Modern Warfare 2 - why it makes people angry. Read if you've ever played the game.

[Guitarmasterx7]

1. here I have to agree, but then again you can always play a non team based gametype
2. Campers are an inevitability in any FPS game, and having a high K;D ratio is sort of the objective in all of them as well assuming you're playing the right gametype.
3. Three words. Gears of War. I haven't played this on the PC, but it's rare for me to run into lag on xbox. and even when I do it's never been bullet lag.
4. Ok, it probably is unbalanced, but since you die so easily the degree to which it even has the capacity to be unbalanced is pretty low. Oh no! this automatic weapon kills in 2 bullets to the foot when all the other ones kill in 3! Not really a big deal. People also complein about the knife all the time which I don't fucking get. Yeah it's a one hit kill but you have to get into range, which is difficult when the other person has a gun. And if a person with a knife sneaks up on you and kills you then he probably would have killed if he had a gun anyways. At least it isn't CoD4 where the grenades had more splash and everyone carried 3 of the damn things and dropped one when they died.

But all in all I think anyone who gets mad at a game, specifically this one, takes it way too damn seriously. It's a fun game. Yeah all the perks and weapons might not balance out but it adds a lot of variety. Enjoy it for what it is. If you want to be an MLG douche about it go back to playing Halo 3 on a gametype that makes it halo 2. You'll get much less of a headache over it.

 

[Bilbo536]

I play MW2 all the time and never get angry, but that might have something to do with not sucking, oh and before you say something about giraffes I'm a very dirty man and spend more around cheetos and basements than you, unless you are a woman than you got me beat.

Fixed again.

 

[Christemo]

this is my problem and probably everyone elses.

1. IW-COD games are addictive, but reeks of bad game design.
2. IW are too big dumbfucks to acknowledge the game´s flaws.
3. critics give IW-COD games massive scorers because of Activision´s status and bribes.
4. IW-CODs have a fantastic Single-player (including Spec Ops), but the community doesn´t give a shit because they want more addictive multiplayer.
5. every DLC is overtly expensive, and includes lackluster content.
6. Activision is responsible for an insane amount of hype for IW games.

=
a pissed off fanbase that results in a lower amount of customers and un-destroyed controllers.

 

[Christemo]

At least CoD4 was fun.

i will agree on that, but at least MW2 fixed the mini-nuke nades (altho maybe a bit too much) and the RPD aimbots (no one uses that rape machine anymore )

 

[Au Naturel.]

Guys, guys. Go play Lost Planet.

 

[WaywardHaymaker]

This is EXACTLY why I don't play the game. It's so polished, but it's set up to favor dicks.

 

[llew]

my reasons? all of the above plus the fact you get people who think they are pro by boosting nukes with friends who are on the other team

 

[Rancid0ffspring]

Oh look another "Lets complain about MW2 like whiny little bitches" thread.

And yet every complaint I've heard on the thread was more constructive and thoughful than your asinine comment.

You sir get a high five for that rather remarkable ***** slap you just issued

EDIT: OT. The OP has made some very recognisable points for me. Although i never felt it get to the point of rage. Sometimes I cant even play the game for 2 or 3 matches without quitting in frustration.

I do actually wonder why I still own the game. It has been gathering dust for a while now whilst I've been playing Fallout 3 which I went out & repurchased since I traded it in for MW2. What a waste of a trade in

 

[MiracleOfSound]

the silenced TAR-21 without that damage penalty that every other gun gets

Really? I always seem to take longer to kill people when I have a silencer on it. It feels a bit weaker, especially at range.

I have noticed though that it reduces the recoil a little.

I love the TAR 21, it's awesome and looks so badass with the urban camo.

I have to admit that I do love the TAR-21 with the same camo *swoon*

But yeah, try out the silenced vs non-silenced in a private game with a chum. It'll still drop someone in 2-3 shots with Stopping Power. It doesn't get penalised the same as the other high damage assault rifles do if it does at all. The AK 47 is just as lethal with a silencer too.

Huh, that's good to know, cos it's one loud son of a *****!

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Oh look another "Lets complain about MW2 like whiny little bitches" thread.

And yet every complaint I've heard on the thread was more constructive and thoughful than your asinine comment.

You sir get a high five for that rather remarkable ***** slap you just issued

Right back at ya (high five)

 

[MortisLegio]

I was quite surprised to see so many hackers in MW2. That also creates some colourful rage comments. ...and when i use Riot shield + throwing knife.. they dont like that either for some reason. >

Yeah I used riot shield a couple of times to amuse myself during some of the crappier maps. I've never recieved more hate than I did in those games, both over the microphone and through XBL messages. None of the hate explained why the riot sheild was so bad, just that I was any number of profanities for using it.

mainly (at least from my experience) the roit sheild gives too much protection sometimes
and gives players some free time to prep a grenade or throwing knife. many people just sit in a corner and camp a shot so its almost impossible to kill them.

Though some of my favorite matches is where I used the sheild and tac knife

OT: this is so true. I blame the hacker and the campers for alot of the anger but it still is a game that will make you mad even if your doing well

 

[open trap]

I have never given in to those cheap tactics, part of the thing is i only play with my friends now so it helps sorta.

 

[Auric]

Oh god i need to stop playing multiplayer games

That or just care less, yea that seems a better option.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

I forgot to mention in the OP that I actually loved the single player campaign. (Just wish it was a bit longer)

 

[Booze Zombie]

That's pretty much my experience and bugger me if you got it on the dot with the "his friends could never imagine him angry" part, too.

That said, I always want to beat this game, just to show that even in it's fucked up, goatee-bearded-evil-twin universe I can shoot people...
I can, but my "team" doesn't seem to care, so I'm forced to load myself up in such a manner that it results in me constantly moving and shooting, with no back-up, support or any of those other useful things TF2 and Battlefield had gotten me used to.

I've concluded that this is "not fun" and that this game is pretty amazingly lazy, too.
Can't make a decent single-player?
Bang out a half-hearted multiplayer with every super-power you can imagine as a perk, let the players make their own fun and pay US for it!
Ha, ha, ha!

 

[Doc Theta Sigma]

Badly designed multiplayer was the reason I sold the original Modern Warfare. And its the reason I endeavour to stay the fuck away from Modern Warfare 2.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Of all the things you mentioned the kill lag is by far the biggest problem I had with the game.

If I had a nickle for everytime a kill cam showed me not firing one shot...

I have to admit, it's the thing that drives me nuts the most too.

I never get mad when I die fairly, but when you know you shot first and on target it gets maddening. Especially when you shotgun someone in the face, it goes through them and they stab you. Lovely.

8500 views in one day, wow, guess you guys enjoy my thread

 

[Brian Hendershot]

Yeah I used riot shield a couple of times to amuse myself during some of the crappier maps. I've never recieved more hate than I did in those games, both over the microphone and through XBL messages.

It's a strange world when people hate you for trying to encourage team work! At least in Left 4 Dead, if you take care of people you get added to a friends list. Awwww

I stopped playing MW2 because people take things too seriously like poor pro-5nipe.

Total Number of Friends made playing Left For Dead: 23

Total Number of Friends made playing Modern Warfare 2: 2

Back on topic: Excellent points but you forgot to mention the people that aggressively exploit every little glitch in the game, i.e., Care Package Glitching--Boy I surprised when I got back on after not playing for two months to find out you could spam Care Packages faster then a whore on dollar day.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

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Dammit Sound, why do you make such good threads?

I must agree with all of them
1. Indeed it does. When working as a team close together, you become a prime target to a pred. Missile and grenade spamming. Not only that but then you have to worry about teammates jumping infront of your sites so they can get a kill. And like you said, You can have a perfectly fine streak going, but them one noobish teammate always allows for the AC130 to rear it's ugly head.

2. YES YES YES!!!! I can't tell you how many people, not only because they have a nice ledge to sit on, camp only because they can then get new weapon upgrades and such. (or at least the ones I come across) And it seems like that Derail map is MADE for camping. You haul up in a shed and cover all the exits and then snipe until you're grenaded to death

3. I actually have no problems with this XD

4. And Helllllll yeah! Wasn't the 'witch' class a problem day one or two? What about all the add ons for the gun? How is a noob supposed to compete with that without dieing 50 times before they start to get stuff for there guns and better perks. Hell I just got One Man Army today! It took me quite awhile to finally get it!