Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

[Claies]

I hope most of the signers realize one problem: IW is not going to fix it upon release, nor will they push the release date back. It's already gold. They can't pull production without significant loss. IW is probably going to fix it, but people are going to have to wait for a later patch.

The real mistake they made was not announcing this earlier to measure the response. It's too late now. They may have been in over their heads, I don't know.

Does that mean I'll buy it? Yeah, probably. Just not now. I have never and probably won't in the foreseeable future pay $60 for a game. It's a ridiculous price for any game. I can see $30 for the single player and nominal multiplayer.

[killer3000ad]

Sacre bleu! Someone managed to get a French copy of the console MW2

Second video here showcases a Gears of War third person style, for peeps who have trouble (wtf?) with first person perspective.

All in all, pretty blurry footage here. Wish it was a PC copy instead, so we could have see how this IWNET thing works.

[Claies]

Yep, there's a third person mode.

http://kotaku.com/5390491/modern-war...de-is-no-rumor

I think what they mean is "lololololMetal Gear Online."

It actually sounds like a lot of fun.

[Bonta Kun]

Originally Posted by Claies

Yep, there's a third person mode.

http://kotaku.com/5390491/modern-war...de-is-no-rumor

I think what they mean is "lololololMetal Gear Online."

It actually sounds like a lot of fun.

ehhh that does sound pretty interesting indeed cause theres one thing I like very much is the 3rd person game play of Tom Clancy Ghost Recon, if it works even smoother than that, its win for me.

damn i really can't wait for this game, gonna be awesome!

[killer3000ad]

More leaked video from the dude/gal who managed to squirrel away a console copy early. This one has MAJOR SPOILERS related to the terrorist attack at an airport that's often showed in several preview vids.

Spoiler:

Apologies, I didn't make this vid or even know the narrator going off on a tangent. He seems concerned about the content, but hey, if you can let the GTA series get away with it letting players running down pedestrians for SIX WHOLE TITLES (counting San Andres and Vice City) then what's a little rampaging in an international airport, mowing down injured civvies and even those trying to drag wounded to safety?

PS alt link if the youtube link goes down ->http://www.56.com/u82/v_NDcyODkxNTk.html

[MakubeX2]

Funny how we were talking about how "Modern Warfare" isn't "Black and White" but "shades of grey" with "collateral damage" in the early part of this thread. I guess IW want to hit home about the grim reality of war.

Now how about taking it to a own new level by killing off young children ?

[Claies]

Why. Is there. A TACTICAL NUKE KILLSTREAK REWARD? Somebody PLEASE explain this to me.

Oh, and you can crawl on Last Stand now. This is going to be great. *facepalm*

[Nappy Hared Azn]

Yup. The new aspects of multiplayer kinda irk me... but seeing as how I really won't have time to play any multiplayer, I really don't give a fuck. As long as the campaigns are still as fun and cinematic as all the other CoD games, I'm fine.

[killer3000ad]

Originally Posted by Claies

Why. Is there. A TACTICAL NUKE KILLSTREAK REWARD? Somebody PLEASE explain this to me.

Oh, and you can crawl on Last Stand now. This is going to be great. *facepalm*

Someone made a mod for CoD 4 a year ago with the AC-130 and tact nuke and IW incorporated those ideas into MW2.

[USB500]

Good grief.

Someone just spoiled me with the ending of MW2, which he said was kinda meh. I looked it up and was like

Spoiler:

"so we're gonna chase after an American general for the ultimate showdown? Who the hell is Shepherd?" Also, Cpt. Price and Nikolai making a return was a major surprise for me, especially Price since he was supposed to be retired after COD4.

Well, at least Price's back to kick some ass.. Wonder how the game dynamic will be like if Soap & Price are to be in the same team

I'll probably not go into its MP scenario if I get myself a copy of MW2, since the campaign mode and the Special Ops mode are quite intriguing to play.

[Claies]

Originally Posted by FireBorn

No offense, but if you don't understand the significance of the changes then you are clearly 1) not a competitive player, 2) not a league player, or 3) haven't experienced game play on listen servers, or have knowledge of the difference between a listen and dedicated server.

I've played TFC and CS competitively and in leagues. This is all obviously done on dedicated servers. Both of these games are extremely competitive and difference in player skill is relevant. When you have a listen server, the host and players who have good connections to the host have a clear advantage. What would otherwise be a competitive game is given by default to the players with the host advantage. It is not fun. I have played on xbox live a lot, and in a game like CoD4 where you are often killed instantly, being stuck with 300ms+ pings make it absolutely impossible to play. The only way you get kills is by sneaking up on people who aren't moving, or by leading your shots against players who are lagging too or aim terribly. If you cannot understand how that even as a casual player this would ruin your game, then I don't know what else I can say. I'm not even going to get into all the other problems with this, because it's unnecessary.

That's what troubled me about MW2 right now. It's apparent that the matchmaking service is how they decided to fix the massive difference in perks and equipment in multiplayer. It was bearable in CoD4 but for MW2, instead of alleviating that problem, they magnified the difference and then tried to pair people who would be capable of the same level of map destruction together. From the perspective of one who prefers skill-based games, I feel that this is criminal negligence in game design.

[Who]

Originally Posted by USB500

Good grief.

Someone just spoiled me with the ending of MW2, which he said was kinda meh. I looked it up and was like

Spoiler:

"so we're gonna chase after an American general for the ultimate showdown? Who the hell is Shepherd?" Also, Cpt. Price and Nikolai making a return was a major surprise for me, especially Price since he was supposed to be retired after COD4.

Well, at least Price's back to kick some ass.. Wonder how the game dynamic will be like if Soap & Price are to be in the same team

I'll probably not go into its MP scenario if I get myself a copy of MW2, since the campaign mode and the Special Ops mode are quite intriguing to play.

Well, having some connections and actually playing through the game (not my game, it's theirs!), I'd have to say that's not the only plot twists. Though of course I went "wtf" at what happens in the second part of your spoiler when it did happen, and it does. Not the only "wtf" moment that occurs in game... I can list many, many more.
Oh and in regards to Shepherd, it definitely makes room for a MW3, despite IW denying anything about it at this point. And it makes sense regarding Shepherd since

Spoiler:

he was the bastard who supposedly instigated the entire chain of events in MW2 because he was bitter about Paul Jackson (remember the Marine who got nuked along with his buddies?) and the rest of his Marines dying in that war and the rest of the world going 'lol who cares'

Anyways, very fun game, definitely lives up to its hype for me. Although the friend won't let me connection onto XBOX Live for obvious reasons.

[LoweGear]

LAUNCH TRAILER GO!!!!

Not sure about whether I like Eminem being on the trailer, but damn the combat scenes are

[Renegade334]

Hmmm...I thought the choppers dropping out of the sky were Longbow Apaches but the spherical radar periscopes on top of the main rotors would rather belong to the Russian MIL Mi-28N Havocs...so it's just not some sort of Washington secession, huh?

I wonder if the attacker force used the trick Tom Clancy used in Red Storm Rising, i.e

Spoiler for RSR plot:

using cargo ships masquerading as allied vessels

to smuggle that kind of equipment inside the US.

[USB500]

Originally Posted by Who

Oh and in regards to Shepherd, it definitely makes room for a MW3, despite IW denying anything about it at this point. And it makes sense regarding Shepherd since

Spoiler:

he was the bastard who supposedly instigated the entire chain of events in MW2 because he was bitter about Paul Jackson (remember the Marine who got nuked along with his buddies?) and the rest of his Marines dying in that war and the rest of the world going 'lol who cares'

I think I've seen the plot before, but where? wonder how the events will be wrapped up in MW3.

Originally Posted by Renegade334

Hmmm...I thought the choppers dropping out of the sky were Longbow Apaches but the spherical radar periscopes on top of the main rotors would rather belong to the Russian MIL Mi-28N Havocs...so it's just not some sort of Washington secession, huh?

I wonder if the attacker force used the trick Tom Clancy used in Red Storm Rising, i.e

Spoiler for RSR plot:

using cargo ships masquerading as allied vessels

to smuggle that kind of equipment inside the US.

I was thinking of World in Conflict when I read the spoiler.

and yeah, the trailer is sickly awesome

[Renegade334]

RSR came first - it was, after all, written at the end of the Cold War and IMHO remains one of the best WWIII novels ever written.

As for the APC shooting at the house, was that a BTR80? Jesus, how did they get so much Soviet hardware stateside?

[Who]

Originally Posted by Renegade334

Hmmm...I thought the choppers dropping out of the sky were Longbow Apaches but the spherical radar periscopes on top of the main rotors would rather belong to the Russian MIL Mi-28N Havocs...so it's just not some sort of Washington secession, huh?

I wonder if the attacker force used the trick Tom Clancy used in Red Storm Rising, i.e

Spoiler for RSR plot:

using cargo ships masquerading as allied vessels

to smuggle that kind of equipment inside the US.

Well, I think there were two possible routes:
-head southwest of the Pacific and around the coast of Africa into the Atlantic.
-pass the Bering Strait and go through the Arctic Ocean and then descend into the Atlantic.

Don't think there was that much smuggling to do anyways, since Washington D.C. is literally right on the coast... unless we were talking about the U.S. Navy being involved.

[JagdPanther]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

LAUNCH TRAILER GO!!!!

Not sure about whether I like Eminem being on the trailer, but damn the combat scenes are

I really don't like that kind of music but I thought it was perfect for that video.

I am so pissed that I have to wait 2 weeks until the PC version comes out. It is going to be nearly impossible not to cave, drive over to my friends place, hijack his 360, and play this non-stop.

[yeahitschris]

Originally Posted by JagdPanther

I really don't like that kind of music but I thought it was perfect for that video.

I am so pissed that I have to wait 2 weeks until the PC version comes out. It is going to be nearly impossible not to cave, drive over to my friends place, hijack his 360, and play this non-stop.

we are on the same boat, bought mine from amazon. i got standard shipping. won't come until 16-18th of NOV. not a problem for me, only problem is 9v9 max sounds lame

[Nappy Hared Azn]

Ha! I've got you all beat!I didn't even preorder it!

Not that it matters, since my Xbox 360 HD just died on me. At first I was all mopey, but then I realized that it was probably for the best since I would be super busy with school until mid-December.