God damn it, I was going to try to be strong but now I might actually want to buy this one. After I sold MW2 I said I wouldn't buy the new COD game every year. But this sounds like more my style.
The first major difference is due to the added recoil to basically all weapons, and the lack of SP. It is MUCH, MUCH, MUCH harder to kill people at range. It feels a lot less like whoever gets the drop first automatically gets the kill, and at long range, you've having a serious firefight, not a race to see who can nail who first with a super accurate AR. I suspect this is why you start with an extra clip of ammo compared to MW2 - youre gonna need it. I'm quite a bit out of my comfort zone with this, as I'm usually a stealthy type player who likes to sneak around and kill people before they see me. Now, just because I get the first shot doesnt mean I'll get the last. I think a lot of players are going to struggle with this change.
GrantMeThePower said:Did you try the Gun Game wager match? That one, to me anyway, seemed like a perfect mix of fun and tension (where as one in the chamber seemed to just be super tense and the sticks and stones seemed like it didnt have the fun factor)
I've tried, but there simply isn't enough people to reliably start a game. I've sat on the screen for 10 mins waiting for people to join.
God damn it, I was going to try to be strong but now I might actually want to buy this one. After I sold MW2 I said I wouldn't buy the new COD game every year. But this sounds like more my style.
GrantMeThePower said:Hey, BD...sorry for all the questions, but i have a biggie-
I know you can now split screen for multiplayer with one person as a "guest" but do you know if you can do split screen with each person having their own XBL account/character?
I wish I could answer that, but I have only one xbl gold acct. Honestly, I'd be shocked if you couldn't. I'm going to assume you both need gold.
Also, gun game is awesome. Won my first game. It's really, really hard to get that last tac knife kill. That thing is fing useless.
GrantMeThePower said:Ah...that makes sense. At least you got to try the one in the chamber.
Overall, what are your first thoughts about the whole package as compared to MW2? As good, better, worse? Obviously its totally subjective, but takes everything into account (polish, graphics, balance, etc). Just curious.
GrantMeThePower said:Yeah, i thought that you may not know...My roommate was going to get his own account instead of us just sharing mine for this game because he felt bad ruining my K ratio and him wanting to customize stuff his own way. Just would have liked to know that before he bought a gold account and it not working.
When you say the tac knife is useless, are you taking about the ballistic knife thing? It looked to me to be a lot like the throwing knife with just a lower trajectory. I didnt realize that was the last thing you had to kill with on the gun game, but congrats on the W!!
Yeah, I mean the ballistic. The range is very short, it's damn tough to get that kill.
BD2003 said:I've got a lot of thoughts on that, for MP, 100% positive impressions even. Theyve really outdone themselves....im blown away, and I had high expectations. When I take I break from mp, I'll go into detail.
Also, the stat tracking is RIDICULOUS. Imagine the most you would ever think they'd track, then double that. Then double it again. More details to come.
At this point, I definitely dont have the CP to buy everything I want. It was great to pick exactly the perk and attachment I wanted, but it feels limiting to have it all there and not to be able to afford it. Still, I'm digging the flexibility of the system. Each weapon is 2000cp, each perk 2000cp. Attachments range from 1000 to 3000 cp. I havent even bought any equipment yet, I'm still trying to work my way through the perks.
There are actually two leaderboards - the normal and the prestige. You can view both, but to compete in the prestige you have to lay out 50000CP.
God damn it, I was going to try to be strong but now I might actually want to buy this one. After I sold MW2 I said I wouldn't buy the new COD game every year. But this sounds like more my style.
BD, whats the avg amount of cash you earn per match?
actually failed a very simple one - get two longshots in 40m of game time. I only got one. That should also tell you how god damn hard it is to nail people from afar with an AR.
Oh boy, MW2 bitches are gonna struggle and call the game a POS...here we go!
How come?
MW2 was the first online FPS I ever played. I'm guessing this is going to be difficult but I'm super excited to learn a new game...I dont think i'll call it a POS
BD how do you have it? Tester/Developer?
It's hard to understand unless you've played MW2 for a while and quickly switched over to a more realistic FPS(BC2/MAG).
I find the transition the transition from more realistic shooter to MW2 extremely easy...first time i played an online match i went 21-4 lol...When i went back to BC2...i was in hell for about 30 minutes...
Nope, nothing that crazy. I just bought it on craigslist for 80. I'm sure anyone else could do the same if they wanted to. They've shipped millions of discs around the world, probably tens of thousands are on the streets.
Oh, i see.
yeah, i didnt play for a couple months and my first round back had a great (for me) round of like 23-8, but that didn't last long and last night i had like a 10-14 round. that never happened before. I think that players change and evolve and old tactics dont work. I'm guessing there is a learning curve and i'm going to suck and be frustrated at first. I'm just glad of something DIFFERENT though.
Are you going to get BO?
GrantMeThePower said:What city do you live in?
A few of my friends went to the launch party last night for black ops in LA...and not only did they not get the game, but they didn't even play it while they were there.