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I started playing multiplayer the day MW2 was released. Currently, Im level 32. I wanted to at least play a bit before passing judgement, as well as unlock the hardcore levels.
First, the game itself looks great. The graphics seem crisper, improved over WaW even. The action and gameplay are pretty cool, with a few nagging problems though.
The guns are meh. It seems like they picked mostly a different group of assault rifles. Sure, they kept the M16, M4, and AK47, but then they cycled out the rest for some reason. The G3 was a favorite of mine... GONE. The G36 IS a popular rifle IRL with many nations (other than US), ALSO GONE, as well as the M14 and MP44. Also gone are the Skorpion machine pistol/SMG, and I think the AK-74 might be gone as well (I forget of the top of my head on that one). The pistols are mostly the same old blah blah, although they have added the G18 to the machine pistols. So WHY cant they keep the old, AND add in the new weapons?!?!? Thats what I dont get. Sure, now we get the Aug, but we also get the FN FAL (why?) which seems to be a semi replacement for the G3. Why cant we select firing modes either? The FN FAL is ONLY a semi, the FAMAS is only a 3-round burst. WTF?!?! Oh, and for those who dont like noob toobs, good luck. You will be bitchin' and moanin' a storm in this one because not only do you have launcher add on's, but now you have stand along grenade launchers as well as several other explosive projectiles. I suppose they just wanted the 'noob toob bitches' to shut up and deal with it. OTOH, tubes seem alot harder to use. Foliage and random object placement seems to make aiming a grenade ALOT more challenging than in earlier games. Your sky is alot more cluttered making a clear arc much harder to come by, and so getting a grenade to where you want it is alot harder than ever. Well played I would say. So tubes are abundant, but good luck using them. And WTF??? Why is the final rifle to unlock an AK47? Why is the Barrett the sniper rifle you start out with?!?! What happened to all the other cool sniper rifles (only 4 this time)? My opinion, BRING BACK ALL THE WEAPONS. I love my G3. And let us be able to select fire modes finally! The more I play the game though, the more it feels like Vegas 2 though as well. Now there are more civilian spots, and more weapon attachments (as well as 'bling' perk to put 2 attachments on one weapon... cool). They even have silencers for LMG's....!!!! WTF?!?!? IF there was a silencer for a LMG, it would be HUGE (and fairly so), Im talking like a 2-liter bottle at the end of the muzzle. IRL, these things just dont exist... silencers often wear out after a dozen rounds or so. If there is ONE weapon that you CANT put a silencer on, it should be a RPD. Where did the M60 go anyways? It seems like there are some obvious weapon choices that they left out as well, not just new or old. They put some oddball weapons in, drop the G36, and then they only have 4 sniper rifles, one of which I have never heard of being in military use... the Walther WA2000. Then why not a HK PSG1? They added a chey-tac (kudos), but then only the M1014 then? What gives? The Aug has been added (a very popular NATO rifle), but in its LMG variant, not rifle or SMG version. In short, the weapons picked for this game are messed up. Its like they just had a random lotto or something.
When I started playing, I felt that the spawn system had been fixed since WaW. But, we were all only level 15 or 20, now weren't we? As time went on and people were uinlocking B2 bombers and harrier strikes... well... more and more people were getting 'spawn bombed'. So I dont know about this... I was getting bombed a couple times at my spawn. They have added these 'when you get pwned alot' perks, but they do little for you when someone has a C130 and you spawn in their clear view.
On a side note... NO MORE PUNKBUSTER!!! Thats a cool thing IMO. It meant activision didnt really take interest in making their code more secure, instead just leaving it up to an outside party that would wreck the game for many for no good reason at all, and have a totally half-assed method of enforcing security anyways (screen caps by other players). I know this doesn't solve the hacker problem (havent tried aiming radar yet myself... wonder if it even would work), but despite loosing PB, it IS a step in the right direction.
The biggest WTF?!?! is the match making system. YOU DONT PICK A SERVER, THEY PICK ONE FOR YOU. Pings arent shown, just how many bars you have. Sometimes the server they match you up on gets choppy/laggy, and sometimes its alright, but still, you cant tell if a good ping to them means you have a ping of 15, or a ping of 40. It seems clans are being pushed out with this game... no server lists, just pick a game style, and it puts you in a new group right off the bat. This might not be a big deal now, but just wait. As the novelty of this game wears off, and people get fed up and leave, how easy will it be to keep making matches like this? I cant imagine IW not including server lists in some future patch. They might hold off on it, but after 6 months or so, I cant see the current system working all that well. If nothing else, I think it kills the long term playability of the game for many. You cant just log on and go to the server where your clan buddies are. You cant 'RUN' a server like that 24/7. What, are they looking to take out the server providers like gameservers.com as well? Whats going on here? This will be the ultimate undoing of the game as far as long-term playability goes.
First, the game itself looks great. The graphics seem crisper, improved over WaW even. The action and gameplay are pretty cool, with a few nagging problems though.
The guns are meh. It seems like they picked mostly a different group of assault rifles. Sure, they kept the M16, M4, and AK47, but then they cycled out the rest for some reason. The G3 was a favorite of mine... GONE. The G36 IS a popular rifle IRL with many nations (other than US), ALSO GONE, as well as the M14 and MP44. Also gone are the Skorpion machine pistol/SMG, and I think the AK-74 might be gone as well (I forget of the top of my head on that one). The pistols are mostly the same old blah blah, although they have added the G18 to the machine pistols. So WHY cant they keep the old, AND add in the new weapons?!?!? Thats what I dont get. Sure, now we get the Aug, but we also get the FN FAL (why?) which seems to be a semi replacement for the G3. Why cant we select firing modes either? The FN FAL is ONLY a semi, the FAMAS is only a 3-round burst. WTF?!?! Oh, and for those who dont like noob toobs, good luck. You will be bitchin' and moanin' a storm in this one because not only do you have launcher add on's, but now you have stand along grenade launchers as well as several other explosive projectiles. I suppose they just wanted the 'noob toob bitches' to shut up and deal with it. OTOH, tubes seem alot harder to use. Foliage and random object placement seems to make aiming a grenade ALOT more challenging than in earlier games. Your sky is alot more cluttered making a clear arc much harder to come by, and so getting a grenade to where you want it is alot harder than ever. Well played I would say. So tubes are abundant, but good luck using them. And WTF??? Why is the final rifle to unlock an AK47? Why is the Barrett the sniper rifle you start out with?!?! What happened to all the other cool sniper rifles (only 4 this time)? My opinion, BRING BACK ALL THE WEAPONS. I love my G3. And let us be able to select fire modes finally! The more I play the game though, the more it feels like Vegas 2 though as well. Now there are more civilian spots, and more weapon attachments (as well as 'bling' perk to put 2 attachments on one weapon... cool). They even have silencers for LMG's....!!!! WTF?!?!? IF there was a silencer for a LMG, it would be HUGE (and fairly so), Im talking like a 2-liter bottle at the end of the muzzle. IRL, these things just dont exist... silencers often wear out after a dozen rounds or so. If there is ONE weapon that you CANT put a silencer on, it should be a RPD. Where did the M60 go anyways? It seems like there are some obvious weapon choices that they left out as well, not just new or old. They put some oddball weapons in, drop the G36, and then they only have 4 sniper rifles, one of which I have never heard of being in military use... the Walther WA2000. Then why not a HK PSG1? They added a chey-tac (kudos), but then only the M1014 then? What gives? The Aug has been added (a very popular NATO rifle), but in its LMG variant, not rifle or SMG version. In short, the weapons picked for this game are messed up. Its like they just had a random lotto or something.
When I started playing, I felt that the spawn system had been fixed since WaW. But, we were all only level 15 or 20, now weren't we? As time went on and people were uinlocking B2 bombers and harrier strikes... well... more and more people were getting 'spawn bombed'. So I dont know about this... I was getting bombed a couple times at my spawn. They have added these 'when you get pwned alot' perks, but they do little for you when someone has a C130 and you spawn in their clear view.
On a side note... NO MORE PUNKBUSTER!!! Thats a cool thing IMO. It meant activision didnt really take interest in making their code more secure, instead just leaving it up to an outside party that would wreck the game for many for no good reason at all, and have a totally half-assed method of enforcing security anyways (screen caps by other players). I know this doesn't solve the hacker problem (havent tried aiming radar yet myself... wonder if it even would work), but despite loosing PB, it IS a step in the right direction.
The biggest WTF?!?! is the match making system. YOU DONT PICK A SERVER, THEY PICK ONE FOR YOU. Pings arent shown, just how many bars you have. Sometimes the server they match you up on gets choppy/laggy, and sometimes its alright, but still, you cant tell if a good ping to them means you have a ping of 15, or a ping of 40. It seems clans are being pushed out with this game... no server lists, just pick a game style, and it puts you in a new group right off the bat. This might not be a big deal now, but just wait. As the novelty of this game wears off, and people get fed up and leave, how easy will it be to keep making matches like this? I cant imagine IW not including server lists in some future patch. They might hold off on it, but after 6 months or so, I cant see the current system working all that well. If nothing else, I think it kills the long term playability of the game for many. You cant just log on and go to the server where your clan buddies are. You cant 'RUN' a server like that 24/7. What, are they looking to take out the server providers like gameservers.com as well? Whats going on here? This will be the ultimate undoing of the game as far as long-term playability goes.
