Hello to anyone that reads this. I haven't written a blog in a long time but I feel like making an entry and welcome anyone to weigh in on the current blog at hand. Or even respond to my previous ones if it entices you.

I have just came back from playing a couple of rounds of CoD4 on the XBOX360. IW as we all know did a good job for making a well made multiplayer and people are extremely excited over its sequel CoD: Modern Warfare 2. However this is a problem that has bothering me and it's not just with CoD4 but a large list of FPS games on the consoles. And that has to do with two foes perhaps larger than Godzilla and King Kong combined. They are called, "sticky aim" and "health regeneration". In a couple of words, it's basically has killed online FPS gaming. Yes, it has been around for sometime now but at this point there has to be something done about it.

I do relatively well on most games ranking within the, "Top 3". Forgive me for being this way but, I really don't like it how games have been suited with the intent to service your mom and dad and not the players who learn to play and master the shooting mechanics of the game. The experience of watching "Kill Cam" videos of the croshair not even being placed on your body but rather "locked on" like a magnet giving the person who can't shoot some form of edge is very disappointing and has made me hit the brinking point. What's worse is in cases where I myself are guilty of using it thiking it would help me, I end up fighting the "sticky aim" as it always for me tends to shoot an inch to far above the head or randomly locks on to a target that I can't even see accross the map leaving me open to random punishment from an enemy less than 10 feet away from me.

The other, "health regeneration". Yes my friends! Now when you are on a roll punishing your enemies with great hot lead vengence or flanking your foes, they can get shot numerous times to the point that their bodies could be mistakenly sold as USDA ground beef, but, yet still have the time to turn around and have a fighting chance to lay waste on you! What ever happened to the good old health bar people? (hello original CoD!) Games in the FPS genre need to to stop promoting getting shot as mere slaps on the wrist. Allow players to learn preservation in online matches.

I know some people like these two gameplay "balancing devices" (esp. casual gamers), but I think with the massive amount of video game players out there that it is time that game developers help service those that don't want to deal these silly devices anymore. If only someone would create a "hardcore" mode of sorts that would eliminate all of these issues, that would make me and others out there extremely happy.

I'd like to hear anyone who read this weigh in on this. Please share your thoughts.

Note: I am aware that Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising will try to address all of these issues and make a more straight up and "realistic" health and aim system. Here's hoping that if mainstream games can't do it, maybe a fps military simulation can.