So, MW2 has been out for a month...how is it?

Yeah, the negative hype makes the game look way worse than it is. I've seen shopped (or at least, extremely unfortunate) screenshots of multiplayer scoreboards showing one guy with 4 green bars with 20,000 points, and the other 8 players with one red bar and a couple hundred points each. Trust me, the game is NOTHING like that.

If you ask me, shotguns should all be single only. Firing a shotgun with one hand would probably break your wrist.

 

What's funny is, I absolutely love the fact that there are no dedicated servers in MW2. I personally HATE dedicated servers in PC games, because they're almost always modded. I really hated it in Left 4 Dead, although that wasn't too bad since you could filter for official servers.

I think I even heard it as a quote from one of the MW2 devs, and I 100% agree with him- I want to play the game the way it is meant to be played. For some reason there are all these PC gamers who think they know better than the designers and artists and developers who spent so much time and money making the game the way they believe it should be made.

 

There is seriously no problem with P2P, if they could region lock though, that would fix the number one problem with lag, I should not be playing with people from UK, EU, and AU from Canada, it just makes for a crap connection. Im not sure why they choose to do that to be honest. And a better judge of good connections for better hsoting would be great. I have a greta line for connection to anyone, so I usually never have lag, but my upload speed is brutal, so playing off my connection is bad.

Also, I agree Mastershroom, its absolute sillyness to have dual shot guns, while the game is not meant to be very realistic, that is just too far. The fact that the 1887s basically have no spread at max range means you can get a kill at max range from one gun, I use to use them all the time and was a amazed at some of the kills I got, couldnt believe it. If range or spread at range was reduced it would be much more even, but this game would be better off witout ANY akimbo shotguns. It works for pistols and subs, as you cannot pick people off who are in cover very easily at all, and that is the downside, you shouldnt be able to pick people off because its inaccurate.

 

Yeah, I could understand dual-wielding M9's or Glock 18's or even some smaller SMGs like the MP5K's, but full-sized SMG's (P90) and certain handguns (.44 magnum, Desert Eagle) shouldn't be dual-wieldable.

 

The P90 is completely stable one handed. That was one of it selling points

 

Ah, well then I may just be stupid. I've never fired a gun in my life, but the P90 looks awfully big for that.

 

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That is a glitch not a hack. It is going to be fixed in a patch soon if it hasn't already. http://www.infinityward.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=219166

 

Sorry, I totally disagree with all those who say that P2P connections are superior to/as good as dedicated servers for PC MP gaming. There is no question that playing on a well moderated dedicated server running a strong connection beats the c$#p out of playing an unmoderated game hosted on some player's personal system with an ADSL line. The comparison is so ridiculous that it's not even worth defending the P2P setup.

Besides, it's not true that 'most' dedicated servers are modded; there is always a good mix of unmodded/modded, low/high ping, popular/empty servers for all popular MP games. The issue is about choice: I want to pick the servers on which I wish to play, end of story. I don't need the chaps at IW dictating the terms of my MP gameplay after I've already shelled out $XYZ for their 'game' (and no, I don't wish to play it 'the way the devs intended' if their idea of gameplay borders on the moronic ).

I haven't played MW2, but I know people who have, and I trust their feedback completely. Their unanimous opinion is that MW2 MP sucks the proverbials. That seals the deal for me.

 

What I love about MW2 is when I host the game, get killed by spammers, press alt-tab, the connection for everyone gets screwed up and they all die and swear about the lag. Really great!!

 

there are pros and cons for me.

i appreciate knowing what i am getting when i join a server. no random stupid crap in the games. that's great.

sometimes i do have ping issues, or the dreaded host migration, which is annoying, and every time it happens it reminds me of having dedicated servers, where neither of those were an issue (you could hand select servers with good ping).

so i would like to see them implement fixes for both of those things- some of which have been discussed above.

oh yes, i despite the fact that i basically build my classes around speed and the 1887's, i do recognize that the dual wield shotguns are annoying. (get rid of all of them)

(sometimes i go speed/pistol+tacknife), im not a complete 1887 noob.

 

I would say its tantamount to a hilarious joke on the PC community, but a bunch of people didn't get it.

 

Played the PS3 version. I'd like to see bit long single player campaign. It's too short...Overall game is really nice

 

Would it be worth waiting an extra year for a 20-24 hour campaign instead of a 5-7 hour campaign?