I can certainly see why you're so butt hurt pooky.
Must be a real pain in the ass with that branch lodged in there.
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I can certainly see why you're so butt hurt pooky.
Must be a real pain in the ass with that branch lodged in there.
well this new one looks terrible, i didnt buy black ops neither.
I hate how they produced such a fantastic basis for the series, and then ruined it, it's like they've gone in reverse and started releasing shitty uncoordinated betas of the same game but pronounce them "yearly sequals", rather than improving each time.
That's exactly what happened. MW2 was well produced, but bad executive decisions lead to poor MP level design, axing of mainstream MP features (mainly on the PC) which allowed hackers to have free reign, and retarded weapon balancing. Artistic and stylistic elements of the game were great and PC optimization was excellent. Still, visuals can't fix a broken game. BO was just downright bad. Optimization sucks, level design is abysmal, and weapon composition is garbage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rosco
Everything in this post x100.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit
Call of Duty is bad. 4 will probably be the last good one we'll ever see :saddowns:
Cut the cost in half (or quarter), release the new game as single player only and make the new mp content a dlc, ~$15-20 or whatever) for an earlier release (black-ops I guess) and I might buy it and I might even consider paying for whatever the elite shit is.
Oh and then fuck off and stop making shitty games for retarded amounts of money. Actually hold on I need to read more on the game, my idea may not be feesable.
well, its not like they couldnt actually do that. my understanding is that multiplayer and single player are two separate entities with cod games, and theyre only tied together through the main menu.
i figure thats where theyre headed, phobias. they just need to see if they can get away with $20 map pack dlc, then im sure thats the next step.
Oh god, this is too funny!:
Quote:
The rebels in Misrata said that despite their lack of experience they have been able to innovate their way around every problem that they have faced.
In this they have been helped by the high numbers of university students, academics and professionals in their ranks, as well as the popularity of computer games in the city.
Many of the rebels cite the sophisticated computer war game Call of Duty as their first resource of tactical military knowledge.
Source
funny, i havent seen anybody running around with an m40a3 acog in any of the pictures out of that conflict. you'd think we'd have more reports of rebels storming into buildings spinning in circles with sniper rifles and foregoing frag grenades in favor of throwing knives.
just make sure somebody tells them to never use the sights on their shotguns
E: oh but i have seen a few rebels with PKMs. somebody get the LMG noob off our team.
Oh my dear beloved Sam Worthington. Jonah's already going to hell, but what the fuck are you doing in this commercial?! :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...;v=zuzaxlddWbk
"LOOK AT OUR GAME IT HAS FAMOUS ACTORS ADVERTISING FOR IT SO YOU SHOULD BUY IT"
- Activision
So guys, now that "THE MOST ANTICIPATED GAME EVAR" is coming out in a few days, I thought I'd review the game for you. :smile:
THIS POST DOES NOT CONTAIN SPOILERS! I only elaborate on what we already know from demos and trailers! Nothing I say in here will spoil the story for you.
With that out of the way, here's my review of MW3.
Wow.
After the disaster that Modern Warfare 2 was, I didn't have any hopes for Modern Warfare 3. The E3 demo and launch trailer showed uncreative and repetitive gameplay that left me to believe the entire game would be a repeat of everything I hated in MW2. The game starts out in New York City, in the same level demonstrated at E3. You're basically playing the same crap that you played in MW2 while in Washington, DC - killing russians with no real purpose or relation to the actual story. The events are ridiculously scripted, and it’s the same god damn “cool” missions (scuba, helicopter, boat, crew expendable) from MW1 and MW2 combined into the first two shitty levels.
While the game runs at a consistently smooth framerate, the graphics look as bad as COD2. The engine has had practically zero improvements in the past 5 years, which is extremely embarrassing for such a high profile video game series. Modern Warfare 3 doesn’t even take advantage of the improvements Treyarch made to the engine for Black Ops, such as the 3D main menu and real cinematic cutscenes. Shadows don't draw unless you are practically standing on top of an object. Unfortunately, Hans Zimmer, the composer for MW2, did not compose the music for MW3. The soundtrack of MW2 was the only thing that was outstanding about that clusterfuck game, but MW3 doesn’t even have that. The music, while fitting the combat scenes, just sounds “generic.”
At this point, any last shred of hope I had for the game completely vanished, leaving me to believe the developers didn't learn anything. I was about to stop playing, but I just had to see how the game ended so I could validate my complaints.
The third level is where the story actually begins. In pursuit of Makarov, the story rapidly picks up pace and continues to grow in intensity until the end of the game. With the exception of the first two levels, Modern Warfare 3 tells a thrilling, dramatic, and emotional story that flows beautifully from one level into the next. This game concludes the Modern Warfare series, and I felt satisfied by the end. Modern Warfare 3 returns to the roots of Modern Warfare 1 and improves on all of the shortcomings of Modern Warfare 2.
It would be best to pretend that Modern Warfare 2 never even existed. Honestly, I think this game was written to erase MW2 from the series. Modern Warfare 3 has only a SINGLE reference to MW2, which is the airport level that was terrorized by Makarov. The hunt for Makarov and the Russian invasion stemmed from that event is all that's relevant to the MW3 story. Nothing else matters…literally. On the other hand, Modern Warfare 1 is a TOTALLY different story. MW3 is so closely tied to the events of MW1 that it continuously refers back to multiple events of the game, and EXPANDS on them! The writers did a fantastic job at tying the two games together.
Omg thats andy whitefield in the video on the other page! RIP :(
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What do you make of criticism of the CoD game engine? Some have suggested it's starting to feel a little aged in comparison to some of its rivals?Well I'll tell you one thing, I've worked on a lot of engines over my lifetime and spent a lot of time putting graphics in to them and this thing is Porsche. And what I mean by that is that it is stream-lined, everything in it is perfectly freaking clean. You can tell it's been worked on for years. It's easy to upgrade.
We worked with engines before that are like f***ing spaghetti. You can't work on a part and put it back in without messing with everything else. Modern Warfare 3's levels now are so much bigger than the old ones because they go more vertically, they have a bigger footprint and on top of that, higher fidelity, more textures and a lot more detail.
If you put Modern Warfare 2 next to Modern Warfare 3 you would see a huge difference. Look at all the character models, look at all the gun models, look at the reflections, look at the water. There is so much that we've added, so when someone says 'cut and paste', I don't even want to talk to them because they don't know. They just don't know. They have no idea.
Heh...
You know the funny thing about Porsche?
2001
http://autophotosite.com/wp-content/...04-400x300.jpg
2011
http://www.thisweekinmotors.com/wp-c...911-white1.jpg
They don't fucking change much...
Wrong. It's Sam Worthington. He played Mason in Black Ops. RIP for Andy Whitefield, though. :( I want him back as Spartacus.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nero
Glen Schofield is a tool. How can he seriously say that there is a huge difference in the game engine? There obviously isn't and it's insulting that he would choose to ignore our concerns. I'll reserve final judgement for the game itself, though. He says they are shipping a game, not an engine. Well, you build a game with an engine. Your limiting factor is the engine.
You sir have raised my interest in this game from a 1 to a 4 and a half. CoD 4 had an incredible story and part of me really wants to see how it ends. I presume you're talking about the PC version, correct? If so, how's the multiplayer?Quote:
Originally Posted by jcap
Oshi, no way....Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit
Thanks for the correction. Yea, I dont know if I want to watch the other Spartacus's yet because Andy isn't in them.
Downloading now. I hope the campaign is as good as jfap says it is.
My mate pirated it for Xbox 360. After he was done, I took my turn and played the campaign on his console - got to say it was entertaining, but nothing special. We might try the co-op in split screen later on.
I did the same with MW2 - just shared a friend's console copy. I don't plan on ever buying COD, on any system, unless the multiplayer goes back to the COD4 standard. Bought Black Ops for PC when it was 25% off, seriously regret it.
P.S.
Well I'll say this...
The story could be better. I mean, there's always room for improvement. However, the comparison to MW2 is night and day. In fact, I think the story is better than most other games. So, it's not a mind blowing amazing story that you may see in some more cinematic-like games, however it is very entertaining and it concludes the current story better than I could have hoped.
Agreed, the plot of MW3 totally blows away MW2's. But it's not enough to make up for the rest of what's in the folder/disc.
Do the gaming standards a favour and avoid buying except maybe on sale or a used console copy. If you do, at the very least don't support the $15 map packs, especially on PC where "DIY DLC" ability is something that is far from unreasonable to expect. Even console gamers need to stop being such blind sheep and realize that paid DLC should just be a digital version of the good old "expansion pack" days. Not something that reflects less effort/creativity than a mod, or worse, was created and then withheld on purpose from release.
Wow, just wow:
Haha...
And yet HA10 has still to be pirated. Amazing.
Also, so they recycled a building. Let me know when you find more than 10 repeated structures in the game, then we can all "wow" together. Until then, whatever.
Also, Activision shipped the dedicated server with the game omgomgogmogmgomgogmg
e: WHAT A SICK FUCKING JOKE
http://sledgehammergames.com/assets/...953_medium.jpg
By default, DEDICATED SERVERS ARE DISABLED from your main menu.
Also, unranked.
Also, Facebook wtf?
If they recycled one, there will definitely be more.
The entire UI is from MW2, the menu system only has a new colour scheme but the rest is exactly the same, same wording same positions, the general boring unchanged crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
MW3 = Money Wasted 3rd time.
I used to like COD games, I remember playing the COD 1 PC demo from a magazine I bought, I loved it.
:( I was going to post that. Well, Just Money Wasted 3.Quote:
Originally Posted by Limited
As promised:
Wow, just wow.
What was the first time? COD3?Quote:
Originally Posted by Limited
Also, about the UI...
Yeah, it's pretty embarrassing IMO. Like I said in my initial review, MW3 didn't even make use of the engine enhancements for Black Ops. I can't believe they used the same main menu for this game as in MW2.
Sounds like the CoD franchise needs to lay off the ex-lax for a year or two and focus on actually eating healthy. And by that I mean giving attention to the entire engine instead of just bits and pieces. Then do another game.
And by another game I mean something not called CoD.
shit, you're right. It didn't occur to me at first as I only played MW2 once so I didn't recognize the UI. Now after some youtubing, I realized it's really a carbon copy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Limited
Come on, at least Black Ops had a pretty creative UI. I liked how it was possible to get out of the chair and then launch the Alien Swarm style minigame.
The one "good" thing I've heard from PC gamers who got the game is that it runs exactly as well as COD4 and MW2 did, since it doesn't have the buggy enhancements that Black Ops incorporated. Even the sandy bridge Intel IGP is able to push it without looking too bad. But then again, that should have been expected from the day the game was announced.
Um, hello...why isn't anyone bitching about the reuse of the same animations for the 3rd time now?
Seriously, I'm getting sick of seeing the same fucking AK-47 animations.
I'm tired of seeing the same fucking AK-47s
In all games.
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
haha. BF3 makes the AK sexy though.
walked by some people playing this game on my floor today. i had to stop and look for a second to see which cod it was, because honestly i couldnt tell if it was cod 4, mw2, or mw3.
Great job Activison, big success!
http://www.mediaite.com/wp-content/u...9/09/Borat.jpg
I'm tired of seeing that damned button on the side of the M16/M4. I've seen the helmetcam footage, as well as spoken to former members of the Army and navy. It's hardly, if ever used.Quote:
Originally Posted by ODX
Damned button on the side of the M16/M4? Are you talking about the magazine release button lol?
Magazine release button, keep forgetting the name. But yeah, I can't find anyone who actually used it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
Not to steer into gun talk too much here but the magazine release is on the right side, and you need to push it to release the magazine. You're probably referring to the bolt catch and you absolutely have to press that once the last round in the chamber has been fired. Otherwise your bolt just stays back once you put a new magazine in. Only time you don't need to press that is when the bolt is already closed and there's no bullet in the chamber. In that case you have to pull the charging handle.
>.> sorry for gun rant.
Anyone hear/feel anything about multiplayer, is it even remotely good?
CoD 4 doesn't really look that similar to MW2 tbqh... MW2 is a lot shinier and flashier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Donut
yeah i know, i kind of thought about that a couple minutes after posting... still though, when the guy is running around with a p90 thats been in all 3 games, sometimes its a little difficult to tell... the sound effects are all still the same.
I think he's talking about the Forward Assist Plunger, guys. Not the magazine release and not the bolt catch. The bolt catch doesn't look like a button anyways. If I understand correctly, the forward assist is supposed to make sure the bolt is seated properly.
The forward assist is on the right side of the firearm, as the picture shows. It was added before Vietnam because sometimes rounds don't fully lock into battery after the charging handle is released. This means the gun will not fire. Most units are instructed to hit the forward assist only when the gun is malfunctioning. Its really kind of useless.
Is anyone else having problems with the PC version of the game? Mine is just crashing as soon as i launch the game and im starting to get really pissed.
I'm running a cracked version and it works great. Of course, I can't play online, though. I expect that to change in the future, but why waste my time with it when there's BF3 to be played?:D
Another of my friends has a legit Steam copy. I just tried it out of curiosity. The dedi servers (which are unranked only btw) are extremely unstable and I couldn't stay on one for more than 2 minutes without getting a timeout. The P2P ranked matches are more stable, but I can definitely feel the lag and rubberbanding, plus there's no custom rules to ban the overpowered shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit
You're not missing out if you can't play this game online. If you really must play MW3 multiplayer, do split screen on a console.
finished the single player in a few hours, was good.
except for the 'few hours' part?
Good thing I didn't waste a penny. Also on another note yesterday Activision said the next Call of Duty will come out next year....
:mech3:
but it wasn't that surprising now was it
So is the game worth buying or should I just save my money?
:fail:, where was this saidQuote:
Originally Posted by Spartan094
Kotick has announced it, it was on Kotaku.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kornman00
If someone showed me MW2 and MW3 videos, I wouldnt be able to tell them apart. I never played Black Ops, hense why the menu system is so vivid in my mind.
Apparently MW3 doesnt have a FOV setting on PC, and to play in a rank server (unlock weapons and all those goodies) you have to play matchmaking, which is NOT on a dedicated server...wtf?
MW3 is a step down from Black ops.
Gotta love Modacity tags.
Yeah and the fanboys don't seem to realize that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Limited
I'm surprised "bf3" doesn't give me the Battlefield 3 thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by TVTyrant
Spoilers ahead lalalallalalalallalalalalla lalallalalalla buffer for front page lalalallalallalalalala
Ok, I was just thinking of something. Dee was playing campaign again after he gave it up because the NYC levels were shit (like I said in my review). When he got to the airplane level, all of a sudden he was like, "jcap, holy shit !!!! . . . [this level] was syk dope." I thought this level was pretty awesome too, and it basically puts all of the events of MW3 into motion. Essentially, it was the beginning of the game. So, then I thought, wouldn't this have been the proper way to start the game?
Like, if it was me who was directing this game, I probably would have started the game with a prologue similar to the first game (Crew Expendable). The prologue would be "Turbulence." Since the character you are playing as dies at the end of the mission, I personally think it would have been the perfect way to start the game. Then I would have followed the airplane level with the current opening sequence, where it shows the main character being brought to the doctor, followed by "Persona Non Grata" (the Africa level), then followed by "Back on the Grid."
Most importantly, the NYC levels are nowhere to be found, because they are the most asinine bullshit in the game. Also, it would reduce the amount of broken up story telling.
Shit was WACK.
I won't be playing multiplayer. I like cod for its campaign.
Brother bought it. Multiplayer is literally the same as MW2. Returning tomorrow.
I'm in the tags! :D
...no seriously, game is a fucking bust because I feel like I'm playing the same thing unless I have all new animations to look at (which I don't).
Oh wait, it IS the same thing either way! Yeah, I'm passing up on this. I played it at a friends house and I honestly couldn't discern much difference from MW2 aside from the few little additions like the different killstreak packages or whatever.
It honestly is the same thing:
http://cdn.gamefront.com/wp-content/...-warfare-2.png
I hear MP is substantially less retarded than MW2 though.
Nope.avi
It is still Call of Duty: UMP Warfare 2.
ouch.. sorry to hear visual flare is what sells a game for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by ODX
I hear this game is having terrible user reviews... any idea what that's all about?
Perhaps the general populace is finally waking up to the notion that these games are just the same shit copy-pasted every year with none of the flaws, either gameplay or engine wise fixed.Quote:
Originally Posted by t3h m00kz
I really don't understand why it's so hard for COD developers to not have that one insanely overpowered gun in their game. CoD 4 had the M16, WaW had the MP40, MW2 had the UMP, Blops had the FAMAS. What is it this time?
Speaking of visuals, the only difference I noticed from MW2 was that the smoke trail from RPG rounds doesn't look like a long string of 2D sprites and actually looks somewhat like smoke. I'm something of a stickler for details, and if that's the only tangible thing I noticed, then they were lying out their ass with the whole "this engine is a Porsche" gig.
yah it only took like 5 hours to beat, and that was with a few smoke breaks.Quote:
Originally Posted by neuro
This game is magic...
I was wondering when you'd jump in and start trolling this thread.
No its a porche, just the same damn one from a few years ago.
I blame Korn, he made me do itQuote:
Originally Posted by Amit
Ill just leave this here
MW3 Breaks Shatters Record, 10 Million Units Day One
^Cool story.
right Guys?
right?
Guys?
This is me not caring:
Candlejac-
Meh, I wonder how many NEW COD players bought it versus the old cod players in copies sold.
If anyone expected anything less, they'd be just as retarded as the people who bought the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by paladin
The game really is a let down (what else can you expect from Activision though?). Waste of money. It is exactly the same as MW2, minus good map design. I will most likely be trading it in for Halo Anniversary.
Damn, that would mean a lot of american teens bought it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit
^ but not emma watson, right? :v:
Back off.
http://c.cslacker.com/2326l.jpg
its true :saddowns:
HL3 says hi (IF IT EVER FUCKING SHOWS UP!!!! D: )Quote:
Originally Posted by paladin
MW2 had atrocious map design. I'd go as far as to say the maps were the worst thing about the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Disaster
MW3 map design is even worse. :ohdear:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pooky
This is probably the most honest review you're going to get of this game. http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/call-of-dut...1212006p1.html
"Each is a masterfully designed labyrinth tailor-made to satisfy a certain style of gameplay;"
Damn right they are labyrinths. The maps are so convoluted and close quartered; all of them.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. MW2 and good map design? There are camp spots littered everywhere on most of the maps, Scrapyard being the exception.Quote:
Originally Posted by Disaster
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2011/11/10/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-review/1Quote:
Originally Posted by Champ
BAM.
The first two paragraphs on the 2nd page of the gamespy article are hilarious, though.
Played a little bit of campaign and a lot of spec ops at a friends house. It's actually pretty fun so far.
Scumbag IW devs. Bastards ARE SO FUCKING GREEDY
Way to go reading the article, it was the CEO of Sledgehammer not IW.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit
http://www.lameorgame.com/img/201111/caption7839.jpg
http://www.lameorgame.com/view.cfm?cid=7839
Who do you think put them up to it? You think Rob Bowling and the IW devs aren't thinking the same thing? If they say anything half as controversial, they'll get hit harder.Quote:
Originally Posted by =sw=warlord
I would imagine it would be Activision who put them up to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Amit
I honestly doubt the CEO of one studio allowing someone like Bowling who works at a different studio telling him what to do.
Especially with a face like his.
See above^.
I would think they're all too busy drowning in money to give a shit.
I doubt there's anything truly suspicious about the score. If MW3 continues the same trend of increasing shittiness that CoD has been following since WaW, I think it's fully deserved.