MW2 - why are people STILL playing?

[MiracleOfSound]

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It has to be like COD, because I guess Halo doesn't sell well enough on its own? Granted I doubt thats why Bungie did it, but subconsciously I believe its there. That being said, I fucking love the jetpacks and assassinations.

The assasinations are indeed awesome... I even laugh when I'm on the recieving end

The jetpacks... I would prefer if they were only in certain game modes but I do understand that people love them.

As far as I know, Halo 3 only sold a couple of hundred thousand less than MW2 on the 360, I think they did around 14 million each. They don't need to be like COD to compete, the great thing about Halo is its balance... I just don't feel that's present right now. Bungie though, unlike IW, give a shit what thier community thinks so maybe they'll release patches down the line if things get too annoying.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Er, because people enjoy it?

Strangely enough, people tend to play games that they enjoy. You don't enjoy MW2, and so you don't play it. Logically then, if people do play it, it must be because they do enjoy it. Just because you don't like a game, that doesn't make it a bad game, you know.

 

[Josh123914]

It's called the hype train. People like to ride on it.
If MW 2 isn't your cup of tea, just leave the people who like it to their own devices. (Unless they're acually harassing you or something)

well that's the thing, MW2 is the ONLY game people seem to play in my school and it's frusterating to get a new game like battlefield or Uncharted only to find out that all anyone plays is MW2, though that's probably for the best because nearly everyone playing CoD in my school are complete morons or don't play anything outside of left 4 dead 2(they didn't even buy it knowing valve made it, if they knew who valve were),MW2 and Fifa/Madden

 

[Miller iz Life]

you answered your own question in a way "alot of people in my school are getting excited for black ops" they want to play a game that is similar to the one thats coming out soon. i played halo 3 the days before reach came out for example

 

[teh_Canape]

How can it be fun after nearly a year?

nigga you best be jokin'

consider the classically outdated Half Life, almost 20 years after it's release it's a pain in the ass to find online servers for the multiplayer that actually have free slots to play in

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Funnily enough, other people might have different tastes to you.

Shocking, really.

 

[Xan Krieger]

I played MW and MW2 when I had xbox live because they were fun. I had more fun with them then I had with Team Fortress 2. If I enjoy something I keep playing it.

 

[cainx10a]

I still have friends who swear only by CS 1.6 and dota (;s)

 

[JourneyThroughHell]

It's an addictive game that has a ton of milestones to complete. It's fun and it's competitive, albeit the cheaters are annoying.

I've know far less engaging games that were around the top of "most-played lists" for longer periods of time.

 

[Catalyst6]

People play it for the same reason why I stopped playing it: the multiplayer is simplistic enough that any idiot can get a nuke. It has pretentions to realism, but it's mostly a lie.

Most of all, people play it because it's popular. With no dedicated servers, etc., I'm surprised it lasted this long, but hey sometimes people need mindless fun.

Frankly, I don't get the people who play it constantly, it's not THAT fun, it's just mindless. Whatever, to each their own, I suppose.

 

[Kathinka]

Because it's digital crack. (shakes)

that might be true, but i made the cold turkey

now cod7 is coming arround to tempt me again... T_T

DON'T TEST ME!

I know... and it looks 100 times better than MW2... no commando, no nuke, no stopping power and jugg, no stacking killstreaks, no shotgun secondaries, no danger close, guns have recoil.... drool.

dedicated servers! you are forgetting about them dedicated servers. everything else in mw2 i could have possibly swallowed, every other abuse i would have taken...but this was too much^^

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Because it's digital crack. (shakes)

that might be true, but i made the cold turkey

now cod7 is coming arround to tempt me again... T_T

DON'T TEST ME!

I know... and it looks 100 times better than MW2... no commando, no nuke, no stopping power and jugg, no stacking killstreaks, no shotgun secondaries, no danger close, guns have recoil.... drool.

dedicated servers! you are forgetting about them dedicated servers. everything else in mw2 i could have possibly swallowed, every other abuse i would have taken...but this was too much^^

Yeah I heard Treyarch are doing dedis for Black Ops but I think there was some kind of catch, can't remember what it was.

 

[Kathinka]

Because it's digital crack. (shakes)

that might be true, but i made the cold turkey

now cod7 is coming arround to tempt me again... T_T

DON'T TEST ME!

I know... and it looks 100 times better than MW2... no commando, no nuke, no stopping power and jugg, no stacking killstreaks, no shotgun secondaries, no danger close, guns have recoil.... drool.

dedicated servers! you are forgetting about them dedicated servers. everything else in mw2 i could have possibly swallowed, every other abuse i would have taken...but this was too much^^

Yeah I heard Treyarch are doing dedis for Black Ops but I think there was some kind of catch, can't remember what it was.

the catch being that they will not release the server code. so it's gonna be pretty much like bad company 2: online dedicated servers no problem, lan - no. i get why developers hate lan, but do they have to be such dicks about it?^^