Modern Warfare 2 - Page 2

I'm so going to rampage the shit out of you guys when MC2 is released. On a serious note, I'm actually digging that it's a true sequel. I would have liked to have seen some gunplay but hey for a first real look I'm content.

So. Excited.

Mother of God....

Looks pretty great. Seems they are kinda abandoning the war type scenario and going all action. That not necessarily a bad thing.

Had no real interest in Call of Duty up until that trailer, now it's looking like a release day purchase and that is built entirely on how cool the snow based stuff looked.

More and more, the fact that they dropped the CoD from the title makes me happy. This is just operating on a whole different level from the non-Infinity Ward titles in this series.

I still hate giving Activision money, though.

Fuck. YES.

There's no way I can wait to Christmas for this sucker. Day one purchase for sure.

When I played the first demo for COD4 I was actually a little pissed off. You fought wave after wave of Werhmacht I mean Middle Eastern dudes, some wielding Panzershreks I mean RPG-7s....they even had you planting explosives on an AA gun! It felt like all the same shit from COD2 that I was already bored with, and barely improved graphics it seemed.

Then the game came out, and it was still mostly similar gameplay, but holy wow that story - it was this completely over-the-top Tom Clancy 24 adventure. And the Chernobyl sniper mission? Beautiful. I could not stop laughing with utter glee when Capt. Price slid the .45 at you at the end...

I still hate the whole "PRESS F TO ESCAPE DRAMATICALLY" thing that COD2 and especially COD4 did, but the crazy storyline and characters more than make up for that for me.

So this trailer, with the shopping malls and crowded airports and even more characters?
African militiamen in aviator shades out of Black Hawk Down?
James Bond snowmobile chases?
Ridiculous castle/DOOM FORTRESS bristling with AA guns and probably stuffed to the gills with Cobra soldiers/HYDRA agents? (hopefully the escape at end of the trailer isn't the ending bit of the game...)
I am pretty sure the guy with the mohawk is Soap MacTavish....which is hilarious.

I cannot wait for Season 2.

Well, gentlemen, if you'll excuse me, I have to go change my pants. Oh, it's going to be another one of those busy holiday seasons where I buy a ton of games and don't play them, isn't it? Can't wait.

So far, there's this, Bioshock 2, God of War 3, Brutal Legend, and Assassin's Creed 2.

That's $300 i need to start stealing from my food budget right there.

On top of that - AvP's out at the same time as MW2. I may have to resort to renting AvP until I can afford otherwise.

EDIT: And Uncharted 2!

While you guys are out there diversifying your gaming portfolio, I'll be at home with MC2 honing my skills, perfecting the RAMPAGE! Remember that when you reach for another game. I may not have the skills to school you at Madden, I may not have the jump technique down in Halo, but what I do have is a particular set of skills(at COD.) Skills that will help me find you and when I find you, I WILL kill you.

I doubt even the terrifying skills you wield will be enough to slay me over on the PSN.

The all CHUD games we will have on XBL (bring it, PSN!) will be the stuff of legends.

PSN has nothing on the XBL Chud crew. We (XBL CHUD) created the Rampage good sir. If you don't believe me, take Doc's word for it. We've had enough RPG wars to shame you boys on the PSN. No offense to your hardware as I'd love a PS3, but the XBL Chud contingency far outweighs that of the PSN and we were hip to CoD4 from day one.

All I took away from that post was that you guys on XBL enjoy a nice chat.

Fascinating.

On the PSN we prefer to solve problems by shooting them.

In the face.

ETA: Just to avoid the inevitable back and forth: With our horrible DualShock SIXAXIS controllers and often broken (but free!) multiplayer. But hey, integrated WiFi, Blu-ray, Bluetooth, and upgradable hard drives. Hooray, everyone can quit console war BS!

If they're lucky.

Is that because you guys are "all action" with one another. Gay pun intended. Or is it because your crummy free "network" does not allow enough bandwidth to use the headsets? Bees?! I'm sure you lot on PSN have some decent matches and probably play the game fairly well. However, I'm entirely sure your definition of Rampage and mine are entirely different.

Which makes the gay pun WAY funnier.

14-year-old trash talk aside, what's this talk of bandwidth issues on headsets? I've never heard of any issues there?

It was a cheap joke. Nothing more. I'm sure PSN works fine but I had to come up with something to go along with your "we are all business no talk" post.

Seriously though, I really do wish all the CHUD CoD players were on the same system, whichever one it would be. All Chud games NEVER fail at awesomeness. Anytime me and Doc are on opposite teams an RPG war is ensured. And Schlonk is no slough with an SMG either. I'm not sure what other's think of my gameplay as I tend to get over the top aggressive and can be quite bitchy on a terrible team, but I'm sure they at least enjoy the insanity a good Rampage brings. You know, things like knifing 4 & 5 guys in a row just for shits and giggles, and RPG' a guy from behind when knifing him would work just fine.

ETA: Ignore this since B_Metal posted before.

Yes, I haven't heard of any bandwidth issues either except that when using the standard Bluetooth headset profile, there is a limit on the quality of audio that can be sent/received from the headset. This issue can be somewhat avoided by using the official Sony headset which has advanced HQ modes to allow for higher quality audio. As I've said though, I've never really had an issue with it.

How rude, I never accused you of being all business and no talk - quite the opposite

See, i'm happy with us having our own formats - but i've said this before, CoD4 could have been the perfect game to have multiplayer cross-format compatible. It would have been an absolute mess, but no moreso than the initial launch was anyway. Obviously invites and things would have been a nightmare, and Infinity Ward would have had to put up their own ID system - another pain, but still.

Would be great for situations like this - especially since nobody I know owns a 360, making it especially difficult to justify buying one for online play alone.

What's odd, B_Metal, is that I don't usually go for the rocket launcher. Sure, I enjoy it, but it's not my go to secondary weapon; it's just that I find your face in need of a good rocketing whenever we end up on the opposite side is all. Nothing personal, I just can't help it!

I'll be back in rampage mode once this hits.

Bees. Cross platform multiplayer is impossible. It's the video game equivalent of alchemy - technological wishful thinking best suited for amateur poets and tavern bards to write and sing fanciful tales about. Have you even seen a Sony electron? They're like three times bigger than Microsoft electrons. They don't even fit in the same tubes most of the time.

I'll make it fit dammit.

Is what I tell Mrs Bees?!

When i'm describing electrons.

Haiku?

I'll Haiku you in a minute, Irish. Where were you earlier when there was talk of rampaging?

It did make me go online. Yet another prestige out of the way. 4 more to go.

I will play this game until my hands fall off. There will be rampage. Oh yes. THERE WILL BE RAMPAGE INDEED.

I will fully admit to being the kind of guy that makes you want to RPG me. Especially on CoD. It's like a Banner/Hulk thing. That being said, I still love CoD with and against chewers, even the bad games have a certain greatness to them. I only put RPG on my LMG class to help with helicopters. But for you Doc, RPG. to. the. face.

Anything you guys are hoping MW2 keeps from CoD:WaW? I realize Infinity Ward is seemingly distancing themselves from the other CoD, and I pretty much hated WaW compared to CoD4, but I have to admit there were a few improvements and interesting additions(no, not talking about the zombies, which were great).

15 or 20 kill streaks should result in a helicopter that drops dogs. With flamethrowers on their backs.

How about dogs with zombies in their mouths and when they bark they shoot zombies at you?

Just a thought..

The only thing WaW offered that I thought was an improvement was the co-op, both zombie and non-zombie.

Dogs are amusing, but they're just as annoying as a helicopter and therefore hardly an improvement.

I listed off a bunch of things that I felt were better(all multiplayer related, I loathed the campaign, but I've never been a big fan of them with CoD anyway), let's see if I can remember...

I quite like the dogs, the way assist points worked, the improved server system(picking a new host instead of booting everyone when the host quits), the violence and loss of limbs, the tanks, the flamethrower, and a few things I can't remember at the moment.

CoD4 walks all over WaW as far as level design, weapons, and hit detection(and graphics to a certain extent).

The zombie mode was the only thing I outright loved in WaW. Well that, and torching palm trees.

Interesting you mention the kill streak drops. I still think those just unbalance the game. Yes, they're fun to use and watch a kill count rocket but you're already kicking some ass. Giving you a pat on the back and saying, "Way to kill. Here. Now you do it BETTER," always always always always felt off. I think a huge streak, like 20 kills in a row, you get it. Or, hell, give it to the losing team. They're 20 kills down in a first to 50 game, give 'em a shot in the arm. Maybe it's what they need. Who know. Just one of the things that bugged me about multi.

Well, that and bullshit miracle grenade kills. FUCK THAT. If some lucky fuck nailed me from across the goddamn map with a wing and a prayer grenade throw, don't fucking show the kill cam. It'll just piss me off more and convince me your game is broken.

Lucky grenade kills are usually thrown at people who tend to run to the same spots over and over. Not saying you do that but there are just certain places you KNOW a nade will kill 90% of the time. As to the multiplay drops? Love 'em. You can shoot the helicopter down and the airstrikes were crap as you couldn't predict where they'd land.

Oh and the losing team should be rewarded............................... With a sound beating, that is all.

Special Edition game packages officially become insane.

Night vision goggles? Really? I'll probably get the Hardened Edition.

It's so completely uneccesary, ridiculous and awesome at the same time.

I'm buying one of those prestige editions and flogging it on ebay.

Call of Duty went back into the title due to some market research, ja? Something about the name recognition dropping ridiculously and people not realising what it was.

Dumbasses.

Video games don't need to be inching further towards the opening weekend gross mentality of films. It annoys me. People will be pretty quick to catch on as to what the game is.

Pretty much. Not surprising, given the company. Supposedly, one of the big reasons Guitar Hero outsells Rock Band is because Guitar Hero is "what everyone's always played".

I'm not a fan of buying retarded special editions with shit I'll never use. I just want the fucking game, and some maps. I don't need a fucking lunchbox, nightvision goggles, realdoll of Soap.... Hey Infinity Ward! How about instead of crap like this, you release more than 1 fucking map pack this time.

THIS. End of story.

It's the only reason I sold my game. I couldn't deal with those maps anymore.

Heh, I still love most of the maps that crop up. Even Bloc!

It's always been about who you play with, not what you're playing on. In one way, i'm kinda happy they didn't ask for more of my money.

They could have had a free map pack, you know, like Call of Duty 2 did and then charge for another. It just seems so lame to only add three or four maps and one is a reskin from CoD2.

According to IGN

I'm holding out for a new Jurassic Park game that comes with JP branded nightvision goggles, myself.