MW 2 : Just a bad game ?

[wolf thing]

it was ok. its only consil gamer that thinks the best game ever, its gt solid gun play and it handils well i would ether give it a 7.5 or 8. question why has this thread become an anit-halo thread. come on guys

 

[Hollyw00d45]

Look, the story mode was relatively short compared to other games but that's because this game is all about the multiplayer.

Dedicated servers would be amazing but in reality, the wait times aren't that bad. The only reason you are waiting a long time between games is when parties of 5 people enter a game and realize that one member disconnected or was left out so they all back out, and your queue time lasts longer.

As far as the multiplayer, the air support is easy to knock out, fun to watch and none of u complain when u call in that harrier strike that kills 4 people and waits in the air, killing an additional 2-3. The SMG's blow and have little to no use on most of the maps and the shotguns have the range of a f*cking sniper rifle, but other then that I think it's pretty solid.

Only real complaint is all the d-bags who play it and do nothing but talk crap to other people, or post negatvie reactions on forum pages so they can come off looking like Mr. Cool video game pro who can be negative b/c he knows everything about everything.

Grow up!

-the wood has spoken

 

[Fidelias]

I don't think that the game is bad, just that it's not nearly as good as everyone said it was. The gameplay was fun, multiplayer was pretty good, and the storyline worked. But it didn't add anything. It had a lot of NEW weapons, but for every weapon they put in, they took out one from the first game... And really, who bought it for the single player, its the same as all of the other COD games, just with new graphics...
But I still have fun with it, just not worth 60 bucks and standing in line for.

 

[GreeBo]

Campaign is all over the place and a bit hard to follow unless you really pay attention. Single player is also a bit short. The multiplayer lobby sucks, thanks to the points above. Those are the only 3 negative points worth mentioning.

The creative content is excellent (ie: story)

The graphics are excellent and detailed.

The enemy AI is rather smart, which is awsome to see finally.

The guns and unlocks are fun, relatively easy to get, and all worthwhile.

The action is perfectly paced and just the righ level of difficulty with plenty of "Holy cr*ap!" moments.

Multiplayer, despite what anyone says, and once you actually GET into a game, is the best i've ever had on a console. Maps are tight and well designed. There is no "I win!" camping position.. its NOT a sniper-fest (yay!). Weapons, generally, are balanced and fair-ish. You don't just run around shooting a-la Halo.. you walk, sprint, duck, crawl, sneak your way to the kill. The air-dropped items such as a Stealth Bomber run are amazing and really add something cool to the game. (PS if you can't dodge the Harrier or Chopper fire, you need to try harder.. here's a tip, DON'T RUN OUT IN THE OPEN FOR A FEW SECONDS! )

OH and if you haven't had your buddy over for a night of drinking and Spec Ops, you haven't lived.

I'd definetly give it 8 or 9 out of 10. Fix the stupid Lobby system and i'd consider a 9.5. Its annoying to find that dropping a game and re-joining multiplayer is far faster than waiting for the 50 second countdown. If I NEED a break, i'll take one. Don't force me dammit.

 

[Jimbo1212]

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Well your post clearly shows that the amount of mutliplayer games you have played is exceeding limited.
''IW beautifully shaped the multiplayer into a massive game of rock-paper-scissors''
So even you admit then that if you are equipped to take out one enemy, another will destroy you as 'your paper, and they are scissors'. Thanks for proving my point on horrific balancing issues, as skill will get you so far, then unless you have the perks, your stuffed. Truly the definition of fun, oh wait...
Also no one has ever explained how you are meant to take out numerous kill streak air support when either the enemy has a number of planes, or the opposing team are not stupid and they shoot everyone point blank when they are looking straight into the air and can not see the enemy coming. Or are you just playing against idiots?
Now to point out the lobby system.
' think the system couldn't have been any better' What the hell! So a system in which you can not even choose the map you play on is great? That is just lying.

To say your comment about peripheral vision was just plain stupid. Heard of rendering more on a screen and increasing resolution, or even better - pulling the players vision back a meter. Retard.

Im guessing with everyone talking about not experiencing host migration, the vast majority of you are PC or 360 players, as this will happen on the PS3 a number of times per hour.

I hate arguing on forums. All people do is reduce your arguments to the base instincts and turn it on you.

My point in the rock-paper-scissors analogy was that, no matter what the situation, there was always a tool to get the job done. I'm not saying defeat is inevitable. There's this thing called skill. Do you think that a player will kill a riot shield class just because he has semtex? No. The point of a n action game is using skill to overcome the enemy. If the other team was predictable, it would be a strategy game. As for your killstreak situation, you could either suck it up, or equip Cold-Blooded and shoot from behind your lines. And how do you think choosing the map would go when you have 12 people all arguing for different things? Randomly choosing the map ensures that players don't waste time arguing. And, like I said before, the vote-to-skip feature ensures that if you really have a major problem with a map, you can try to rally a vote to skip the map. Maybe you think you're entitled to getting your way in life, but the lobby system is the only fair way to do it. And finally, how do you think moving the view back a meter would fix anything? moving the view back a meter on screen would be the equivalent of backing up a meter. Everything would be exactly the same. And you should probably research the meaning behind 'rendering more on screen'.

Hm, you must not have played any other mutliplayer fps's to grasp the concept of dedicated servers as you have no idea how they work, reinforcing my point that people who think this game is good is merely due to lack of experience with any other fps. The vast majority of fps game lobbies ( you probably don't know what that truly is) have a LIST of games to choose from - not game modes, but game rooms. This will always be better.
When you wrote that moving the camera back would be like walking back, I think this shows how nieve you really are, no offence. To prove me wrong, how many other fps's have you played as its im guessing very few, thus your opinion is somewhat ill informed.

Also you still do not answer my point of how can SKILL help you when you spawn and get knifed in the back / shot by a plane within 2 seconds?
With the later guns being more powerful and accurate, again, how is skill going to help you? Please refer to post 362 if you do not believe me.

 

[Teh Ty]

So, so true, it's kinda funny. At my school, when I said I think it's a generic game, I got stuff thrown at me. Now I only play to grief.

 

[ssgt splatter]

So much hate for this game. It really is sad.

 

[cocoadog]

shouldn't have bought it for the pc... i have it for the 360 and its fantastic the story was rather short but no one cares about the story in a call of duty game. it deserves the great reviews and FUCK whoever said that they bribed people

 

[benoitowns]

OK, look, I love the Call of Duty Games. Now before you pass me off as a fanboy who would never say anything against Call of Duty, one has to admit it is a good game. Yes, the campaign is short, but that is not where an FPS is to be known for. Yahtzee was spot on when he mentioned that they were pandering to the media by the terrorist level, but it apparently worked. The graphics are stellar, and you're just trying to jump on the other end bandwagon by saying else. You are not different by saying something that is popular sucks, it just means you are completely affected by others, but trying to stand out by being antagonistic.

 

[morpher80]

I have to agree with the online part about the campers and spawn killers it is very annoying

 

[Burck]

I ...disagree?

No one wanted to watch this bloated juggernaught fail more then me, but the fact of the matter is the gameplay is pure distilled fun.

Agreed. Although I was getting really skeptical about the game when it was approaching release, and actually held off from buying my pre-ordered ($5 down) copy. However, after seeing the game in action, and recalling how much fun I had with CoD4: I really couldn't resist.

Yes it is flawed, but damn is it fun.
Although M-16 and Famas camping in Multi-player really annoys me. There needs to be a game mechanic that penalizes camping, because camping the right spots can give a team complete superiority over the other. I mean, yes this makes sense, but once so many corners are being watched, it just becomes tedious.

Yet, for some reason, I keep playing and managing to find some fun matches.

Its just fun.

 

[benoitowns]

OK, look, I love the Call of Duty Games. Now before you pass me off as a fanboy who would never say anything against Call of Duty, one has to admit it is a good game. Yes, the campaign is short, but that is not where an FPS is to be known for. Yahtzee was spot on when he mentioned that they were pandering to the media by the terrorist level, but it apparently worked. The graphics are stellar, and you're just trying to jump on the other end bandwagon by saying else. You are not different by saying something that is popular sucks, it just means you are completely affected by others, but trying to stand out by being antagonistic.

No, it's SP is far to short to be thought of as anything other than good, and the MP is just sh*t with a dead cat on top. It's unbalanced and archaic. The only reason people love this game is because they don't play other FPS' to compare it to, so of course it's going to look good to a bunch of kids with little gaming experience, but the same can be said about Tetris etc. Simply put, if you've played many other modern FPS', MW2 is dire in comparison.

Ok, I can agree that the multiplayer is unbalanced, but not nearly to the point of CoD: WaW. They added death streaks which barely help, but they made man starter classes and weapons overpowered to cater to the noob in most of us. For example, anyone can get stopping power, add that to lets say the UMP, then you can get a kill in two bullets, while higher level people will be using guns overpowered with perks and addons, and a question, what games would you compare it to as dire? Halo is good, absolutely nothing wrong with the game part, but if you are willing to deal with all of the high pitched 11 year olds and gangster wannabes then go ahead play that monotony of a multiplayer. I disagree with the archaic aspect of the multiplayer, as they finally made nonlinear multiplayer maps where campers are prone to anyone capable of aiming or using a grenade, and all of those annoying noobs who use a riot shield. However, it managed to get a massive amount of casual players to buy it and actually play regularly, so I can see where you are coming from if you play with all of those non gamers who cant aim for shit and cant make any sensible classes that could be used effectively. Also, dont belittle a game like CoD or Halo because of its annoying players. Halo gets that all the time from PS3 fanboys, and Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare 2 has way too many campers. If you've played Afghan on multiplayer you know what I am talking about.

 

[benoitowns]

I ...disagree?

No one wanted to watch this bloated juggernaught fail more then me, but the fact of the matter is the gameplay is pure distilled fun.

Agreed. Although I was getting really skeptical about the game when it was approaching release, and actually held off from buying my pre-ordered ($5 down) copy. However, after seeing the game in action, and recalling how much fun I had with CoD4: I really couldn't resist.

Yes it is flawed, but damn is it fun.
Although M-16 and Famas camping in Multi-player really annoys me. There needs to be a game mechanic that penalizes camping, because camping the right spots can give a team complete superiority over the other. I mean, yes this makes sense, but once so many corners are being watched, it just becomes tedious.

Yet, for some reason, I keep playing and managing to find some fun matches.

Its just fun.

well you are lucky, i cant find a single match without campers and snipers up the ass. and it seems whenever there are people who dont camp, they are noobs with scrambler and a riot shield. AND THOSE MACHINE PISTOLS SUCK I HATE THEM WAY TO FUCKING OP....and caps was totally necessary.

 

[Burck]

*Snip*

well you are lucky, i cant find a single match without campers and snipers up the ass. and it seems whenever there are people who dont camp, they are noobs with scrambler and a riot shield. AND THOSE MACHINE PISTOLS SUCK I HATE THEM WAY TO FUCKING OP....and caps was totally necessary.

I like the riot shield. Thing is, it kills your KDR, but damn is it fun. Perhaps you could enlighten me in the ways that it is annoying. As for scrambler, that perk is just as much of a hazard to its user as it is to you.

 

[benoitowns]

*Snip*

well you are lucky, i cant find a single match without campers and snipers up the ass. and it seems whenever there are people who dont camp, they are noobs with scrambler and a riot shield. AND THOSE MACHINE PISTOLS SUCK I HATE THEM WAY TO FUCKING OP....and caps was totally necessary.

I like the riot shield. Thing is, it kills your KDR, but damn is it fun. Perhaps you could enlighten me in the ways that it is annoying. As for scrambler, that perk is just as much of a hazard to its user as it is to you.

I always get killed by a riot shield user because they always spawn right behind me and kill me. And then i spawn in a campers line of sight and die. And die. And then I get pain killer, get a kill, and the process restarts. I refuse to camp.