CoD: MW2
I caved...
Gave myself CoD6 for Christmas, and despite some of the annoyances and gripes already mentioned in the community, I'm not regretting it.
The SP campaign was short, but awesome!!!
Special Ops is a fun addition and change of pace where you get to run short missions (single-, or two player) against time in various difficulty levels, and MP is overloaded with unlocks and perks as expected. I'm not a big fan of some of the things IW stripped from the PC version, but I will say that joining as a party to play on the same server is a breeze through Steam. It works almost exactly like Xfire and adding people to a party and joining a game isn't hard at all.
The only downfall I've seriously encountered is not being able to play the same map over and over (for the purpose of learning it, or simply because you like the map) unless you host a private game. IWNet decides the map for you, while you only get to choose the game type - that's annoying! This in turn has led to a very steep learning curve in MP, trying to learn all of the 16 new maps, while at the same time leveling up and unlocking weapons, attachments and perks to stand a fighting chance against the better players. The 6v6 and 9v9 games are perfectly fine as there seems to be more than enough action and close combat to go around even with fewer players, and it also makes you "dislike" certain people on your side that drag the team down (since every player is more important if they don't hold their own), hehe.
Server migration doesn't happen often, and usually only on less favored maps and/or game types. I've yet to see it happen in Team Deathmatch...
I will say this though, I'm having a helluva good time and it still feels like Call of Duty IMHO, only better looking and more difficult (for the time being)!
Gave myself CoD6 for Christmas, and despite some of the annoyances and gripes already mentioned in the community, I'm not regretting it.
The SP campaign was short, but awesome!!!
Special Ops is a fun addition and change of pace where you get to run short missions (single-, or two player) against time in various difficulty levels, and MP is overloaded with unlocks and perks as expected. I'm not a big fan of some of the things IW stripped from the PC version, but I will say that joining as a party to play on the same server is a breeze through Steam. It works almost exactly like Xfire and adding people to a party and joining a game isn't hard at all.
The only downfall I've seriously encountered is not being able to play the same map over and over (for the purpose of learning it, or simply because you like the map) unless you host a private game. IWNet decides the map for you, while you only get to choose the game type - that's annoying! This in turn has led to a very steep learning curve in MP, trying to learn all of the 16 new maps, while at the same time leveling up and unlocking weapons, attachments and perks to stand a fighting chance against the better players. The 6v6 and 9v9 games are perfectly fine as there seems to be more than enough action and close combat to go around even with fewer players, and it also makes you "dislike" certain people on your side that drag the team down (since every player is more important if they don't hold their own), hehe.
Server migration doesn't happen often, and usually only on less favored maps and/or game types. I've yet to see it happen in Team Deathmatch...
I will say this though, I'm having a helluva good time and it still feels like Call of Duty IMHO, only better looking and more difficult (for the time being)!
Last edited by Lawndart on Thu Dec 24, 2009 10:32 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Some good stuff, including guides and news.
http://www.mw2blog.com/
Some of the topics:
Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Guide
(How to not suck at Modern Warfare 2) by James Cavin
Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Maps
Pictures straight out of the BradyGames Strategy Guide <-- Very handy for multiplayer action!!!
http://www.mw2blog.com/
Some of the topics:
Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Guide
(How to not suck at Modern Warfare 2) by James Cavin
Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Maps
Pictures straight out of the BradyGames Strategy Guide <-- Very handy for multiplayer action!!!
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I've been playing the SP and Spec Ops (2 player co-op) missions the past few days with friends on console and I have to say it's not bad. I agree with Ray Ray, it is definitely a CoD game.
That said I tried the multi on a PS3 last week and it was a messy frag fest where cheap and easy tactics seemed to be encouraged.
That said I tried the multi on a PS3 last week and it was a messy frag fest where cheap and easy tactics seemed to be encouraged.
MW2 Multiplayer Map Layouts scanned from the Official BradyGames Strategy Guide can be found here.
Great resource to enhance your SA and for communicating to your team buddies.
Great resource to enhance your SA and for communicating to your team buddies.
Did you call it in to hover over an area where you knew enemies were? Usually (unless someone has a launcher) the location of where you call in the Harrier makes the most difference in adding up kills. Drop it over the enemies spawn and you'll see what I mean!
The first Harrier drops an airstrike on the target, the second one in remains over the target area for a while using its cannon.
The first Harrier drops an airstrike on the target, the second one in remains over the target area for a while using its cannon.
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I think I know what happened! They played BC2 and can't come out of their shell.kotaku.com wrote:The news first hit yesterday afternoon, when G4 reported that IW heads Vince Zampella and Jason West had met with Activision, after which neither were seen from again by staffers and "a bunch of bouncer-types" showed up outside Infinity Ward's offices.
...but by no means and joking aside, that is suspicious.