I was reading some articles today about Modern Warfare 3 and the upcoming Assassin's Creed game and it occurred to me just how little I care about these serieses anymore.
I remember that when the first Modern Warfare came out my friends and I would play it for hours on end every day, constantly replaying the AC-130 and nuke explosion missions in the campaign, learning every corner of the multiplayer maps, where the best sniper perches were and debating whether the AK-47 was better with the higher damage or faster firing perks. Then Modern Warfare 2 came around, with all the controversy swirling about "No Russian", so I was interested in trying out the game's campaign for that. It was when I was fighting through the Brazilian favellas that I actually began to feel my interest in the game really start to wane. I only finished the campaign after a concerted effort. I didn't even bother buying Black Ops, only playing the multiplayer and zombie mode with friends a few times. And now, with the release of MW3, I just don't give a damn about Modern Warfare anymore. I won't even bother playing it. The Modern Warfare series is dead in my eyes, almost inexplicably, considering how much I enjoyed the first one.
As a medieval history nut, Assassin's Creed, a game set during the Crusades, one of the most morally ambiguous times in Western History, which painted both Christians and Muslims in a less-than-stellar light sounded like great fun. And it was. Swimming-based issues aside (I will forever hate that pier-jumping mission in Acre), I seriously enjoyed almost everything about the original Assassin's Creed. I replayed the game twice, trying to pick out plot devices I missed the first time, and challenged myself to fighting with the wrist-blade only (one of my most difficult times in gaming, but I pulled it off). Assassin's Creed 2 was an amazing sequel. I love the history and culture of Renaissance Italy just as much as the Middle Ages, so being able to run around Florence and Venice, great cities that I knew so well, was a pure joy to me. The story itself was also great, mainly because I knew what a perverted bastard Rodrigo Borgia/Alexander VI was from history class ahead of time. Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed 2 were a great back-to-back experience for me. Then, even more inexplicably than Modern Warfare, my interest in the series simply dropped dead with the release of Brotherhood. I havn't even bothered looking for it after I read the reviews. That apathy has carried over to Revelations. I simply don't care about Ezio Auditore di Firenze anymore. Perhaps that's the cause of it. With all the potential for historical variety the Assassin's Creed universe has, sticking to late-15th/early 16th centuries maybe has lost my interest. A game set in the Victorian British Empire, in which the cities are not just in one region but around the world, would get things going for me again.
The question I ask, fellow Escapists, is which game series have you started out loving but somehow lost interest in before the series was through, if any? If so, why? You can also answer that you interest faded almost inexplicably, like mine. I'm curious.
I remember that when the first Modern Warfare came out my friends and I would play it for hours on end every day, constantly replaying the AC-130 and nuke explosion missions in the campaign, learning every corner of the multiplayer maps, where the best sniper perches were and debating whether the AK-47 was better with the higher damage or faster firing perks. Then Modern Warfare 2 came around, with all the controversy swirling about "No Russian", so I was interested in trying out the game's campaign for that. It was when I was fighting through the Brazilian favellas that I actually began to feel my interest in the game really start to wane. I only finished the campaign after a concerted effort. I didn't even bother buying Black Ops, only playing the multiplayer and zombie mode with friends a few times. And now, with the release of MW3, I just don't give a damn about Modern Warfare anymore. I won't even bother playing it. The Modern Warfare series is dead in my eyes, almost inexplicably, considering how much I enjoyed the first one.
As a medieval history nut, Assassin's Creed, a game set during the Crusades, one of the most morally ambiguous times in Western History, which painted both Christians and Muslims in a less-than-stellar light sounded like great fun. And it was. Swimming-based issues aside (I will forever hate that pier-jumping mission in Acre), I seriously enjoyed almost everything about the original Assassin's Creed. I replayed the game twice, trying to pick out plot devices I missed the first time, and challenged myself to fighting with the wrist-blade only (one of my most difficult times in gaming, but I pulled it off). Assassin's Creed 2 was an amazing sequel. I love the history and culture of Renaissance Italy just as much as the Middle Ages, so being able to run around Florence and Venice, great cities that I knew so well, was a pure joy to me. The story itself was also great, mainly because I knew what a perverted bastard Rodrigo Borgia/Alexander VI was from history class ahead of time. Assassin's Creed and Assassin's Creed 2 were a great back-to-back experience for me. Then, even more inexplicably than Modern Warfare, my interest in the series simply dropped dead with the release of Brotherhood. I havn't even bothered looking for it after I read the reviews. That apathy has carried over to Revelations. I simply don't care about Ezio Auditore di Firenze anymore. Perhaps that's the cause of it. With all the potential for historical variety the Assassin's Creed universe has, sticking to late-15th/early 16th centuries maybe has lost my interest. A game set in the Victorian British Empire, in which the cities are not just in one region but around the world, would get things going for me again.
The question I ask, fellow Escapists, is which game series have you started out loving but somehow lost interest in before the series was through, if any? If so, why? You can also answer that you interest faded almost inexplicably, like mine. I'm curious.
