Poll: Do YOU hate Modern Warfare 2?
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I voted for "game was shit" although it's not my exact opinion of what I think. I don't think the whole game per-se was bad, more that the game had the same potential it's predecessors did, more that the developers completely ruined it.
I don't hate it, I got 75 hours of entertainment out of it (according to Steam) before I got bored of it. Which, now that I think about it, makes it one of my most played games EVER.
Thing is I don't usually enjoy Multiplayer, but I happened to do quite well at MW2 (well, on some of the game-modes anyway) and there was a distinct enjoyment out of beating all those whiny 14-year-old FPS players that I hate. I got accused of hacking constantly, and it just made me smile evilly >
Also, one of my biggest problems with online FPS games is there is no sense of progression. You don't really achieve anything which makes things feel pointless. But MW2 provided me with a levelling system which I had not experienced before in an FPS game, granting me upgrades and weapons as I go, really giving me a sense of actual accomplishment. (Incidentally, I got bored of the game once I unlocked everything I wanted, and as a result haven't played it since)
I understand its flaws and I can see why people hate it. I also thought the single-player campaign (which I actually bought the game for) was mediocre, and I'm fucking sick of war games in general, I hated the setting and general over-the-top manly bravado that the series represents. Actually now that I say that, I forgot why I actually bought the bloody game in the first place - probably just because the COD4 campaign was pretty great. I also bought the PC version, so I had to put up with the horrible matchmaking system, lack of dedicated servers and minor framerate issues due to it being a pretty shit port. But I can't deny that the multiplayer is very addictive, and if the next game has the same kind of multiplayer system I can definately see myself buying it. I gotta be honest, for a game to keep me playing for that long is something unprecedented in my case, so overall it was $100 well spent.
Thing is I don't usually enjoy Multiplayer, but I happened to do quite well at MW2 (well, on some of the game-modes anyway) and there was a distinct enjoyment out of beating all those whiny 14-year-old FPS players that I hate. I got accused of hacking constantly, and it just made me smile evilly >
Also, one of my biggest problems with online FPS games is there is no sense of progression. You don't really achieve anything which makes things feel pointless. But MW2 provided me with a levelling system which I had not experienced before in an FPS game, granting me upgrades and weapons as I go, really giving me a sense of actual accomplishment. (Incidentally, I got bored of the game once I unlocked everything I wanted, and as a result haven't played it since)
I understand its flaws and I can see why people hate it. I also thought the single-player campaign (which I actually bought the game for) was mediocre, and I'm fucking sick of war games in general, I hated the setting and general over-the-top manly bravado that the series represents. Actually now that I say that, I forgot why I actually bought the bloody game in the first place - probably just because the COD4 campaign was pretty great. I also bought the PC version, so I had to put up with the horrible matchmaking system, lack of dedicated servers and minor framerate issues due to it being a pretty shit port. But I can't deny that the multiplayer is very addictive, and if the next game has the same kind of multiplayer system I can definately see myself buying it. I gotta be honest, for a game to keep me playing for that long is something unprecedented in my case, so overall it was $100 well spent.
Singleplayer: Enjoyed every minute of it.
Multiplayer: Played quite a bit, but quit after realising that games with 1 shot kill tendencies were not my thing. I like being able to fight back.
It IS fun listening to my brother rage in his pants at Noob toobers, to which I correct him and call it the Pro pipe, to which he promptly smacks me upside the head.
It's so easy, it would be an afront to the internet to not bait him.
For the lulz!
Multiplayer: Played quite a bit, but quit after realising that games with 1 shot kill tendencies were not my thing. I like being able to fight back.
It IS fun listening to my brother rage in his pants at Noob toobers, to which I correct him and call it the Pro pipe, to which he promptly smacks me upside the head.
It's so easy, it would be an afront to the internet to not bait him.
For the lulz!
The poll options are pretty lame. Where's the option for neither hating it passionately nor thinking it's awesome? I'm pretty indifferent to the game. I haven't played single-player, but multi-player was kind of eh. There are some things about it I like and others I don't, and even if it were free, I probably wouldn't have kept playing it much beyond the length of the free weekend on Steam, much less pay $60 for it. There just wasn't really much about it that drew me in. If anyone needs me, I'll be back playing TF2 some more instead, which I keep going back to for some reason every few months.
I don't like the fact that there is NO skill involved. Try to convince me if you like, but I beat my best friend on it when I'd never played it before. He bought it when it came out and is pretty good.
I'd like to see someone who has never played on Halo beat me at Halo.
I'd like to see someone who has never played on Halo beat me at Halo.
I'm actually really annoyed by the hacking and glitching but i'm not going to let an otherwise fine game go to waste.
P.S. I hate burst fire weapons with stopping power where is the option for over powered weapons?
P.S. I hate burst fire weapons with stopping power where is the option for over powered weapons?
I played the the free Multiplayer weekend on Steam a few weeks back.
Everything bad everyone ever said about the PC version is true.
Past that, I found a fair number of the perks and attachments to be far better than others and that the killstreaks are absolutely destructive to Deathmatch modes.
Everything bad everyone ever said about the PC version is true.
Past that, I found a fair number of the perks and attachments to be far better than others and that the killstreaks are absolutely destructive to Deathmatch modes.
Naturally. I'm one of those people who usually has a hard time getting into FPSes without a mouse (despite the dozens of hours I spent playing Goldeneye back in the day), even if the game's otherwise good, probably mostly because I've been doing it that way for so long (I even remember playing some stuff way back entirely with the keyboard without/before mouselook, heh...which you'd think would make it easier to get along with dual analog sticks, but I guess not for me). That, and they actually keep updating the PC version, along with there being tons of community maps and mods and stuff, so it stays interesting, unlike the poor, neglected console versions of it.The Last Hunter said:
Plot was retarded, single player was to short but had it's moments, online sucks because the people playing are all about 12, local multiplayer is fine, defently not worth $60 on computer.
I haven't played it but I played MW1 and I found it to be a bit bland. Don't get me wrong, I didn't think it was a bad game, it just wasn't amazing either.
I only play it on my friend's 360 since I've heard so much bad stuff about the PC version, so I can't judge on that. But from the console version I think that the split-screen multiplayer is fun, particularly since you can set your own rules ("who wants a throwing-knife only match on wasteland?"). It's an alright game, not deserving of all the hype it gets though.
As for the single-player campaign: what a load of convoluted garbage. When Makarov kills you in the airport, great - a complete shock and I loved it. Finding Captain Price in the gulag...well, that's okay I guess. However, from his launching of the EMP onwards I just gave up on the story entirely. Killing off Roach was dull, obvious and completely ruined any pretense of a working storyline, and after that I didn't actually care if the 'good guys' won or not. In the first Modern Warfare you genuinely care when your character dies. Unfortunately, in the second one it just didn't matter.
What they needed was less double-crosses and a longer campaign. Maybe take some lessons from the original Operation Flashpoint as well, which I still see as the benchmark for this kind of attempt at 'realism'. Call me old-fashioned but I like to have an enjoyable single player experience and I generally judge a game based on that rather than multiplayer. So the game was alright, but I'd still much rather play the original Call of Duty on the PC any day of the week.
As for the single-player campaign: what a load of convoluted garbage. When Makarov kills you in the airport, great - a complete shock and I loved it. Finding Captain Price in the gulag...well, that's okay I guess. However, from his launching of the EMP onwards I just gave up on the story entirely. Killing off Roach was dull, obvious and completely ruined any pretense of a working storyline, and after that I didn't actually care if the 'good guys' won or not. In the first Modern Warfare you genuinely care when your character dies. Unfortunately, in the second one it just didn't matter.
What they needed was less double-crosses and a longer campaign. Maybe take some lessons from the original Operation Flashpoint as well, which I still see as the benchmark for this kind of attempt at 'realism'. Call me old-fashioned but I like to have an enjoyable single player experience and I generally judge a game based on that rather than multiplayer. So the game was alright, but I'd still much rather play the original Call of Duty on the PC any day of the week.
I quite enjoy playing co-op spec ops with a friend, but as for the rest of the game it gets an overwhelming 'meh'.