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[JoGribbs]

I have a feeling I might regret making this topic here of all places but...

Has anyone got/played this yet? I picked up a copy on Saturday, and have been playing basically all weekend.

I think the multiplayer is far and away better than MW2. It's more balanced, so there's less Man vs. Helicopter mayhem, and you don't have to use rubbish guns for extended periods of time just to get upgrades for it, since they've removed gun-specific challenges. On the flipside, to unlock pro perks you now have to play specific game modes. This means I've been spending a lot less time Team Deathmatch-ing in order to improve my loadout, and more time sampling the different game modes and trying to find a loadout that feels right.

It also now uses 'COD points', which you earn alongside experience, and you can use to buy guns, perks, attachments, killstreaks etc. Once again this means less putting up with shit - you don't have to use a terrible attachment x amount of times until you unlock the attachment you want. They can also be bet in Wager matches, which are absolutely hardcore game modes like 'one in the chamber', where players only have one bullet and a knife, or 'Gun Game' where every time you earn a kill you move on to a different gun.

Apart from that, shotguns are primary weapons again, and double shotguns have been removed, which is fantastic.

Oh yeah and there's a single player about a guy who tries to kill kills Fidel Castro. It's jingoistic rubbish, but wasn't it always?

[i wanna be the guy]

I was going to get this but then


Call of Duty

so I got BC2 instead

[Renton]

The ending came out of nowhere. It deserved the song "America - Fuck Yeah" from that movie the Sound Park guys made.

[JoGribbs]

Haven't got to the ending yet, mostly because I find it hard to play through the campaign. I mean, it's different from the MW games, which were pure fantasy, or the WWII games, which were based around a conflict where it's permissible to take a moral high ground (though philosophically dubious). Here it's a world tour of blowing the shit out of America's cold war enemies. I feel all kinds of uncomfortable blowing the shit out of the Viet Cong for example.

I was going to get this but then
Call of Duty
so I got BC2 instead

BC2 is really good but it's a lot... slower than COD. I think their sufficiently different enough that the universe can accommodate both though.

[zacaj]

Havent gotten to mp yet, Im being driven insane by the onrailedness of it and the horrible pacing.  By onrails, I dont mean linear game, I mean the animations are so straight on rails its insane.  Examples are the zipline, motorcycle jump, jump from motercycle, etc.  And the graphics are horrible.  I mean, Id rather have wolfenstein graphics than some of the horrible inconsistant texturing in this thing. It amazes me that they let this stuff get past quality control

[Inane]

I watched someone play the first mission of the game, which was just painful, but I really loved the multiplayer of MW2 so it looks like I'm gonna try and scrounge up some money to buy dis.

Seriously though, urgh, flashbacks, NUMBERS IN MY HEAD, terrible writing. I AM A GRITTY SOLDIER I SAY FUCK AT UNNECESSARY TIMES.

[BoxedLunch]

i got it at a redbox for rent. i like the multiplayer, but i don't care much for being placed in a server with people in like level 33 when i'm only level 7, i feel pathetic.

[deathtotheweird]

Boring game, incredibly stupid story and dialogue. Treyarch should give up.

mp is fun though.

[qmvo73hoy]

Doesn't look very good, experience system? Remote controlled things? lol.

[Renton]

I like that instead of, I dunno, getting good writers or better level designers they blew all the budget on getting Gary Oldman, Ed Harris, Sam Worthington and Rolling Stones.

[JoGribbs]

Dude, Gary Oldman is in this game!? :O

I knew the main guy was Sam Worthington - I'd recognise his terrible australiamerican accent anywhere.

[Renton]

Gary Oldman was Reznov (also in World at War) and that one scientist to whom you feed glass.

[JoGribbs]

Oh... Those two...memorable characters... <_<

I never played World at War so I have no idea who Resnov even is...

[fraxcell]

This is... a little sad, but not entirely surprising. Some dude demonstrated that you can play through the entire first level without firing a single shot.

[Rob Lach]

This is... a little sad, but not entirely surprising. Some dude demonstrated that you can play through the entire first level without firing a single shot.

That's pretty awesome actually. First Person War Photographer.

[Alevice]

It seems rather okay until the airplane section. I mean they are shooting down your plane and you dont have to do anything about it?

[Contrary]

It's plagued pretty by bad by the fact that it was made by Trey. Terrible hit detection, most weapons having identical fire rate and damage, semi auto lock up (to prevent modded controllers but the limit is set RIDICULOUSLY LOW so you will set it off in normal play all the time), snipers being nerfed to shit, broken audio (no listening for footsteps), the dive, etc etc.

However they did do a lot of things right. Wager matches are loads of fun, Zombies is great as always, splitscreen online is fantastic (even better since I have 2 PS3s so I can just have friends bring a copy of the game over), the perks and nice and balanced (except for 2nd chance), the attatchments are fun, and the customization, while it doesn't add that much, isn't a bad thing.

[Conker534]

The ending came out of nowhere. It deserved the song "America - Fuck Yeah" from that movie the Sound Park guys made.

HAHAH me and my friends said that.

at the end i was left thinking this, and only this. "USA. USA. USA. USA."

[JoGribbs]

The ending was a bit anti-climactic :/.

But once again: I. Could. Not. Give. A. Shit. The multiplayer is excellent.

[wsworin]

Multiplayer is not bad, but this is the same COD you've been playing for years.