Modern Warfare 2 Averaging a 1.3/10

I quite resent this comment because not everyone has good internet. As is especially the case with most people in Australia.

http://www.gamearena.com.au/pc/games/title/modern-warfare-2/reviews.php?id=5033868

Looking from this review, it's quite obvious that people are having problems with connection, especially when the majority of broadband users in Australia use ADSL, which is quite inadequate (and the remainder using ADSL2+ or cable, which are both horrendously slow). To host up to 18 people on our crappy connections would be a total nightmare, and the loss of dedicated servers really killed it for me. To think of shuffling from server to server to find a good game is just appalling and definitely something PC players mustn't go through.

 

they should've just make a MW 2 campaign edition that costs 30-40 bucks or something for PC since they obviously don't care how MP works for us

oh btw i predict that MW2 will be the most pirated game this century. because the only difference between buying the game and pirating game is the ability to play MP. now that MP is half ruined, i don't think people would justify 60$ for 5 hours of awesome gameplay experience.

 

9v9 multiplayer just isn't my thing, neither is matchmaking. I liked cod4 so much because i loved the 24 vs 24 servers, despite all the spawn kills it was still fun.

 

People who have never played the game are trashing it. The single player campaigns of Call of Duty have always been excellent. Well, at least the Call of Duty from IW. Oh well. I'm not the one missing out on the fun. Enjoy your non-excellent FPS experience.

 

Of course undoubtedly single player will be quite amazing. But alas, multiplayer has always been the heart and soul of the CoD series... a short single player campaign and a broken multiplayer system doesn't justify its price (for PC). Of course, one could always "obtain" the game by other means for the sole purpose of single player...

 

98% of the PC community *might* have canceled their preorders, but how many have or will pick it up within the next few days? Today also brings in a HUGE influx of new players who preordered from STEAM.

Either way, there certainly is no lack of people online to play with.

 

I was a big skeptic about the online MP, but im finding that I am actually enjoying it quite a bit.

SP is short but sweet (still wish it was longer, but it was pretty awesome).

MP is not that bad lag-wise. Out of the 15+ multiplayer matches I have played I have only experienced lag in like 2-3 of the matches. I really thought I was going to hate it being 9v9, but the maps are such a size and made in such a way that 9v9 isn't a problem.

 

I am finding the SP to be quite hard, very intense and pretty compelling.... Played 1.5 hours last night, I am on the second mission in Brazil... is that far?

 

1.5 hours means youve beat half the game

 

If you are playing Normal like all the sissies around here.

 

If he is playing on hardened or veteran ( how the game was meant to be played) he easily has 4-6 hours left.

 

haha i am i am struggling with the brazil missions too.

 

yeah there are alot goin down in rio in the missions....died several times on normal..lol in 3rd brazil mission now.

 

why is brazil so hard.. the other parts have been significantly easier.

spoiler



anyone else think that ranger mission in the states is super epic.... it was like FPS shooter version of World In Conflict, almost the exact!

 

I find myself at point a lot in Brazil, which makes it harder than in the previous missions.

Reminds me of the SAS Village misssion in MW1 where you had helicopter support and had to fight all the way up to the farmhouse where the Arab guy was in. You are on point the whole way through.


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I remember when I first got CoD2. I would of started at normal, but my ex had went with me to get the game. So I picked veteran when I loaded it up cause she was watching. I tore through it and I have never looked back. And they says cheerleaders aren't essential to competition.....

 

I'm playing on veteran atm, i just got to the snowy submarine mission
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I'm finding the veteran on this game easier than it was on CoD4, i mean during Cod4's sniper mission where you have to survive, that took me a long long time to beat on veteran

 

I wasn't aware that if you purchase a hard copy of the game that you still need Steam. I bought the PC version for my dad but I would like to install it on my computer as well. Is this not possible since we would be using the same key with our separate Steam accounts?

 

3 people using the same game....... sounds a bit like stealing to me? Yes you need 3 copies to all play legally at the same time of course, single player or not......as it should be.

Or share the game on 1 comp and play 1 at a time... what am I missing?

 

First of all, if you read my post correctly, I was asking about me and my dad - which means 2 people. Second, I just paid $60 for the game - I will not pay another $60 so that another member of my own family that lives in the same household gets to play it when I have a perfectly legal copy sitting in front of me right now. That's ridiculous and just plain stupid if you ask me. I'm not giving it to my friends, I'm not handing it out to anyone else. If you really buy multiple copies of the same game so that people in your own house can play them then I feel sorry for you.

 

Agreed, the copy i have is from a friend. I skipped out on this one because of the multiplayer, but seriously if you need 3 copies of the same game to play it with 3 people in the same house, that is just dumb. May as well pay 3x the price for family dvds then right?

 

I beat it on release, and played online until the servers crashed (I'm on PS3) but I really don't see what the hype was about. The plot was predictable and the weapons don't seem different from each other. You just pick which weapon one you think looks better. People die in just a couple shots from an m4, and you can snipe with an mp5 from across the map. Multiplayer is, overall, meh. It feels less call of duty and more battlefield bad company.

That being said, I'm going to go play online now. cya

 

Can you say $310million in 24 hours?

And that's just the US and UK market.

 

lol at the attempts to inform the general 50-60 year old public on how video games work these days.

 

Lol, also the shares only rose 6 cents? Weird.

 

So much negative rep and still raking it in! I just don't get it

 

Good thing the market price of shares rises and falls with transaction, and not sales.

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While all the lamers are busy hating, the rest of us are busy actually playing the game.

 

High sales were expected, so most of the value was incorporated into their shares before that happened - otherwise anyone could buy shares in anything before a release and make money.

Was quite funny, a really large bunch of guys I work with queued up at midnight to buy MW2 and then took the following day off work (also asked the Managing Director of a giant firm to join a MW2 clan on our company talkback site). I just bought it in my lunch break on that day and playing it casually. Multiplayer looks nice, feels a bit like Combat Arms style now, but also game feels rushed and there's not much atmosphere even compared to MW1 multiplayer. I'm not in a rush to get into it, I'll enjoy the SP, try the spec ops and once the ranking-rush is over I'll pop back into MP. But if they ruin the MP atmosphere in Diablo 3... by god no amount of game-sales will protect them from my private rank 2 wrath!

 

lIes! MW2 is the best why cant anyone admit it?

 

Looking like ill just skip this even for the 360 maybe finally pick up Waw or pick up borderlands shame that the games not living up to the hype.

 

I thought sales = Higher shares. Im not really into Stock Market and things like that so i know nothing, lol

 

It's a bit off topic. But think of it like scalping tickets. Lets say the last game of the NY giants season is sold out. Eli announces he'll retire at the end of the season.

But the game is sold out. That means late comers to the party have to buy from scalpers, which can sell them at a higher price (market value) because there is no one else to buy from.

Now if no one was buying tickets, then the value would never go up (no demand).

When you take an econ class, it will make sense.



It is no surprise that MW2 is selling like hotcakes. It's hard to go wrong with hyping an AC 130 perk.

Come on, who doesn't want to drop 105 shells from the sky.

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Now the share prices right before Activision/Blizzard announced their profits for the end of the quarter will go up when they post they made more money than what people expected. When the people hear that, they'll rush to buy shares of the company, driving up the price of the shares.

That's what you are thinking of.

 

I'm not sure if they did. MW2 was going to make an immense amount of money and everybody knew it (notice how many games got pushed to to 2010...). It did make an immense amount of money, but it's not clear if it made more than expected.

 

This game is really good.

IWNet is not as bad as you may all think. Just watch some youtube videos and you will all see it is pretty good. I think it is very fun. Maybe you all should try it out too.

 

This is true.

Pretty much everyone expected the game to do well.

Another weird thing with games is they do well even during a recession.

Guys consider video games as essential, unlike stuff like houses and cars.

:laugh:

 

In terms of entertainment, mr. economics, games are inferior goods. People have to be entertained sometimes, so when their real income goes down they substitute games for more expensive forms of entertainment. Unfortunately I'm still poor, which means I substitute buying games for downloading games. No skin off my back

 

OHHHHHHHH Thats what i was thinking about, Lol.

Well congrats to MW2 they are now averaging a 1.4!

 

No I would just let them play on my computer........ if you and your dad need to play at the same time buy another copy.

 

You're not welcome here anymore!

 

90% of anything in the media operates in the same manner. the people who buy into the MW2 hype are the same type of consumers who make britney spears a millionare.

 

It's easy. Cause the negative press didn't come from the press, but from people who have no life and no influence.

 

lol, people who's opinions actually matter thought it was great though.

 

Most of the ppl that gave it low ratings actually did that for mission three I bet, I'm personally BURNING to get and play the game, but too bad I dont have a rig just yet, gonna wait for some benchmarks and see how midrange laptops play it. But Overall, the game is a Smash despite the "Kinda" short single player.

 

Hm, your Alienware is dead

It seems like the newer mid ranged cards run this game pretty well(GT 240/4670)

 

My setup is quite average, and I had it on high settings; was smooth throughout.

 

I'm downloading it from steam as we speak.....IT NEEDS TO HURRY ONLY 21 percent done

EDIT: 58 percent now :/

 

I think that score is mostly due to mass protesters who are mad about the limitations to the PC version of MW2.]

That said, DICE can capitalize on this if BF:BC2 lives up to the hype...

 

I have been playing mw2 for that last 2 hours, only mp for now. I LOVE IT. it reminds me so much of cod4 on the 360 except with way better graphics and stuff. Is there anyway to enable vsync? because there is some ripping of frames when I play at max settings

 

Here is a real review this one speaks all of the flaws in MW2 especally the PC version

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30501433/vp/33844922#33844922

Also a 2nd petition and more PC users hating the game and more articles of bashing the game which is true
http://www.infinityward.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=173334

 

I have become addicted to MP.... its awesome!!! but I have yet to get more than +5 kills in a row so no AC-130 for me

Played with a few NBR guys last night was a good time.

Also spec. ops is pretty cool, have a little trouble finding people to play with tho

if you want to play spec ops with me add Jester87 and ill play.

 

Anyways, it went up to 1.7 now.