Poll: MW3 and the doritos thing...

[The Random One]

I will not be buying the game as MW2 was (after almost 20 years of gaming) the worst game I have ever played. It's deceptive too; at first I liked it, completed campaign in veteran (it was poor), competed spec-ops in veteran (it was so-so), played some online and BAM - unfair multiplayer, tools of a community, glitches, bugs, easily exploitable loopholes, hackers, more glitches, more bugs, more exploitable methods to win, more glitches, more bugs, more children online squealing (looking at box & it's an 18), more bugs, heavily connection-based duels, overpowered weapons, broken weapons, poor spawns, bad balancing, poor map design, more bugs in the game engine and very little support in the way of patches.

Wait, so you tried playing the game online, didn't like it, and stopped playing instead of continuing to play while bitching about it?

Then you refused to buy new installments of the series instead of assuming they wouldn't be as bad despite all evidence to the contrary?

Sir or madam, I do not believe you exist.

 

[Bvenged]

That was such a shame considering CoD4 is in my Top 10. MW2 was in development for 9 months and that's jsut not long enough to build a AAA game and to compare; MW3 started development on the 29th April this year. That's little over 6 months development time come release and it shows. MW3 looks nearly identical to it's predecessor, Activision even had to herd in Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software AND some developers from Treyarch just to help IW to get it done in time. Lets not forget it won't even be fully tested come release.

You know if your going to pull bullshit dates out of your ass you could at least try to make up something somewhat believable instead of that bullshit.

Yep, I was right.

EDIT: You played 10+ hours of a game before it finally occurred to you that you didn't much care for it? What are you thick?

I know what you mean. I will never understand why somebody will say they put 10+ hours into a game that they hate. You would think if somebody calls it the worst game ever they would stop after an hour or two.

They're not crappy dates, they're what I've researched - Th MW2 campaign was 6 hours of nonsensical scripted bull, I played the spec ops with a friend for a few hours and then when it came to the multiplayer (the usp of the game, I might add) I tolerated it to a degree before it dawned on me how fucking awful it was. End of. How do you not understand why I hate the game outright? I didn't buy WaW as it was pretty much an MW1 clone but WW2. My brother did buy it, I played it and proved myself right. BO is a balanced call of duty but it still has bad-map faults & underlying problems with the gamecode.

Have you never picked up a game, stuck with it for a few hours then decided you never want to play it again?

As for not wanting to buy its sequel even though sequels are *supposed* to be improvements. I doubt 4 developers in 6 months can make a working multiplayer out of a god-awful one AND keep the game fresh, exciting & innovative. I have seen gameplay, I have tried to give it the benefit of the doubt, but after watching CoD XP and those lying bastards at IW/Activision say all MW multiplayer is ever about is making balanced, competitive multiplayer; they shot themselves in the foot there.

 

[GonzoGamer]

My wife will want to play with her friends so we will probably get MW3 in the first week.
As for the Doretos/MtDew thing, it does seem like it should be sponsored by whatever drug company that makes insulin.

We do get Doritos from time to time anyway, so we might get a swing at the double xp thing but I don't think we're going to get any more than we would normally get and we're certainly not getting it FOR the xp.

We don't do the whole multi-prestige thing anyway so we don't mind leveling up at the normal rate.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I've bought almost every CoD game up to Black Ops. After MW2 I was disappointed with the campaign (in quality and length). Also the modern setting doesn't really do it for me as WWII did. I don't give the tiniest shit about online multiplayer so I'm saving my money from now on, and buying other games instead. Next month I'm getting Skyrim and Saint's Row 3 (funds permitting) either game will cost me less, and have many, many more hours of enjoyment.

As for the promotion I'm not familiar with it, but I don't see much of a problem with it. then again, as I said, I couldn't care less about the multiplayer.

 

[JMan]

To get back on topic, I haven't heard of the Doritos XP thing but I do know that they are doing it with Mountain Dew which is fine to me because I drink Mountain Dew all the time anyway.

 

[GoGrapefruit]

I'll wait until the price drops.

Jesus Christ Modern Warfare 1 is still £20

 

[Shoggoth2588]

When the price drops I'm going to grab MW3. The Doritos XP thing sounds pretty cool even if it is a marketing ploy. Even if I did grab MW3 on day one I'd probably avoid the doritos. I'm not against doritos I just prefer funions and, ruffles a whole lot more.

Honestly I'm more disappointed in the Mountain Dew (sorry, Mtn Dew). When Halo and Wow had Mountain Dews, it came in 2 flavors, neither of which being the original flavor. Then again, those were both Mountain Dew Gamer Fuel. The MW3 thing is just Mtn Dew (according to the boxes, cans and, bottles)

 

[Bvenged]

They're not crappy dates, they're what I've researched - The campaign was 6 hours of nonsensical scripted bull, I played the spec ops with a friend for a few hours and then when it came to the multiplayer (the usp of the game, I might add) I tolerated it to a degree before it dawned on me how fucking aweful it was. End of. How do you not understand why I hate the game outright?

If by researched you mean wrote a bunch of random dates on paper and pulled one out of a hat then it might be believeable. But if you actually took a couple seconds to look around on the internet you would see you are obviously way off.


I understand perfectly why you hate the game so much. Its because you and me have different tastes in games and saying anything else on the subject is uselss. What I dont understand is why people continue to play games that do not like.

http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/Call_of_Duty:_Modern_Warfare_3

there's one source; not 100% reliable I must add as I'm not a fan of wiki's. But it's off the first page on google. It was confirmed pre-production on the 9th April. My mistake, off by 20 days. Still falls in the same month, still little over 6 months total production.

EDIT: Still not worth £45 for a rehash of MW1 & MW2 plus crappy workmanship, crappy community & a random assortment of game breaking bugs. AS for the lack of testing? Alpha testing WAS the CoD XP event, Beta testing is behind closed doors (the least efficient testing possible).

 

[chuckey]

If I am going to get MW, I'll get it the week after christmas at my local Target. That one week they slash $20 off new or popular games.This means I'll only spend $30- $40(depending if I get a gift card from work). I think $30-$40 is fair for MW3. NOT $60.

 

[Bvenged]

You do realise that games are often in development for months even years before they are officially announced.

Yes, but in this case MW3 did not start production until after pre-production. pre-production being "got any ideas for what we can put in the game?" and production being "better start making it"; and that stage (pre-production) was confirmed to be in progress in april. So realistically the game wasn't even in development until AFTER 9th April.

You do realise that games are often in development for months even years before they are officially announced.

You do realise that games are often in development for months even years before they are officially announced.

You do realise that games are often in development for months even years before they are officially announced.

What you said there was so important I quoted you 3 extra times over it. YES, yes & yes, games should, need and almost always ARE in production for years (3 years BF3, 4 years Skyrim). It's paramount time is spent on a game as a rush product is faulty and poor quality. which is exactly my argument for MW2's poor engine, MW3's imminent faults & a reason why most of IW split off away from Activision to work with EA. Because Activision whore money out and demand devs to make the next CoD each November.

 

[Griffolion]

I'll probably get it when the price drops.

And by price drop I mean when the game is -£5, because there's no chance in hell i'm ever parting with my money for a CoD game.

And because Activision will never in a million years drop the price of MW3 to anything below £40, -£5 is an "over my dead body" situation.

And by "over my dead body" I mean that, should my corpse somehow animate itself and try to play MW3, my spirit will try very hard to stop it anyway (shorting out the electrics with ectoplasm etc).

As you can see, for me, probably not.

 

[Gorilla Gunk]

Have you never picked up a game, stuck with it for a few hours then decided you never want to play it again?

10+ hours isn't "a few."

 

[Sunrider]

Oh joy, another thread talking about how games like COD, or "casual" games like the Wii's library are ruining the quality of games as a whole.

Get off your high horse. Just because you don't like somthing or don't want to buy it doesn't mean it's bad.

So very this.

Your avatar was perfect for that post.
And your post count is just WHAT THE FUCK.

 

[Bvenged]

10+ hours isn't "a few."[/quote]

It is when you play of ran hour a day, every OTHER day for a few weeks. Then go "why am I putting up with this, it's nothing like MW1 and it's trash".

Edit; repost with actual quotes

 

[Bvenged]

10+ hours isn't "a few."

It is when you play for an hour a day, every OTHER day for a few weeks. Then go "why am I putting up with this, it's nothing like MW1 and it's trash".

 

[Gorilla Gunk]

Most people can tell if they don't like a game within the first hour or two.

Not you I guess, had to stretch that shit out over a couple of weeks before you decided it was your worst game ever.