Modern Warfare 2

[Sureshot]

Sales of PS3 are still lower than any expectations, even updated ones get it wrong. Combined with a naff ?:€ rate, it will force some publishers to increase.

They built for a console expecting to reach an audience which had maybe 30-50% more customers than it actually has. Something has to give.

Anyway, if it's a great game, why should it be the same as other games? You pay more for better cars, TV, computers, etc.

 

[cnbd_novice]

cnbd_novice added couple days later...

402 explains Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer video

cnbd_novice added another couple days later...

Screenies found on XBL Marketplace:

HD renders of US and UK soldiers I posted on the last page:

Two specops characters were revealed by IW a while ago (1, 2)...

 

[cnbd_novice]

New multiplayer video:

Some leaked SP/co-op footages

UK OXM and PSM3 scans of MW2

 

[Hooper]

My girlfriend is going to hate me.

 

[cnbd_novice]

Update#1

Maaassive plug ahead - part 1.

First off, IW held a big multiplayer reveal event for press journalists a while ago. They talked about new perks, weapons, emblems/callsigns, attachments, killstreaks, deathstreaks...

Main points of their presentations here (minus the 250GB limited edition Xbox 360):

Ok fine the LE Xbox 360:

Sample low-quality multiplayer gameplay here:

Sniper+Akimbo:

Riot shields:

If you care about MP a bit more, check out Modern Warfare 2 Video Game | Reviews, Trailers & Interviews | GameTrailers.com for hellload of stuff from the 3 maps I-Dub showed off (about making the game more "accessible").

IGN: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Achievements Unveiled

Awesome new Inside Xbox: The OXM Report vid talking about MW2:

If you're curious about the said Nov OXM edition, here it is:



On to co-op:

All vids are from the same level, but w/e.

So yeah, stuff I forgot to post on here. Some more MW2 stuff that is also making me incredibly horny I'll post here later on regardless of if anyone cares or not (including the new trailer coming out today, and SP and leaked spoilers) - hopefully when I get some sleep first.

 

[cnbd_novice]

NEW "Infamy" TRAILER:

OH YEAH OHH YES YESS YESSS!!!!

 

[Hooper]

*comes in pants*

 

[iridescentt]

This video from IGN goes into depth about the video that cnbd_novice has just posted above.

 

[shan111]

I hope IW manages to keep the balance in MP.. with so many perks/attachments and specifically with 'Pro' perks and shortened KS rewards, it would be a helluva job to keep everything balanced in MP.

Also, it seems that the snipers are going to be a real pain in the a*s. With silnced SR , Automatic shottie and Tactical insertion they will now become more than a handful in CQC too (bad for ninja players like me). Imagine sneaking into a room with two snipers happily scoping, knifing them, and then they knife you right back because you have not noticed the TI beacon was also in the room.

From the videos, it's not possible to accurately judge the size of maps. I mean, in COD 4, the maps were not big IMO. Except Overgrown and Creek (and some medium maps like Srtike and CTown) all the maps were relatively small.. COD WAW got the size right as Outskirts or Seelow or Cliffside were really big and then there were some small, CQC map like Asylum, Station along with medium sized maps like Courtyard, Nightfire etc. I hope IW picks up the size of maps from where WAW left.

The graphics looks really crisp from the videos. I hope they have improved the audio all around (especially the directional cues, as footsteps got muddled with other sounds and sometime in you could'nt make out how many enemies are there). Again, COD WAW reproduced sounds more accurately and the sound quality was also better in terms of listening experience.
Roll on November 10th!

 

[MasterBlaster76]

I've heard that it's not going to have dedicated servers on PC. I don't know much about how all that works, but does that mean getting a game is going to be a nightmare? It has some system called 'IW Net', or something...

 

[pingusten]

I've heard that it's not going to have dedicated servers on PC. I don't know much about how all that works, but does that mean getting a game is going to be a nightmare? It has some system called 'IW Net', or something...

I cancelled my pre-order as a result of this. Ridiculous decision. There's a petition up which has 120,000 signitures in just under 3 days, according to IW's Twitter they are going to respond at some point.

Basically, no dedicated servers = 10v10 and the host is the one with the best connection. No mods, no 40v40, no hardcore modes, and worse of all, lag. And lots of it. Taking dedicated servers out of a PC game is ripping the heart out.

 

[cnbd_novice]

I might be a SP-whore, but it doesn't pain me from saying that IW's probably never going to fix it. The fact that they keep telling its PC fanbase about why IW.net is a good idea, while ignoring their main complaints on why it's not - show the direction they want to take the franchise in. Increased price, no special editions (lack of the original CoD on PC remake), and no dedicated servers for PCs make you wonder how even 2 years can make this much difference:

Petition: Modern Warfare 2 Petition

Those of you wondering what IWnet means...for everyone:

R.I.P
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If the above doesn't affect you in anyway, GTTV revealed overviews of 4 SpecOps level a while ago.

IGN also showed a bit of a SP level (fully leaked before) and those 4 SpecOps levels here.

 

[iridescentt]

I ended up not pre-ordering COD: MW 2. Instead I've decided to resist the temptation and hold out for a week and hear the reviews and feedback about the servers and the game in general.

 

[MaD]

Exactly what i've done, i'm probably not going to get it, CoD 4 FTW, no need for CoD4 2

 

[gudduthemaster]

Spoiler

a new video is leaked all over the Net,showing that you have to play as Terrorist in Some level,and you have to kill innocent people in an Airport
For More:-
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6238205.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;1