The Digital Dad

Speaking of wicked awesome: I just tried out the multiplayer demo for Frontlines: Fuel of War on Xbox 360. It’s a near-future war game that pits North America and the EU against Russia and Communist China in an all-out battle for what amounts to the last of the world’s oil supply. The great thing is that it’s got a gameplay format similar to EA’s Battlefield saga, adapted really well to a console. I play Battlefield: 2142 on PC with some guys from work. Although I’m not a PC gamer, per se, I really enjoy the squad-based tactical nature of 2142. If the shipping version of Frontlines is anything close to the potential I’ve seen from the demo, I’ll definitely be picking it up. I mean, any game that lets you run in guns blazing, issuing orders to a squad to back you up, then drop a remote-controlled airborne drone to hover into sniper perches for a nice BOOM, only to hop into a fighter plane for a strafing run, then haul your team out to an LZ in an armored transport vehicle, dodging EMP mines set by the opposing team’s engineers… Whew! I’m exhausted just thinking about it and I’m not even halfway through the list. Download the free demo. Join me online. WiFiGuru on Xbox Live.