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My analysis/interpretation/opinions on Sawyeh's not-death at the Veil. Be ye warned long post ahead.

Contains major spoilers for campaign 1 ep. 86/87, major character not-death, gore, canon-typical violence, Rem apologist (kinda) musings.

This is basically an analysis of Sawyeh’s not-death, and yes unnecessarily Rem focussed, but that should be expected by now. Relistening I’m just like…it’s very clear that what happened happened but I’m going to detail it all here anyway. I haven’t listened to those episodes in a long time and I thought it was more implied. And behold! supporting quotes!

Mila tells Sawyeh that "Rem wanted me to tell you that you have to leave or she’s going to kill you" and Sawyeh refuses. After Mila vanishes the minotaur at the bridge gives Sawyeh a key, and a few moments later she feels "a sudden sharp horrific pain in her chest" and falls unconscious.

The rest of the Maidens run into their cottage to find "blood everywhere, smeared along the walls and the floor, and lying in the centre is Sawyeh who has been expertly disembowelled, slashed to pieces”. Sawyeh regains consciousness thanks to Kara casting death ward on her before they left (honestly I would have chosen to pass out again rather than deal with that).

The immediate assumption is that Rem did this, because the whole hoard of the undead + dracolich was a distraction so Rem could burn the book of mazes and kill Sawyeh if needed, it’s also a massive statement and warning to the other Maidens a look what happened to her, stop this or it’ll happen to you too. BUT we then get this:

Something is very weird about this scene, all of this blood everywhere around this room, and you start to notice, looking on the floor, it seems to have made some sort of pattern. It looks like a maze. A maze has been made out of Sawyeh’s blood. Like someone has left you a key.

Looked like her chest cavity had been ripped open, so much so that pieces of her had spilled out onto the ground, and someone had painted a maze around her body on the ground.

They confirm there is no physical key on Sawyeh’s person or in the room.

And here are my thoughts with no finesse to them.

Why would Rem, who was trying to keep them away from mazes, make a maze for them, even if it was a statement, or warning, or even to mock them?

While I have no doubt that Rem is capable of eviscerating someone, it makes no sense for her to do it here because; there are quicker ways of killing someone and she’s probably trying to be quick, Mila is there and I’m 99.9% sure Rem wouldn’t disembowel someone in front of a seven year old she almost sees as her own child, and this doesn’t fit with how Rem has killed before.

Rem killed Kara and Baltana narratively ‘on screen’ (and I’ll be including Arafel in this too). Both Kara and Arafel died instantly with a very slim blade between their eyes. Baltana was killed in a single unspecified strike. Rem's general murder technique is a single quick precise attack because she's a rogue, and making a mess isn't really her style.

When Sawyeh tries to speak they find another wound "a very neat precise cut across her throat that certainly would have been a killing blow if not for the death ward" which is absolutely fits how Rem does murder. Further investigation reveals that the throat wound probably happened before the chest wound, leading to the assumption that there were two separate causes.

From the above I think the moment Mila vanished Rem cut Sawyeh's throat and the two of them left. Sawyeh then received the key and left the demiplane, her body being disembowelled and the maze painted in her blood. The blood maze gave her the ability to cast the maze spell.

I accidently posted this instead of saving as a draft and there is no conclusion, anyway. Defence against Rem having disembowelled Sawyeh ta-daaa!

There's a whole lot in these episodes I'd love to go into but don't have enough info, like what exactly was draining the pylons, Rem, the Avatar, or Valerius, and why? To what extent was Valerius involved cos he was totally involved? Where did the dracolich come from? The decision to trap Alistar in an antimagic orb instead of killing him?

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MO DAO ZU SHI IS A MASTERPIECE – part 02

Hey, guys! I hope you enjoyed the first post I made and I hope you had some laughs over my blind reactions for the first two episodes. Before we continue, I’ll just repeat this for the new readers:

I’m not a native English speaker so please bear with the mistakes I’m bound to make. I did read the novel, but only as far as the Exiled Rebels Scanlations translated it (thank you Rebels, you’re gods). I know a lot of spoilers, but I can’t say I know the whole story – If I start theorizing be aware that I’m just theorizing, I’m not actually telling the plot, but, just to be sure: SPOILERS ahead, I will use the facts I know for my analysis.

In this short series I’ll talk about the episodes, but I’ll also have long monologues about a certain topic.

POINT OF VIEW IN MO DAO ZU SHI – or, there are so many untold/told stories stuffed in one

As I mentioned, at the time of the airing of the third episode I started reading the novel and tried to catch up with the show only to realize that the novel and the animation took different approach in telling the story.

I have to say – there are a lot of things the show cut out of the novel, but there is also a lot the show did to expand and explain certain parts of the novel. Especially the parts I thought weren’t quite clear in the original text. Another obvious difference between the show and the novel is that, for the most part, in the novel we see things from Wei Wuxian’s perspective. In the show we are often offered many POVs, so in a way, we are experiencing the story as a “neutral” observer.

Seeing the story from one perspective is very interesting and it is something that we actually do in real life. We filter everything through ourselves – we are the center of all. This storytelling approach helps us take Wei Wuxian’s side and understand it more, but we also realize at the same time that the meaning of everything that ever happens depends on the point of view. I do believe one of the goals of the novel was to challenge the rule of the point of view – not everything takes one shape, what we know is never the whole “truth”, our deeds can never be universally correct or incorrect.

Let’s think drastically for a moment. I know we all hate the Wen dogs and think they deserve everything that happened to them. I don’t like them at all, don’t worry. I’m not justifying what they did, I’m just opening a discussion:

What if we look at the whole thing differently? What if the story was told from Wen Ruohan’s perspective? There might have been a reasonable reason why the Wen sect acted in the way they did. We know they were the leaders of the cultivation world because they were the largest and therefore the strongest of all, but how did they become so big and strong? Why did people choose to go to the Wens instead to some other clan? Why did the other clans let the Wens become their leaders? For how long were they on top?

We know Nie Mingjue wanted revenge for the death of his father who was killed by the Wen clan. We feel bad for him and want him to succeed because right from the start we see the Wen clan from “the good guys’” POV. What if there was a good reason why the Wens were in conflict with Nie Mingjue’s father (There might be some info in the novel about this. If there is then I either missed it or haven’t read it yet because it’s not yet translated)? We don’t know if they did, but it seems to me that none of the other sects cared enough about this incident to take action – not surprising considering how long they needed to assemble and start the Sunshot campaign. It doesn’t look like any of the clans like to play as a team and protect one another. Is it just because the Wen clan is too big to fight? How was it before Wen Ruohan? Are the Wens bad only during his rule? If so, why did Wen Rouhan turn this way?

Speaking of bad – we see a lot of bad Wens, but we see a lot of good ones too. I really like this because it just adds on an already vast world of grey in Mo Dao Zu Shi – there is no black and white (even our OTP – Wei Wuxian (black) and Lan WangJi (white) show their best qualities only when together (grey) – WOW that’s some cringe right there… moving on.)

Speaking of bad – Wen Chao… Oh boy, yeah, he’s a rotten one. But what about the other brother? The one we never got to see. The one whose head was chopped off by Nie Mingjue? The first child of Wen Rouhan, Wen Xu, died before we got to know him. What was he doing during the archery tournament? Why was Wen Chao representing the clan instead of the eldest son? Why don’t we see Wen Ruohan speak of his heir? There are so many ways to interpret this.

Maybe Wen Xu was, unlike his brother, a talented cultivator and was at odds with his father? If his father is “evil” what if he was trying to be “good”/was “good”? If not, perhaps, like Nie Huaisang, he didn’t want to be a classic cultivator. What if Wen Xu had anxiety like Wen Ning? Maybe the eldest son of Wen Rouhan was even worse at cultivation than Wen Chao. What if the heir was unable to perform his duties? What if he was slowly dying from some disease? What if something like this was the reason why Rouhan gave important tasks to Wen Chao? What if he was preparing him to be the heir instead of his brother? And what if Rouhan loved A Xu and didn’t want to have Wen Chao as an heir but had to? Wen Chao is a lousy choice for anything and Rouhan knows this – we’ve seen his reactions to his son’s boasting etc. The clan is already experiencing a low quality in cultivators and will definitely fall in Wen Chao’s hands, but what if Wen Chao is the only option? Showing power, pride and honor in order to scare off other sects, to stop them from rising against Wen sect after Rouhan steps down seems plausible and reasonable – a leader must protect his people and from his perspective Rouhan is doing just that. He’s doing it for the sake of peaceful future for his people.

Let’s be even more drastic – Wen Rouhan is responsible for Nie Mingjue’s father’s death, but he didn’t enslave the Nie sect (as far as we know) and he didn’t kill either of the heirs even though he knew they’ll seek vengeance. But when Nie Mingjue took his first steps towards revenge he didn’t kill Rouhan – he savagely killed his son, the future of the Wen clan, Wen Xu, who was probably a child just like he was when Rouhan wronged the Nie. Therefore – Wen Xu was innocent of the crime Nie Mingjue wanted revenge for and was still killed. 

And what if just like Jiang Fengmian, Rouhan also seemingly had a favorite in the family? What if Wen Chao was ignored and emotionally abused by his father his whole life? Those who bully are often bullied themselves, or they see the bullying as the only way to fix their complexes and release their pent up anger they have towards those who make them feel inferior. Wen Chao is untalented and not so bright – by his abilities he is a disgrace for the strongest clan. He is obviously afraid of his father and wants to please him. And he always fails – he failed at the archery tournament, he failed in the cave… He gave his all NOT to fail at Lotus Pier. He bullies Wen Ning because he was bullied in the same way for his flaws. He is violent and he gets even more violent when someone points out his flaws because he needs to vent and he can’t show his dissatisfaction to his main bully – his father.

Give us some more info about the Wen family dynamics and we could get a similar picture to the Jiangs. Fortunately, the Jiangs had certain character qualities and Wei Wuxian so they didn’t go full on dark side. How ironic. (I’ll talk about this particular irony in later posts.)

So… Did I change your opinion of Wen Chao? Eh, probably not. That wasn’t my intention, anyway. But tell me this, and be honest – How many of you didn’t like Jiang Cheng when he first appeared in ep 2? Ah! But JC is not evil, he didn’t kill people like Wen Chao did! Wen Chao destroyed Yunmeng Jiang sect and tortured Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng (he was whipped in the novel with the discipline whip). A sad past doesn’t justify your wrong-doings! And you’re right! But, let me ask you this – Jiang Cheng killed a lot of Wens, he never stopped hating them, he helped in destroying their clan. He hunted down everyone who tried the demonic cultivation and as far as we know he tortured those people to death. Isn’t this bad? Wei Wuxian literally and metaphorically went mad after the Burial Mounds and massacred the Wens. In the most horrible ways. Was his revenge justified? Two wrongs doesn’t make a right. If we were just dropped in the scene where Wei Wuxian kills Wen Chao not knowing anything about these people, we would probably think that this Wei Wuxian is a sadistic bastard. Who in their right mind makes someone eat their own flesh? It’s soooo over the top.

But most of you enjoyed seeing that scene (me, not so much, but I did enjoy what he did to that bitch Wang Lingjiao).

We kinda forgive/overlook what Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng did and still love them.

Jin Guangyao did a lot of shady shit too, but I don’t see him being passionately hated.

So, yes. I’m not saying that the Wens did nothing wrong. And I’m not saying that our heroes did nothing wrong, either. NO. I’m just saying that telling a story from a certain POV is powerful and Mo Dao Zu Shi does it in a way that challenges the “obvious goodness” even in the main cast. It does so especially in the animation where many scenes are not seen from Wei Wuxian’s eyes. This helps us understand why some people reacted in certain ways to what Wei Wuxian did/caused.

Mo Dao Zu Shi has such fine writing. The character animation and all the hints the creative team leaves to its viewers only add to the experience. One character says one thing, the other says the same thing but in a different way/tone, the third says nothing but there is something in the frame hinting that he has his own feelings towards what is being said and BAM – on the surface their opinions match, on the inside their POVs are in conflict. Mo Dao Zu Shi makes this exchange look easy to create, but it’s not.

As I said in the first post – everything matters in this show. Not one frame is wasted. And not a single character is purely good or evil.

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… Ok.

Ok, ok.

Lan XiChen is probably the only purely good character in this freaking story. I am aware of some spoilers, but I still can’t say he has any “evil” in him. Gotta wait and see how the finale plays out.

Damn.

… He’s perfect. I mean… Just look at this guy.

No one has such a smi-

Goddamn it.

Ah… no, wait. He does have some “evil/anger” in him as a Ghost general… Hmm, ok, Wen Ning is debatable, but he is a cinnamon roll with the purest smi-

ALRIGHT. FINE. I was wrong!

But I’m not counting Lan Sizhui and the kids, ok? I’m not!

Ok! SO!

There are at least three purely good characters in this damn show.

AND HOW DO THEY END UP?

HMM???

Is this a comment on reality I’m seeing? What are you trying to say Mo Xiang Tong Xiu? Ha?

Don’t be purely good? Be good, but with a touch of Wei Wuxian just to spice it up? Ok, lesson learned.

Moving on!

EPISODE 03 - or, the true BAE appears

Greetings! Welcome to my harem! Take your clothes off and feel at home! 

I gotta admit, I did freak out when I saw JC for the first time, but Jin Zixuan… dayum, girl. This one is totally my type. Even now, I believe JC was made just for me, but that’s not why he ended up being my favorite character in this show. In the end I see Jiang Cheng as my precious son or a baby brother. But Zixuan… Naha, man, you’re no son of mine! Take it off, I said, take off those clothes and come here! JC, lend me your Zidian. I wanna make this one cry~

If only he wasn’t already spoken for. I don’t wanna piss off that lady. The sweet ones are always the worst.  

Jokes aside, I’ll talk about this guy some other time. I have a lot to say about his character.

I just think it’s interesting how both Jiang Cheng and Nie Mingjue have same threats in their repertoire. JC is only talk and no bite, but I can’t be 100% sure if Nie Mingjue is too. I believe he did love his little brother and was probably aggressive in order to protect him. Nie Mingjue had to deal with a lot at a very young age and he does have a bit of a temper. Not to mention the other spoilery thing about the Nie clan’s cultivation method. I can’t wait to find out more about the brothers’ relationship.

There are quite a few similarities between Jiang Cheng and Nie Mingjue. Funnily enough, Jiang Cheng and Nie Huaisang also have a lot in common.

As far as the first encounters go this one is quite memorable… and ends up being a lot like this jar of Emperor’s smile.

Also, this is a really clever way to cut from one scene to another without making it look like the scene was forcefully shoved in. It doesn’t break the flow. It expresses the emotion this encounter has left not only on Lan WangJi and Wei Wuxian, but also on Nie Huaisang who is listening to the story of it. Immediately, we know how he’ll react upon hearing it and we have an idea of how severely Wei Wuxian broke the rules and how great of an impact he made.

Even after watching it three times I still notice some new things. Jiang Cheng is so worried here for Wei Wuxian that it’s cute. The moment he realizes Wei Wuxian answered all of the questions correctly he sighs and relaxes. Damn… I knew he was overprotective from the start, but this is giving me cavities… Is having cavities good or bad, I wonder? The scene before he was all like: Lan WangJi is targeting you, you’re on your own, good luck (you dumb fuck). The moment no one’s looking...

And Wei Wuxian… he’s such a typical too smart for your own good. Gotta admire the dude.

This is just so funny. Wei Wuxian moved out of the way like a pro, JC is face palming, Lan WangJi and Jin Zixuan are surprised and shocked about what Wei Wuxian is saying. And the scene where Nie Huaisang is like: Don’t pick me! - That’s the most relatable shit I’ve ever seen. XD This is all an amusing way to show every student’s personality.

Not all of the Wens are assholes (and I’m not talking about the obvious ones like Wen Ning and his sister). The young one is not happy in letting the Waterborne Abyss go to the Gusu Lan territory, but the old guy doesn’t care and he is in charge. Also, the young master ordered it dead. Was it Wen Chao? Really? That guy? I’m not so certain. Something tells me Wen Xu is the young master they are talking about.

I talked in the last post how everything they show has a meaning. In most shows when people talk they add scenes that look like this one (butterflies flying, clouds moving etc), but they usually have no other purpose than to make the conversation more interesting to watch. Here, these scenes are important hints/foreshadowing. I’m not gonna talk here about the significance of such scenes. If you’re interested, visit DongHua Reviews on YouTube. He already said everything better than I ever could. He also does deep analysis so if you wanna find out more about Mo Dao Zu Shi or see if you missed something go visit his profile and watch the video reviews.

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Oh! Oh, no, I just love the backgrounds in this show. Moving on.

This is just so cute… and flirty no matter how you look at it. I’m in awe at how they managed to depict their personalities just by showing their hands.

That’s some great hand animation right there. Also, the music is so good here. At moments, it actually reminds me of Beauty and the Beast (when they play in snow).

So beautiful. And once again they used an interesting way to cut from Lan WangJi to Wei Wuxian by letting the paper fall in between them concealing one and revealing the other.

For some reason it was so refreshing for me when I realized Lan WangJi was the first to feel romantic feelings towards Wei Wuxian; to be aware of them and actively try to erase them until he gives up and let them bloom. The other boy was just being a brat, bugging someone who he found so different from himself and therefore interesting. He also wanted to make him his friend and to maybe “corrupt” him. Many later scenes suggest that Wei Wuxian also started having romantic feeling towards the younger Jade, but was completely unaware of them. He’s so freaking dense, I swear to god. It’s so funny and somehow very realistic.

Both of them (the others too) are acting like teens and dorks and that’s how it should be. Sure, they are talented cultivators and are smarter than most their age, but the show is aware of the fact that they are all around 15 years old. I was 15 ten years ago and I was a very different person back then. I remember my thought process and all the illogical shit I did so when I see these characters act like brats, when I see them make wrong decisions and conclusions I totally believe in what I see and I understand it all. Most shows don’t let their MCs act their age, they don’t let them make stupid mistakes, big AND small ones like laughing when you shouldn’t etc. They don’t let them act “dumb”, unreasonable and rash. When I watch Mo Dao Zu Shi and see Lan WangJi as an adult and Lan WangJi as a teen I believe in the change of his personality. I see why his reactions to same things are different. When I read the novel and see Wei Wuxian cursing himself for something he did when he was young I believe that he really is upset about it. I get why he now agrees with people who at that time told him he was annoying. Don’t get me wrong, you can never change from the core, but you do GROW UP, your point of view changes, the things that affected you don’t affect you anymore/affect you differently and you deal with them differently. Growing up is apparent in MDZS.

I find it so funny when Jin Ling attacks the statue goddess in ep2 and Wei Wuxian is like: What is that brat doing? Trying to die? My dear, Wei Ying, you would have done the exact same thing.

EPISODE 04 – or, the brotherhood is killing me softly

Jiang Cheng grumbling in his head: “So you ARE aware of the fact.”

But you see… knowing what happens in the future, this same sentence brings so much pain to my heart.

GHAAAAA OH MY GOD, SOMEBODY SAVE ME from blood loss! 0.0

Oh JC… Jiang Cheng literally pushed Wei Wuxian away into Lan Zhan’s boat (*cough* hands *cough*).

Also, Lan Zhan actually started a conversation with Wei Wuxian by his own accord (baby steps), but my favorite brat Wei Wuxian ruined the moment with Whatever line. He was sincere, but Lan Zhan is just… being a stuck-up. XD

SCREENSHOT! I’m a proud mom. Not to you Jin Zixuan, you know how I feel about you, babe.

Oh boy… I’ll leave my essay on Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng for some other time.

In the meantime – that surfing on swords scene was epic. Great animation, superb music. I’m amazed at how they managed all the water animation in this episode. There are so many fun battle scenes in this show and none of them are the same (except for the deliberate similarities important to the plot). I applause to that.

I just appreciate the directing of this scene. In the deep, the light reaches out to pull him out of the dark. From the “ribbon shape” it’s clear that it’s Lan Zhan who is coming to his rescue. Add the meaning of the Gusu Lan ribbon to it and the scene becomes deeply romantic in the purest way possible. Remember the scene from the novel when SPOILER Lan Zhan gets drunk and ties him up and the scene becomes romantic in the not so pure way. XD In any way – they are tied together by the ribbon of fate.

They are so good at handling the light.

I’m having episode 15 PTSD attack. They really did thought of everything, ha?

I’m sorry, I see those two together - I screenshot. It’s a reflex. 

I also adore how they both react in their own trademark way to those other two idiots’ flirting. XD Also, I just noticed it, but the sun is between them. That of course is just how the shoot should be composed to look good, but for me and my crazy ass it just means more material for my fanfiction (because, you see, the sun is the Wen clan and they stand between them – usually the thing in between keeps the couple separate which in a way it does here too, but in this particular case the whole tragedy started with the Wens and the tragedy is what brought the two together – in my head at least).

Well, that’s all for today. Once again, this is too long, but what can I do? Hope you like my rambling. See you next time!

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Single-Player Campaign Review

There have been sixteen years since I first played the original Call of Duty. While the franchise had its ups and downs, it is still going strong after all those years. For example, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s trailer is one of the most downvoted videos in its entire history. On the other hand, the original Modern Warfare, is one of the most beloved first-person shooters ever made.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is the sixtieth title of the series. The game was developed by Infinity Ward, published by Activision, and its PC version was handled by Beenox. This is a reboot of the original game, thus the story is almost entirely different. This is also the first time a Call of Duty game supports cross-platform multiplayer, something I believe it’s worth mentioning even if this review will only cover its single-player campaign. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is not for children, if it ever was. The campaign is dark, brutal, shocking and definitely only for mature audience. The game will remind you of this, each-and-every-time you open the campaign tab, which was a bit annoying to be frank.

Same story, different time

As I said, the story is dissimilar compared to the original, but the main plot is kind of the same. Some bad guys are doing bad things and the good guys are trying to stop them, from doing even more bad things. There is also a classic revenge story thrown into the mix. I mean, there is nothing original here. Fortunately, though, the presentation is excellent and it helps a great deal in this seven hours long campaign.

“Let’s gear up and get evil”.

Captain Price

Once again you get the opportunity to play with several characters and experience the story through their perspective. There are also a few returning characters from the original game like Captain Price. Sadly, you cannot play as him, but he will accompany you in numerous missions. You can even play as a little girl, who can actually hold, shoot and reload a revolver. Yes, you read right; there is an animation of a ten year old kid reloading a revolver. You can even see the recoil of the gun realistically pushing her back. It is crazy and kudos to Infinity Ward for this level of detail.

Graphics and performance

This is the first Call of Duty that looks so pretty. It is visually impressive for such a title, even without an RTX card. Very few games created realistic nights and this game excels on the subject. However, the game is currently plagued with technical issues. For instance, I had several crashes, slowdowns, freezes and audio delays. The cutscenes are completely messed up, which is a shame, since they look totally flipping gorgeous.

Also, for some reason, every time you launch the game, it starts installing shaders which makes everything, even the freaking Activision logo stutter. So far I found no way of resolving any of these issues. And despite all these issues, the game runs extremely smooth. With everything almost maxed, I had stable sixty frames per second, all the way through the whole campaign. For more details you can read John’s performance analysis.

Audio and controls

The audio is also great. From gun sounds to explosions, everything sounds grand. The music is minimal but most of the tracks blend in nicely. The voice acting is very good as well, and the same goes for the lip-syncing. Also, and despite the cut-scene audio issues, I did not encounter any audio glitches while actually playing the game.

“Shock and awe”.

Captain Price answering Gaz’s question regarding their plan.

The controls are solid while playing with mouse and keyboard and there are several available settings to customize to your liking. I suggest changing the default button for cover which I found it to be working best with the right click. So yeah, don’t be afraid to experiment a bit to find what’s best for you, especially since cover can be an important asset during firefights and clearing corners.

Shooting is the name of the game

The gameplay is pretty much fantastic, especially compared to the previous titles. In the beginning of almost every mission, you get to see your playable character, before the camera moves into a first-person perspective. Now you can actually witness how your character looks like. Moreover, the majority of the missions differ from each other, making the game less repetitive.

Of course the gameplay does not drastically change. You will still spend most of your time shooting, but there are a couple of missions that play almost completely different. Personally, I enjoyed playing with all the characters, even if my all time favorite character Soap is not in the game. Unfortunately, there is very little character development and only for specific characters.

Glorious gore

My favorite mission, by far, was the one using a high-caliber sniper rifle, where you need to take into consideration gravity and wind. Every sniper shot dismembered enemy body parts and it was glorious. Sadly the rest of the gore in the game is mediocre. Only snipers can dismember enemies and the dismembered parts vanish.

“When you take your gloves off, your hands get bloody”.

Captain Price educating Gaz.

The game also lacks a wound system as there are no bullet holes or knife wounds. But hey, at least there are blood puddles. Honestly, from what I was reading prior to the game’s release, I was expecting something more gruesome. Also, dead bodies do not stay forever like they used to. Call of Duty was one of the very few games in which you could adjust the amount of dead bodies. Sadly this is not the case here.

And that really puzzled me. Infinity Ward wanted to make a more realistic shooter this time around. That’s why I don’t get why they didn’t put a bit more effort into the gore. On the same subject of realism, I have to say that the friendly A.I. is completely useless. They just suck at their job. I don’t know if it’s the “Stormtrooper training” or whatnot. Seriously, they can’t kill for crap.

Gunplay, weapons and pew-pew

The gunplay as always is particularly good. I mean this is a Call of Duty we are talking about. Most of the guns feel great and I love some of the reload animations. Generally speaking, shooting feels a bit less arcade-ish compared to the previous games. And while pray & spray is still a viable solution, most of the guns require some recoil management, unless you are in cover.

“We get dirty and the world stay clean”.

Captain Price.

Something I never liked in Call of Duty was the pre-selected weapon loadout. In fact, I do not recall ever having the choice to select the weapons on the beginning of each mission. Of course you can still pick weapons throughout the missions but all of them have preset attachments. There is no weapon customization of any sorts.

Take cover

Regarding cover, I have to say I got mixed feelings. While I do appreciate a cover system in a shooter, it seems they made it kind of necessary in specific sections of the game. Of course you can still play without using it, but what is the point of having such a feature and never use it?

You can take cover almost everywhere and while doing so you get less sway and recoil, while also shielding yourself from enemy fire. You are not invincible though as you can still take damage while aiming. Even so, the game becomes much easier this way. It makes more sense in the highest difficulties, at least for me. Honestly, I would much rather prefer a simple lean mechanic.

Moving through the battlefield

I really like the movement in the game as it is slower than before. It can still be a fast-paced shooter if you wish, but not in every mission. For example, there are quite a few missions that force you to play slower and more tactical. Personally, I really liked those missions, especially the one in London where you raid a house as an SAS operative.

“We are all a little crazy, aren’t we?”

Captain Price ending the conversation with the CIA.

Most of the animations are superb and help a lot with the immersion. More often than not, the NPC animations are not great in video-games, but in this particular title they actually are. There is even a movement lock when you follow other NPCs in order to match their movement speed, and I really appreciate that.

Bringing a knife to a firefight

Now melee is mixed bag. You can melee hit with your gun and you can also perform a finishing animation with your knife. Unfortunately, there is a delay before you can actually get the prompt to perform the finisher, making it neither fluid nor satisfying. Also the butt-stock melee kills the enemy, which is just bizarre.

The body physics and death animations are way, way better this time around as most enemies have death animations. If you shoot unarmored enemies once, you will see them get into a death state animation. But if you shoot them multiple times they usually just drop dead on the ground, without any unique animation. It’s not perfect but it still looks better than any previous Call of Duty title.

This is still a game

Personally I did not have any problem with any of the missions, in terms of violence and such, but that’s just me. The “No Russian” mission in Modern Warfare 2 was way more shocking and plain inhuman. If I have some issues with the campaign is the lack of a proper wound system. Also the blood puddles look mediocre, but at least there are blood decals from gunshots.

War never chances

In my seven hour long playtime, I have to say that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare really entertained me. The slower paced gameplay might not be for everyone, especially for people who love the previous futuristic Call of Duty games. On the other hand, if you – like me – loved the original Modern Warfare, you will also like this. COD4: MW was extraordinary and definitely my favorite Call of Duty game. This one is close and probably the second best, but still inferior to the original, at least in my humble opinion.

“I’m more of a dog person”.

Farah after Alex commenting on her cat like reflexes.

I prefer slow paced tactical shooters but sadly there aren’t many anymore, and most of them are not that great. Infinity Ward did something they never did before and – from my viewpoint – it worked out great. It’s not perfect but it retains the COD identity.

Paying a full triple-A price for a seven hour campaign is probably not worth your money. At least right now. Perhaps on a sale. If you are interested in the multiplayer, I would still not recommended the game as it is beleaguered with technical issues, like any other multiplayer game on launch. My suggestion is to at least wait for a couple of patches.

Great shooting mechanics

Slower and more realistic

Awesome presentation

Captain Price rocks

Beautiful locations

Mature campaign

Varied missions

Ragdoll physics

Technical issues

Terrible friendly A.I.

Lack of wound system

Mediocre cover system

            Computer Specs: CPU: i5 4440, GPU: Palit 1660Ti OC 6GB, RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws X 16GB, HDD: Crucial 275GB MX300, OS: Win7, 1080p

Playtime: 7+ hours total.

Note: All screenshots are taken from John’s performance analysis, due to incompatibility of the game with my capture software.

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Learn more here: http://mattmartin.club/index.php/2018/04/30/viddyoze3-review/

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  Jaw Dropping Animation Has Never Been So Easier

Create Beautiful 3D Video Animations With 3 Simple Steps…

  Overview :

Product Creator Viddyoze Product Name Viddyoze 3.0 Commercial Price $67.00 Niche Software Bonuses Yes, Click Here To Checkout The Bonuses! Refund 30 Day Money Back Guarantee Recommend Highly Recommend

  Click Here at 11 AM EST on 2018-May-01 to get an Early Bird Discount on “Viddyoze 3.0 Commercial” along with my Exclusive Bonuses

What Is Viddyoze 3.0?

With Viddyoze 3.0 you can create your own studio-quality intros, social actions, transitions, outros and more in just a few clicks… without any previous design experience, without waiting weeks on your contractor… and without wasting money on the same marketplace designs that everyone else is using…

Ground Breaking Live Action Animations

This isn’t something you can do with any other software, not even industry leading stuff like Adobe After Effects.

Give your videos all the glamour and gloss of a high-class advertising agency, with real actors, real models, and professionally shot video that’d normally need a Madison Avenue budget to produce.

Studio-Grade Intros & Logo Stings

These are not the logo stings your Granddaddy finds on Fiverr.

These are high-touch, professional, studio-quality animations that used to only be possible with AfterEffects.

Stunning Social Actions

If you’re not being social, you’re being left behind. Viddyoze’s social media animations bring in the likes, follows, shares and retweets that say ‘this guy is worth talking about’.

Seamless Transitions

You want to be known as the guy with scrappy scene-cuts? Of course not.

You want to be known as the guy with transitions so sexy even Scarlett Johansson would get jealous.

With Viddyoze’s huge template bank, your videos will flow effortlessly from start to finish.

Compelling Outros & CTAs

Maximize your sales, shares and sign ups… because these outros aren’t just designed to look pretty.

They’re all approved by pro-marketers, so your videos will look amazing and convert like crazy too.

Lower Thirds

Give your videos a professional shine and gain that next level of respect.

Your videos can instantly stand out from the pack with just a couple of clicks… and you’ll never need to go near AfterEffects again

Movie filters

Lens flares, light effects, film grain, blockbuster-style grading and more let you turn your video into something Spielberg would be proud of. Stick it on YouTube and wait for Marvel to come calling.

ALPHA Technology

EXCLUSIVE to Viddyoze.

Transparency technology takes ALL your animations to the next level.

No other tool can do this… which is why you’ll blow your competition off the map.

How Does It Work?

The process of changing your old-fashioned promotional videos into cinematic ones with live action scenarios includes three major steps, which are carefully listed below.

Step 1: Choose one of the available templates in the Viddyoze library

Step 2: Customize the chosen video to your own taste

Step 3: Preview the animation, make any corrections!

Step 4: Click the “Render” button and wait another few minutes for your video to be exported in high resolution

You can take a look at the demo video here to see how Viddyoze 3.0 actually works in reality.

Who Should Use It?

As far as I am concerned, Viddyoze 3.0 is best suited for online marketers since their job, especially in this digital era, must involve creating and leveraging the hidden power of advertising videos on a regular basis with a view to promoting their products or services.

Thus, I strongly believe that affiliate marketers, bloggers, product vendors, and even online agencies can benefit a lot from this product. Viddyoze 3.0 is fully capable of empowering your marketing projects and campaigns so that they can become much more efficient than using other similar video creators.

What’s more, Viddyoze 3 is the perfect choice for video marketers as this system allows them to generate huge amounts of free traffic through the number of views they are able to achieve by utilizing the high-converting 3D animated videos in Viddyoze library.

Pros and Cons

This section of my Viddyoze 3.0 Review focuses on giving a thorough analysis of its strengths and weaknesses.

In terms of the advantages, I personally think that Viddyoze 3.0 has an incredibly newbie-friendly dashboard, which means a lot to beginners since they do not have to spend much time getting used to its interface. Also, I have already indicated that Viddyoze 3 is fully applicable to multiple niche markets, so you do not have to worry that you can’t find video templates for any particular niche.

Another plus point for Viddyoze 3.0 is that it is fully cloud-based, which gives you a chance to get access to this platform from any technological device with an Internet access. In this way, you can customize and edit videos anywhere at any time without the help of your computer.

On the other hand, I think it would be better if Viddyoze 3.0 adds some buttons which enable users to share their videos on social media networks directly from its dashboard. As a result, your videos can achieve wider exposure to the public attention.

User experience

This section of my Viddyoze 3.0 Review intends to put an emphasis on the experience I have had with this platform over the last few weeks.

I used this software as beta tester so you can absolutely trust anything I review today.

Firstly, the video templates offered in this package can be applied to various niches. As you are able to turn the templates into your own marketing tools, Viddyoze 3.0 allows you to edit the elements to your own needs, thus helping you aim for your targeted market.

Now I logged in Viddyoze 3.0 Dashboard and here is the main dashboard. This is the cloud-based software with cool interface and high speed loading page.

The first feeling I see it very professional.

There are so lots of templates for you there. I click to edit one template to test it as the example today.

The below is “Slideshow Tourism” template which I take as an example for you today.

As you see, you can listen the music by unmute the video sound and then click “Customize The Video” to start editing this template.

Whoo, I have to say again the Viddyoze 3.0 site speed is like the rocket.

And then you can edit this template by uploading your logo and your image and your Intro subtitle as below:

And finally you can create your preview before export it.

I appreciate this cloud-based video tool because It is super easy to use whatever your skill is good or not. You work is simply to choose the template, edit it and export it. Nothing is easier than it.

I see it is really worth your money. You should try on using it today, I believe you like it at the first time.

What’s more, I have a small recommendation when using Viddyoze 3.0. In my opinion, if you want to make use of this tool to create video clips to promote your offers, the essential thing you should keep in mind is its clarity.

According to my observations, clients easily get bored of shiny things really quickly, instead of after a while they just pay attention to the gist of the whole video and look for the main information. That is literally the reason why you should keep your messages simple and brief yet informative.

Evaluation and Price

Personally, I think Viddyoze 3.0 actually deserves being invested in. What this mammoth compilation provides might alternate the way you think about advertising videos forever. For those who are interested in this application, please mark your calendar the launch date which is on May 01, 2018.

Beside, Viddyoze 3.0 has 1 Front-End and 1 Upsell:

-Front-End (Viddyoze 3.0 – $47-$67) (See Details)

-Upsell (Viddyoze 3.0 Template Club – $37/Month or $347/Year) (See Details)

To sum up, my Viddyoze 3.0 Review has hopefully offered you a more general view of this product. I’m also really grateful to you guys for keeping up with me to the end. Moreover, please don’t forget to send me your questions if there is something that isn’t clear yet. Good luck!

  Click Here at 11 AM EST on 2018-May-01 to get an Early Bird Discount on “Viddyoze 3.0 Commercial” along with my Exclusive Bonuses

    Click Here To Checkout The Bonuses I’ve Hand Picked For You!

  Please Note: I only promote products I use or have used myself. All have great reviews, significant sales and low refund rates. I try to promote offers from reliable and trustworthy sellers with excellent track record about customer support and are in business for a while.

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Viddyoze 3.0 Review | Along with my EXCLUSIVE Bonuses

Learn more here: http://mattmartin.club/index.php/2018/04/30/viddyoze3-review/

Welcome to, Mattmartin.club Proud to show you my “Viddyoze 3.0” Review hope you will enjoy it !

  Jaw Dropping Animation Has Never Been So Easier

Create Beautiful 3D Video Animations With 3 Simple Steps…

  Overview :

Product Creator Viddyoze Product Name Viddyoze 3.0 Commercial Price $67.00 Niche Software Bonuses Yes, CHECK NOW Refund 14 Day Money Back Guarantee Recommend Highly Recommend

  Click Here at 11 AM EST on 2018-May-01 to get an Early Bird Discount on “Viddyoze 3.0 Commercial” along with my Exclusive Bonuses

What Is Viddyoze 3.0?

With Viddyoze 3.0 you can create your own studio-quality intros, social actions, transitions, outros and more in just a few clicks… without any previous design experience, without waiting weeks on your contractor… and without wasting money on the same marketplace designs that everyone else is using…

Ground Breaking Live Action Animations

This isn’t something you can do with any other software, not even industry leading stuff like Adobe After Effects.

Give your videos all the glamour and gloss of a high-class advertising agency, with real actors, real models, and professionally shot video that’d normally need a Madison Avenue budget to produce.

Studio-Grade Intros & Logo Stings

These are not the logo stings your Granddaddy finds on Fiverr.

These are high-touch, professional, studio-quality animations that used to only be possible with AfterEffects.

Stunning Social Actions

If you’re not being social, you’re being left behind. Viddyoze’s social media animations bring in the likes, follows, shares and retweets that say ‘this guy is worth talking about’.

Seamless Transitions

You want to be known as the guy with scrappy scene-cuts? Of course not.

You want to be known as the guy with transitions so sexy even Scarlett Johansson would get jealous.

With Viddyoze’s huge template bank, your videos will flow effortlessly from start to finish.

Compelling Outros & CTAs

Maximize your sales, shares and sign ups… because these outros aren’t just designed to look pretty.

They’re all approved by pro-marketers, so your videos will look amazing and convert like crazy too.

Lower Thirds

Give your videos a professional shine and gain that next level of respect.

Your videos can instantly stand out from the pack with just a couple of clicks… and you’ll never need to go near AfterEffects again

Movie filters

Lens flares, light effects, film grain, blockbuster-style grading and more let you turn your video into something Spielberg would be proud of. Stick it on YouTube and wait for Marvel to come calling.

ALPHA Technology

EXCLUSIVE to Viddyoze.

Transparency technology takes ALL your animations to the next level.

No other tool can do this… which is why you’ll blow your competition off the map.

How Does It Work?

The process of changing your old-fashioned promotional videos into cinematic ones with live action scenarios includes three major steps, which are carefully listed below.

Step 1: Choose one of the available templates in the Viddyoze library

Step 2: Customize the chosen video to your own taste

Step 3: Preview the animation, make any corrections!

Step 4: Click the “Render” button and wait another few minutes for your video to be exported in high resolution

You can take a look at the demo video here to see how Viddyoze 3.0 actually works in reality.

Who Should Use It?

As far as I am concerned, Viddyoze 3.0 is best suited for online marketers since their job, especially in this digital era, must involve creating and leveraging the hidden power of advertising videos on a regular basis with a view to promoting their products or services.

Thus, I strongly believe that affiliate marketers, bloggers, product vendors, and even online agencies can benefit a lot from this product. Viddyoze 3.0 is fully capable of empowering your marketing projects and campaigns so that they can become much more efficient than using other similar video creators.

What’s more, Viddyoze 3 is the perfect choice for video marketers as this system allows them to generate huge amounts of free traffic through the number of views they are able to achieve by utilizing the high-converting 3D animated videos in Viddyoze library.

Pros and Cons

This section of my Viddyoze 3.0 Review focuses on giving a thorough analysis of its strengths and weaknesses.

In terms of the advantages, I personally think that Viddyoze 3.0 has an incredibly newbie-friendly dashboard, which means a lot to beginners since they do not have to spend much time getting used to its interface. Also, I have already indicated that Viddyoze 3 is fully applicable to multiple niche markets, so you do not have to worry that you can’t find video templates for any particular niche.

Another plus point for Viddyoze 3.0 is that it is fully cloud-based, which gives you a chance to get access to this platform from any technological device with an Internet access. In this way, you can customize and edit videos anywhere at any time without the help of your computer.

On the other hand, I think it would be better if Viddyoze 3.0 adds some buttons which enable users to share their videos on social media networks directly from its dashboard. As a result, your videos can achieve wider exposure to the public attention.

User experience

This section of my Viddyoze 3.0 Review intends to put an emphasis on the experience I have had with this platform over the last few weeks.

I used this software as beta tester so you can absolutely trust anything I review today.

Firstly, the video templates offered in this package can be applied to various niches. As you are able to turn the templates into your own marketing tools, Viddyoze 3.0 allows you to edit the elements to your own needs, thus helping you aim for your targeted market.

Now I logged in Viddyoze 3.0 Dashboard and here is the main dashboard. This is the cloud-based software with cool interface and high speed loading page.

The first feeling I see it very professional.

There are so lots of templates for you there. I click to edit one template to test it as the example today.

The below is “Slideshow Tourism” template which I take as an example for you today.

As you see, you can listen the music by unmute the video sound and then click “Customize The Video” to start editing this template.

Whoo, I have to say again the Viddyoze 3.0 site speed is like the rocket.

And then you can edit this template by uploading your logo and your image and your Intro subtitle as below:

And finally you can create your preview before export it.

I appreciate this cloud-based video tool because It is super easy to use whatever your skill is good or not. You work is simply to choose the template, edit it and export it. Nothing is easier than it.

I see it is really worth your money. You should try on using it today, I believe you like it at the first time.

What’s more, I have a small recommendation when using Viddyoze 3.0. In my opinion, if you want to make use of this tool to create video clips to promote your offers, the essential thing you should keep in mind is its clarity.

According to my observations, clients easily get bored of shiny things really quickly, instead of after a while they just pay attention to the gist of the whole video and look for the main information. That is literally the reason why you should keep your messages simple and brief yet informative.

Evaluation and Price

Personally, I think Viddyoze 3.0 actually deserves being invested in. What this mammoth compilation provides might alternate the way you think about advertising videos forever. For those who are interested in this application, please mark your calendar the launch date which is on May 01, 2018.

Beside, Viddyoze 3.0 has 1 Front-End and 1 Upsell:

-Front-End (Viddyoze 3.0 – $47-$67) (See Details)

-Upsell (Viddyoze 3.0 Template Club – $37/Month or $347/Year) (See Details)

To sum up, my Viddyoze 3.0 Review has hopefully offered you a more general view of this product. I’m also really grateful to you guys for keeping up with me to the end. Moreover, please don’t forget to send me your questions if there is something that isn’t clear yet. Good luck!

  Click Here at 11 AM EST on 2018-May-01 to get an Early Bird Discount on “Viddyoze 3.0 Commercial” along with my Exclusive Bonuses

  Please Note: I only promote products I use or have used myself. All have great reviews, significant sales and low refund rates. I try to promote offers from reliable and trustworthy sellers with excellent track record about customer support and are in business for a while.

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