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11/9/2010 6:58:03 PM

no single player co-op
no special ops
you have to buy weapons

this game is not better than MW2


this game is disappoint

[Edited on November 9, 2010 at 7:12 PM. Reason : .]

11/9/2010 7:11:06 PM

It feels better than MW2 and I don't about the features. Whatever it takes to thwart campers I am all for it.

Anyway, in one game I got the game winning kill with a care package!!!

11/9/2010 7:21:06 PM

I'm a few missions into the campaign and I'm enjoying it

While still very cryptic, the events that happen seem a little more easy to understand than both COD4 and MW2...you pretty much start out in a room with somebody asking you questions, and you "re" play the missions to help you and the guy asking questions figure out whats going on...so theres some mystery, but you're not playing as multiple people, who die, come back to life, survive nuclear blasts, or do they? etc

11/9/2010 7:22:54 PM

i like this game, its alot of fun, but the explosions sound weak.

11/9/2010 7:33:10 PM

so generally is this game worth it? better than CODMW2? better than halo reach?

I'm either buying Halo or this...which one?

11/9/2010 7:55:06 PM

Yes and its about 2 million people online playing it.

11/9/2010 7:56:46 PM

got this for the ps3 tonight at best buy.

i probably won't have time to play until tomorrow night, though.

11/9/2010 7:58:33 PM

Just bought a new Xbox 360 slim. I'm back in business.

11/9/2010 7:59:58 PM

The first thing you should buy with your points in this game is without a doubt the ghost perk.

11/9/2010 8:14:41 PM

xbox live > chuck darnell

11/9/2010 8:19:48 PM

We can't find Osama, but we can find the one fucker playing CoD in Africa...

11/9/2010 9:10:34 PM

-1 for almost giving me a damn seizure.

11/9/2010 9:13:25 PM

we can't get our party into a game to save our life, every time it splits us or crashes the party.

11/9/2010 9:19:22 PM

Firing it up now... probably not gonna play multiplayer tonight. I have Thursday off for Veterans Day, so I'll probably get in to it for real then... Gonna fuck around on Campaign for tonight.

11/9/2010 9:25:27 PM

I hate when I get the next-to-the last kill and it is way cooler than the actual last kill.

11/9/2010 9:43:10 PM

Quote :

"Firing it up now... probably not gonna play multiplayer tonight."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5EJ95CHtTY#t=15s

11/9/2010 9:53:44 PM

i've been reading about the guns/perks/etc... and the points thing is confusing me.

i guess it'll be easy to figure out when i actually start playing...which will be tomorrow night

how many perks are you allowed to have activated at once?

what about attachments on each gun? does that count as a perk?

[Edited on November 9, 2010 at 9:57 PM. Reason : yeah]

11/9/2010 9:56:56 PM

^from my limited experience thus far

looks like 3 perks, 1 attachment per gun, unless you use Bling (which they call something different)

that part hasnt really changed, its just you kind of use XP (credits actually) to buy the attachments, to buy the perks, etc

a good thing about it is that you can kind of choose which perks you like and buy those...for example i dont really care about faster reloading...but i like having lightweight on my running class...so i bought lightweight, and not faster reload...for now

11/9/2010 10:10:45 PM

I have a ton of connection issues with this game, with matches just dropping halfway through or switching to a new host that makes everyone else lag terribly. Hopefully they'll patch this soon.

This game has some cool options for multiplayer, but it also has some gameplay flaws. Getting the RC car bomb after a three kill streak gets to be a little bit obnoxious, because you'll see 2-3 cars zooming around at times. They are really obnoxious when you play bomb-planting games. I think the RC car should be treated like the predator missile, where you get it at 5 kills or higher. The SR-71 is a great perk, but I wish it was available earlier in a killstreak.

11/9/2010 10:12:46 PM

Quote :

"We can't find Osama, but we can find the one fucker playing CoD in Africa... "

rofl

11/9/2010 10:14:36 PM

^^Yeah I agree about the RC car. Definitely should be a 5 killstreak, since like the Predator missile, it pretty much is a guaranteed kill.

11/9/2010 10:18:14 PM

I've managed to kill 4 people with one car. They weren't the brightest group though.

11/9/2010 10:19:50 PM

Quote :

"The first thing you should buy with your points in this game is without a doubt the ghost perk."

This is very true...There is always a spy plane up. It is used way more than UAV was.


I love the RC car. My best is 3 at once. I do agree though at times it seems a bit much. What exactly is the SR-71???



[Edited on November 9, 2010 at 10:28 PM. Reason : ]

11/9/2010 10:22:55 PM

i think it might be the thing that makes you see the enemies as red triangles in real-time, rather than just red blips on the map

11/9/2010 10:33:58 PM

fucking amazon looks like i won't be getting it today

i should get another $20 gift card for this

11/9/2010 10:34:05 PM

i like how this game doesn't encourage camping, or boosting

tactical insertion. can't use it in FFA and everyone did that in MW2 to get a free nuke, ruined my experience because i played FFA a lot

no nuke, and you must get kills on your own to add to killstreak = no more boosters camping in the corner of a map, no more encouraging campers to get a nuke, or sit back and wait for their killstreaks to help get a nuke

[Edited on November 9, 2010 at 10:39 PM. Reason : ]

11/9/2010 10:36:05 PM

So this deserves a big WTF

I always rename my create a classes and have a class called Assault that's my assault rifle setup. Well, I just unlocked create a class and went to setup my create a classes and I can't use the word "Assault" in the name of my create a class, it says "Text prohibited due to profanity".

I mean big freakin deal I'll just choose another name, but seriously?? They didn't anticipate anyone using the word assault in a create a class name when one whole class of guns is called ASSAULT rifles?? I can't use the word assault in my create a class name because it's profanity??

11/9/2010 10:40:56 PM

Before I played it I was upset at the fact that your killstreaks didn't count towards your other killstreaks...but after playing I am glad that they have the killstreak system worked out the way they do.

11/9/2010 10:44:06 PM

i'm kind of surprised at the perks this time around, it seems to me like there's no sensible reason to use anything other than ghost or warlord in their respective categories. why bother making different perks if one of them is so much better than its alternatives?


^^ lol that got a wtf from me as well. i just left my first created category as 'asault' and force myself to ignore it

[Edited on November 9, 2010 at 10:48 PM. Reason : .]

11/9/2010 10:46:13 PM

So fucking glitchy in wager mode.

11/9/2010 10:57:40 PM

We've got a white warrior zombie killing crew going right now.

11/9/2010 11:14:07 PM

Quote :

"What exactly is the SR-71??? "

It's like the spy plane, but it continuously shows you the location of enemies and also shows you the direction they are moving. If you are an aggressive player that likes to hunt people down, it makes for some really good gameplay.

11/9/2010 11:18:32 PM

I think I prefer MW2 better but at the same time I completely understand the design choices they made

there was definitely an effort to stop some of the cheap tactics in MW2 and I can respect that even if it eliminates some of the different things I would have used.

11/9/2010 11:19:46 PM

I don't know what it is but this COD feels a lot more "cartoon like" than COD2, it definitely has that Treyarch feel

11/9/2010 11:50:53 PM

Quote :

"so generally is this game worth it? better than CODMW2? better than halo reach?"

Better than CODMW2? HELL NO. Not even remotely close.

Better than Halo Reach. Yes.

Is this game worth it? It's worth a rental. Treyarch sucks. Infinity Ward does a much better job in every category.


I wish I had not bought this now. I'll be trading this in as soon as I beat it.

11/9/2010 11:52:44 PM

pwnt by the zombies. Must practice warriors.

11/9/2010 11:55:05 PM

^^LOL

[Edited on November 9, 2010 at 11:56 PM. Reason : dammit]

11/9/2010 11:56:14 PM

Something about Treyarch games gives me a headache when I play. It's like motion sickness. Never had the problem with infinity ward games.

11/10/2010 12:09:47 AM

I'm loving the new version of the Famas.

11/10/2010 1:02:45 AM

Do claymores blow up after a set amount of time in this game?

11/10/2010 1:15:42 AM

So far, I've played this once on a friend's copy.

I have only one thing to say, and that thing is "M14 Grip" ...Nothing about this game could have made me want to buy it more than that.

11/10/2010 1:19:16 AM

Well... my experience of the game 10 hours later is basically this. It's better than metal of honor... The multi-player is similar but a bit different than MW2 and honestly I think the multiplayer on MW2 is better still by a fraction. If they added an open system dedicated server support on MW2, it would easily be the best game for years and years, like MW1. This game is basically COD:World at War: the later years since its basically got the same feel. The graphics is alright, same as MW2, maybe a bit less attractive in some cases. And the weapons fell a bit more arcadish.

Don't get me started on with the horrible horrible lag issues. My clan has one of our 18 man pub server and once we seed it and it gets populated (which is really fast) after one or two matches, the server crashes. Every fucking time. Plus we are all seeing some ping/lag glitches with players jumping around all jittery, basically at the point of where we don't know where to shoot to register the hits and I've had crazy bad lag spikes all night.

To help reduce lag, the best way is to increase server packets to between 50-90 and increase the software max fps from 85 to 1000.

Zombie mode is incredibly fun, but just like WaW, it's a bit limited game mode. I haven't touched the single player yet, but everyone said its short and the added two hidden games on startup is fun to play around.

So far, I'd give this an 8/10 so far. Hopefully this lag and horrible server issues will be fixed very soon. If the only option to have a server is to pay for it as a service, then we better have a rock solid server performance. It's funny how Treyarch servers have no issues with gameplay as what I've seen so far.

11/10/2010 1:33:21 AM

I like it better than MW2 because there is not some ridiculous killstreak coming like every 10 seconds. That is mainly why I quit MW2. I feel like I can play for freely now and not be killed as easily but some camping prick that got his Chopper Gunner within 1 minute of gameplay. There seems to be some design change whereas you can't be so acrobatic and still manage to turn round and whip out your gun to kill someone. The currency system is welcomed, but not the highlight here, but the extra wager game modes does give you something to do if you get tired of the normal playlist. This game without a doubt is better than MW2, not saying it is vastly superior or anything, but I see less complaints in this game, and it just feel a bit better. Anyone holding on to there copy of MW2 in hopes that the vast majority of people will still be playing it is only fooling themselves. Its OK if you want to pop it in a play it sometimes, but this game had 2 million players online on day 1.

[Edited on November 10, 2010 at 5:32 AM. Reason : /]

11/10/2010 5:31:14 AM

I also want to mention the Combat Training is pretty awesome to just farting around if you feel like playing or getting warmed up without the risk of sacrificing your all mighty K. Plus, its great that they brought back MP split screen.

11/10/2010 6:10:50 AM

Having to unlock gametypes is fucking stupid. I played Hardcore Search and Hardcore Headquarters almost exclusively in MW2 and now I have to get to 19 before I can even start playing them. I think the monetary system is also fucking stupid. Either have a monetary system where you can buy anything or have an unlock system, but don't have both.

For the most part the map design is way better than MW2, except for nuketown. That map is retarded small, it's like 1/2 the size of rust. The one game I played on it I went 0-5 in 15 seconds without ever moving more than 5 feet from my spawn location.

Still not sure if I like it. Just hit level 10. Playing my roommate's copy, I don't know if I'll be picking it up or not.

11/10/2010 6:44:40 AM

Quote :

"This is very true...There is always a spy plane up. It is used way more than UAV was."

It's just like that temporarily b/c so many people are just starting out and its one of their few unlocked killstreaks. The spy planes will taper off in the next month or so.

I got to play a few matches last night but Time mother effing Warner douchebaggery Cable decided to have an outage in my area for like 5 hours. I was so pissed; actually I still am. I've been looking forward to it all day and had the TV reserved (sorry wifey), and then that shit happened.

From my limited experience, here are my observations:
-Multiplayer seems pretty balanced
-M16 is pretty solid with the reflex
-Explosion sound effects are lame, sound like a balloon popping
-Famas is awesome in this game
-Party system is awful, we couldn't get a party bigger than 4 into a game, wasted way too much time trying then abandoned it and found the "magic number" (4) that worked.
-Thankfully you can stay in party chat in domination and TDM
-I like that it shows you who is in game chat and who is in party chat
-RC car is a lot of fun, and pretty stout for a 3-kill streak, but I think it's balanced by the fact that you can waste up to 30 seconds of game time driving it, and therefore you're vulnerable and not shooting people.
-The sound the care package smoke grenade hitting the ground makes is lame, sounds like an empty paint can hitting a file cabinet
-I like the currency system so far, but I'm not accumulating it as fast as I though.
-Contracts are pretty cool, kinda like pick-your-own-challenge
-I got destroyed my first two matches, went 6-18 then 9-24... ouch. I turned it around though and had success later.
-Beign able to vote for the same map, the next map, or a random map is pretty cool.
-Nuketown did not dissapoint, it's awesome

11/10/2010 8:33:51 AM

Enjoyed myself playing with the warriors last night, so far I'm enjoying the "points" system of this game. Sure it sucks a bit you still have to be a certain level to by that gun you want but at least you don't have to wait for like 300 kills for extended mags just plunk down the extra points and you're good to go.

Party system needs some work...think I spent almost as much time trying to get our party into a game as playing games..

Need to do some research on perks and their pro versions

11/10/2010 9:00:12 AM

I have yet to play multiplayer or zombie mode(my fav), because I wanted to finish the campaign first.

So far, just based on campaign gameplay and story, this one OBLITERATES MW2. MW2 had one of the worst campaigns and stories ever, so disjointed and just boring. I think I have 2-3 levels left but I think it'll finish strong.

Glad they added the guest on XBox Live feature though, thought that was the one thing MW2 really screwed up on and that Halo had over it.

11/10/2010 9:02:50 AM

The game has more of an arcadish feel to it than MW2. Seems like more bullets are necessary to take someone down and players can move faster and turn faster. The knife movement is still ridiculous but thank god there is no commando.

Called in the dogs last night and got a solid 5 or 6 kills from them...not sure if they die faster or disappear faster but they might have been out for about 15 seconds total....i think the chopper gunner is much more effective of a kill streak as Fry racked up a ton of kills with it. Purchasing the attack chopper next.

The party system is atrocious like others have mentioned. Getting 6 of us in a game took 30 minutes.

Overall a fun game though...glad I bought it.



[Edited on November 10, 2010 at 9:10 AM. Reason : a]

11/10/2010 9:09:54 AM