Sunday, October 17, 2010

FIFA and Nazi Zombies

The last time I played FIFA, I did not have a strong feeling of social interaction with other players. What I think the problem is, is that players do not have a long enough time to make social connections during a 12 minute soccer match. You might have a good conversation or have some good team play, but after the match is over, you normally do not end up in the next match with the same people. I tried friending a couple people after good matches and got a couple responses. However, one guy said he only friended me because "You sucked so bad. If I want to play someone without a challenge, I'll invite you to a match." This angered me which encouraged me to revisit Nazi Zombies.

There is not too much depth to this game (but you can pretend there is, which is what I do). Usually there are four people in a map where waves of zombies try to enter a boarded up warehouse as you try to defend yourself and your team with WWII weapons. There is a lot of team work and cooperation involved. Lots of communication helps. Telling people when you are reloading, when you are looking for a new weapon, when you are in trouble, really helps during the game. I played with 3 random players for almost 3 hours late Friday night. They were really cool guys and we killed so many zombies. The game can get intense and I feel as if we've developed a zombie brotherhood. We all facebooked each other.

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