Modern Warfare 2

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » November 11, 2009, 2:35 pm

Winnow wrote:
Soreali wrote:Was worth the wait.. Lost too much sleep last night playing it.. probably going to do it again tonight...

Funk, I'm with you on this one.. Would like to have the option to speak in party and not in game..
I don't use team speak but this sounds retarded. Wouldn't it make complete sense to use party speak? Why would you possibly want to use game speak if you're on opposite sides trying to use strategy to defeat the other side? Sounds like a major logic flaw.

By party I mean a party you set up with your friends outside of the game, you'd know if you had a xbox you could use Live on

By default, you have to be in the game chat channel with everyone in the lobby, and with your entire team in the game.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 11, 2009, 2:50 pm

No big deal then!

One of these days I'll buy another Xbox and not mod it. My current Xbox, which sounds like a turbo jet, has lasted such a long time probably due to me opening it up and applying good thermal to the heat sinks for GPU and CPU and also adjusting the X-Bar which is usually the culprit for causing RRoD.

If my Xbox died, I'd buy a new one and legit copy of Borderlands because Im so hooked on it.

PS, how the hell can anyone (Kwon?) play Borderlands on a PS3 with those lame ass triggers on the PS3 controller? That would suck so bad in a game like Borderlands.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » November 11, 2009, 3:25 pm

Glad I decided to give Amazon Prime a try. Often I just want one or two things but end up waiting to make a large purchase, then end up spending far too much on shipping anyway. This will make itself up in no time. Plus, 78 or so bucks per year isn't bad at all.

Bought the game today and it will arrive tomorrow (3.99 extra for overnight). I also used my $25 gift cert so 30-something bucks for the game is pretty swingin'.

Got it on 360, since that seems to be the most frequently-used route for this one.

Kwonryu DragonFist · November 11, 2009, 4:16 pm

Funkmasterr wrote:
Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:
Funkmasterr wrote: I'm sure I'll be online playing quite a bit so look for me
Ill look fer TopShotta then!
You probably got it for the PS3 though KWON! You need a 360 Unless you are playing on the PC??

Haven't got it yet, is it better on PC or Console?

miir · Post by **miir** » November 11, 2009, 4:34 pm

Don't think it matters really.
Looks great on PS3, I'm sure it looks great on PC and 360 as well.
The multiplayer might be marginally better on the 360.

I was debating getting it on PS3 or PC but ended up going with PS3 because I find video games are a lot more enjoyable when my ass is on my couch

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 11, 2009, 4:41 pm

Hey winnow, walmart will be selling the 360 arcade fpr 199$ and then giving a 100$ gift card. It's like getting the thing for 100$. Amazon did a similar deal twice this past weekend too.

I'm tempted to get a 3rd since controllers are 50$ alone...

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » November 11, 2009, 5:05 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote:Hey winnow, walmart will be selling the 360 arcade fpr 199$ and then giving a 100$ gift card. It's like getting the thing for 100$. Amazon did a similar deal twice this past weekend too.

Wal-Mart already did that last weekend as well. I went late, because for $100 why not, but they didn't have any left.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 12, 2009, 1:20 pm

Single player was pretty good. I'm hoping to do spec ops co-op this weekend, with lots of multiplayer inbetween.

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » November 12, 2009, 2:05 pm

My copy will be in today!

I also got one of those Amazon Prime promotions that Fair was talking about. $20 towards next game purchase! I just ordered AC2 for $35. Pretty slick deal!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 12, 2009, 2:11 pm

I'm a great bargin shopper when it comes to games and dvds! I hunt for deals all the time. It's a sickness.

Soreali · Post by **Soreali** » November 12, 2009, 2:27 pm

Multiplayer is amazing.. the amount of crap to unlock is unreal.. between guns, mods, special weapons, artillery strikes etc.. its gonna take a while to get them all...

Still need to try the single player and the spec ops...

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » November 12, 2009, 3:52 pm

http://kotaku.com/5403286/what-modern-w ... re-playing

:BIG:

Kwonryu DragonFist · November 12, 2009, 4:05 pm

Ill prolly get it for the PS3 just for the pleasure of tossin grenades at miir!

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » November 12, 2009, 4:06 pm

Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:Ill prolly get it for the PS3 just for the pleasure of tossin grenades at miir!

Shoot him once for me!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 12, 2009, 4:09 pm

Dregor Thule wrote:http://kotaku.com/5403286/what-modern-w ... re-playing

That is fucking awsome, lol!

Activision is saying they sold 4.7 million units in the first 24 hours.

Kwonryu DragonFist · November 13, 2009, 4:26 pm

Winnow wrote: PS, how the hell can anyone (Kwon?) play Borderlands on a PS3 with those lame ass triggers on the PS3 controller? That would suck so bad in a game like Borderlands.

It was EASY! I have no trouble with the PS3-controller? It's perfect for me

Killzone 2, Lost Planet 2, Mwarfare 2, Blands, no problemo

I usually have most kills in KZ2 as well

The first time i tried FPS on the PS3 (with controller) it was quite hard, since i was soo used to mouse n keyboard but i adapted after a bit.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 13, 2009, 6:28 pm

Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:
It was EASY! I have no trouble with the PS3-controller? It's perfect for me

That's because of years of training your hands to handle pain...sticking them in hot coals, karate chopping boards, etc. Most people don't have Kung-Fu grip hands capable of withstanding a direct hit with a sledgehammer! Can't compare The Kwon's hands to normal hands.

Kwonryu DragonFist · November 13, 2009, 7:15 pm

Well, let me tell ya, i felt handicapped the first days with Killzone 2.

Being used to Mouse n Keyboard for so long lol

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » November 13, 2009, 11:28 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cudCajMN ... r_embedded

Dang.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 16, 2009, 12:50 am

I grabbed the PC version of this because I knew the graphics were excellent and capable of more than the PS3/360 versions.

The graphics are about as photo realistic as I want to get in a game. What really makes it impressive are the animations. The people walking around in the game look incredibly natural.

I wish they'd take the guts of this game and make an RPG out of it. One set in the past, present, future, or alternate reality. Anything just to see how it would be.

Kwonryu DragonFist · November 16, 2009, 4:27 am

The best Mission in MW 2?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgQN4Vwtpts

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » November 16, 2009, 11:48 am

Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:The best Mission in MW 2?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgQN4Vwtpts

There was a "fair and balanced" debate about this mission on Fox, it was a joke listening to those idiots talk, and the dude from some gamer blog they had on the interview basically called them retarded.

I for one, mowed down as many innocent civilians as I could point my gun at!

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 16, 2009, 11:58 am

My wireless router has been slowly dieing for about 3 months. Whenever I played MW2 this past week, it would take me 3-4 tries to populate a list and once I started it would often be a disaster. It was so bad, my character would warp through walls and move in random directions even when I wasn't touching my controller. Despite things being that bad, I continued to play becaus I could somehow secure a decent connoction about 1 out of every 3 games or so.

Well, I just got a new wireless router and it's on like Donkey Kong now. My last game was 35 kills to 4 deaths, with a 5 man killing spree (personal best so far). Previous to the new router, I was lucky to hit a 50/50 split. Hopefully my stats improve over the next couple of weeks, but I'm kind of in the hole right now.

As an aside, my PC connection went from 3mps to 16.5 mps. I really shouldn't have put that off for so long.

Post by **Sylvus** » November 16, 2009, 12:50 pm

Fairweather Pure wrote: My last game was 35 kills to 4 deaths, with a 5 man killing spree (personal best so far).

Are you sure your math is right?

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » November 16, 2009, 12:59 pm

Shit, I would have to go bake myself a cookie if I got 35 kills/4 deaths in one game. My kill/death ratio generally sucks, but it's because I don't have the patience to sit around and camp like most people seem to do in this game. It's really bad in the hardcore modes, which I avoid like the plague. Everyone just gets their sniper out, finds a spot to sit and wait, and mows people down when they come around the corner. This isn't fun for me in the least, I'm much more of a guns blazing guy, which is why I liked Gears so much more than other shooters.

I think the best I've ever done in a game is 35 kills or so, but I probably had 20-30 deaths in that game too. I've got like 8 or 9 streak so far I think for my best.. The first night it was out one of my friends got a 28 kill streak but hadn't unlocked the nuke yet

I think a typical game for me is probably 15-20 kills, and 15-25 deaths. I also don't play it religiously either, so if I put some effort in and forced myself to be a little more patient that would improve.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 16, 2009, 1:12 pm

Well, I just played for awhile and pretty much got raped. So much for my connection being an excuse

You definately get better as you rank because your weapons/perks get better and you learn the map layouts. I still think it sucks being placed in in teams where people are 3x your rank. There are enough people playing that you would think that could be avoided.

I like domination maps, since it gives people a reason to move around. I just did a deathmatch on the train car map in wintertime (forget the name), and eventually the time ran out with the highest person having 12 kills. Everyone sat around with sniper rifles for the entire match. My 6 kills were from sneaking up and killing snipers who were laying on the ground. All of my deaths were from snipers.

I think Terminal is my favorite map. There's room for every playstyle. You also get rewarded for using the long, exposed hallway to outflank the other team. When I make it through there alive, I'm going to get 2-3 kills pretty easily. I have 2-3 nice locations on that map that I move between.

And Sylvus, I actually think my best killstreak is 7. It's on the stat board, but not near my xbox atm but you can check your friends out.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » November 16, 2009, 1:31 pm

It would be nice to be placed with people closer to your rank, but there are two things I would interject about that.

1- I think the reason it seems like rank doesn't factor in during match making for the last handful of shooters, is because it makes match making take longer and people bitched too much about that (Gears of War 2 was a great example). So basically, would you rather wait 3-5 minutes for a match and be with people your rank, or get into a match right away? I guess I'd rather get in a match quick, cause waiting for matches just breaks up the flow of things.

2- Especially in this game, rank doesn't necessarily mean shit. Anybody that puts a bunch of time into playing this game is going to rank up fast, even if they suck major donkey ass.

Kwonryu DragonFist · November 16, 2009, 2:32 pm

Still havent decided on PC vs PS3! lol

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » November 16, 2009, 2:51 pm

I will be going with the PC version. I just hope the 'no dedicated servers' for multiplayer work out well.

Sajko · Post by **Sajko** » November 16, 2009, 5:54 pm

PC Kwon!
I've been playing a lot the last few days. Very addicting to try and unlock the various perks (and the pro bonus you get if you use em enough!) and weapons etc.
I usually pick a rifle that seems fun and try to unlock every single attachment for it, then dump that and pick a new rifle etc. It's kinda tiring and sometimes I find myself thinking "What am I doing? Just pick the weapon you like the most and go to town!", but nope.. once I've unlocked all the attachments for a weapon I go "Well, no point in using this anymore...".. dunno if it's a good or bad thing!
Best so far is a 20 man killstreak. Got 11(or is it 13?) a few times for the AC-130 killstreak reward, much fun!

Kwonryu DragonFist · November 16, 2009, 8:20 pm

Its important to NOT play MW 2 TOO much though!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQpcO8x6NNY

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 16, 2009, 8:26 pm

The PS3 version is having some issues atm with multiplayer. I would go PC over PS3.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 16, 2009, 9:45 pm

Patch 1.04 should fix the PS3 issues. The first 2 patches were for single player isdues and trophy stuff.

Jesus, 3 patches in less than a week for the PS3 version.

miir · Post by **miir** » November 16, 2009, 10:02 pm

I haven't had any issues at all playing multiplayer other than with one of my friends who was running NAT3.
All of the patches have taken like 30 seconds to d/l and install.
Nice to see a developer on the ball with bug fixes.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 16, 2009, 11:02 pm

Rumor has it that patch 1.05 will be available this Wednesday for any PS3 owners still having problems.

Kwonryu DragonFist · November 17, 2009, 5:19 am

Well, that didnt make the choice easier!

Its easier to gather friends to play MW 2 on Ps3 though yes?

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » November 17, 2009, 1:26 pm

Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:Well, that didnt make the choice easier!

Its easier to gather friends to play MW 2 on Ps3 though yes?

Go to where you have the most friends. That's always the way I choose!

Kwonryu DragonFist · November 19, 2009, 1:35 am

Winnow wrote:
Kwonryu DragonFist wrote:
It was EASY! I have no trouble with the PS3-controller? It's perfect for me

That's because of years of training your hands to handle pain...sticking them in hot coals, karate chopping boards, etc. Most people don't have Kung-Fu grip hands capable of withstanding a direct hit with a sledgehammer! Can't compare The Kwon's hands to normal hands.

These better for ya?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWCT8eu8-_I

Post by **Sylvus** » November 25, 2009, 5:37 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcI1UrUX ... r_embedded

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » March 31, 2010, 5:34 pm

Anyone playing the new map pack? I'llbe getting it later, I was just wantung to hear some opinions from good ol' VV. Oh yeah, double exp on the new maps for a limited time. That's incentive enough for me right there!

I think the PS3 will get the same pack 30 days later.

Post by **Sylvus** » April 1, 2010, 9:36 am

I didn't realize it was out. I'm pretty swamped with work for the next week or two, but I'll definitely be getting it after that.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » April 1, 2010, 11:23 am

I had a lot of fun on the new maps last night. Although, after 3 hours of play I don't think I even played all of the new maps since they do the random rotation thing. Kind of annoying actually. Figuring out the maps is always fun until you come across a group of people that already know it like the back of thier hand. On one of the new maps, I would run 10 feet, dead. Respawn, run 5 feet in a different direction, dead. Repeat for 10 minutes. Grrr.

I was ending matches with scores like 10 kills - 25 deaths, but I was #1 or 2 on the points for almost every single game (playing Domination). Weird.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » April 1, 2010, 7:38 pm

I played today and had a match end via nuke in about 3 minutes. Yes. Some fucker got 39 kills in the time it took me to secure 1 objective and I was in the process of fighting at another one.

I rage quit.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » April 3, 2010, 4:18 pm

MW2 glitching killed any chance of me playing it anymore. Their lack of attempting to fix the glitches killed any chance of me buying any future COD games for online play.

Soreali · Post by **Soreali** » April 4, 2010, 8:53 pm

Siji wrote:MW2 glitching killed any chance of me playing it anymore. Their lack of attempting to fix the glitches killed any chance of me buying any future COD games for online play.

Uumm....every glitch you could be thinking of (for the most part) has been fixed..

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » April 5, 2010, 12:37 pm

I haven't seen any glitching and I've been playing a lot lately. Seems like they fixed all the glaring ones.

Soreali · Post by **Soreali** » April 5, 2010, 4:03 pm

Biggest glitch I was aware was the care package glitch that they fixed months ago.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » April 6, 2010, 3:12 am

Modern Warfare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is9sxRfU-ik