Steam Offering Free 'Call of Duty' Play

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Steam is offering Call of Duty: Black Ops II free to play this weekend through Sunday for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, and PC platforms. The free weekend will be a first for Treyarch and Activision to provide a no-cost promotion for gamers.

Those who want to purchase a downloadable copy, meanwhile, will get a 33 percent discount to $40, or $54 for the Digital Deluxe Edition.
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Tried it out again. Dear god. I honestly don't know how people like this game. There is nothing redeeming about it to me.
 
I just picked it up for 30 bucks during Amazon's "Farewell to February" sale. Newegg also has it for 30 bucks today. The Amazon download even used Steamworks.

I think it's only the multiplayer that's free this weekend, according to my games list. In my mind if you've tried CoD multiplayer in the past, you know what you're getting.
 
I didn't realize that you can host a custom game with AI players. It will be a nice change to be able to play a game with the settings
I like and not need 8 humans to be able to play it.
Has anybody tried getting their friends to join a custom game? I'm curious if humans will replace the bots when they join.
 
loaded it up, and felt like I was playing MW2 again. Heck, I was playing on some of the old maps too. Not too mention my very first game as a level 1, everyone else was level 45+, and I still kicked ass (I think I was the top or right next to top player). These games are too easy lol.
 
MajorDomo said:
The free weekend will be a first for Treyarch and Activision to provide a no-cost promotion for gamers.
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Maybe for this COD, they've had plenty of free weekends for the previous CODs.
 
Tudz said:
Maybe for this COD, they've had plenty of free weekends for the previous CODs.
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This was my thoughts to. They do it alot really. TBH it is the only way they can sell it to some people. Over priced POS
 
MajorDomo said:
The free weekend will be a first for Treyarch and Activision to provide a no-cost promotion for gamers.
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MW2, Black Ops1 and MW3 multi-player had free weekends.

Sticking as much as possible to Nuketown 24/7 to avoid hackers and trolls.
 
The controls were too floaty for me. Turning to the left and right felt like I was drunk or something.
 
thewooster said:
Or I could go play a real game . . . like Battlefield 3 :p.
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The only difference between any of the gritty and grey modern combat FPSes (or "bro shooters") is the cover art. In the games themselves, they are all the same. Battlefield 3 = Black Ops 2 = Medal of Honor. Call of Honor: Modern Battlefield Ops.
 
I remember the last free to play weekend -- I fired it up and I seriously thought my resolution was on 800X600 -- double checked... nope 1920x1080p

Then I thought maybe the AA is messed up? Nope -- maxed.

It was like someone smeared crisco all over my screen - uninstalled after 5 minutes. Even when it's free I still have better things to do.
 
Red Machine D said:
The only difference between any of the gritty and grey modern combat FPSes (or "bro shooters") is the cover art. In the games themselves, they are all the same. Battlefield 3 = Black Ops 2 = Medal of Honor. Call of Honor: Modern Battlefield Ops.
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I completely agree, I'm so tired of this junk they're pushing down our throats these days. I'm so glad Path of Exile came along or I wouldn't have a single good game to play lately.
 
I tried it because I spent about 300 hours playing MW2. Didn't care for this installment at all...
Back to BF3 :)
 
There was a free weekend of MW2 (3?) some time ago on Steam. Was that Infinity Ward still?
 
Nuby1Canuby said:
I didn't realize that you can host a custom game with AI players. It will be a nice change to be able to play a game with the settings I like and not need 8 humans to be able to play it.
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Is this something new in BO2 or do previous COD titles have it as well?

Being able to play against AI is something I like about Counter Strike titles.
 
It's amazing that this series still commands such a high purchase price this long after release. I don't think there are any games that "hold their value" as much as the COD series.
 
Maybe if they paid me to play it I might think about it. Oh that's right, I have standards. Almost forgot.
 
Why not offer a free weekend of the original Call of Duty and United Offensive? I would be all over that.
 
Did anyone else have problems with lag playing bo2 I got into about 3 good games out of 50 or some
 
Smythe said:
There was a free weekend of MW2 (3?) some time ago on Steam. Was that Infinity Ward still?
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Yup, there was a free weekend of MW3 back over the first weekend of May last year. Also it was developed by Infinity Ward. Yay for answering my own question!
 
I am sure they are doing out of the kindness of their hearts. :rolleyes: They are just fishing for more sales. No thanks. COD has been dead to me since COD4.
 
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