one of your stray bullets.  We'll don't you feel stupid now.  Or how about accidentally getting trapped in a corner with a tank and you lose almost all your health.  Or maybe I'll use my medpack now but oh wait, I should have just died and let someone revive me.  Stupid me. Accidentally get stuck outside with the horde?  Ain't that a shame.

It can get pretty frustrating when there are a thousand ways to lose the game for your team. Everyone hates being the guy that screws it up for everyone else.  Like Chris Webber calling for a timeout and getting a technical because they were out.  Or Ty Law not defending the Colorado hail mary properly.  Sorry for the Michigan sports references, but I'm sure you know what I mean.  It feels like crap to be that guy and L4D2 makes sure that at least once a game, it can be you.

MW2.  You kill them.  They kill you.  You kill them some more.  Nice and simple and totally addicting.