Are you getting Call of Duty 4 tomorrow??

[APPLEFAN8]

I got it today came out 2 days ago. I haven't played it yet but on the PS forums every1 was like its gonna be sold out but I had my doubts sp then I go to target and they had like 12 in stock! I also heard 2 guys telling each other they were both trading in there 360's for a ps3 I was like sweeet!

 

[zero2dash]

Not played much CounterStrike, DoD or HL2: Deathmatch I see

Admittedly no, I can't stand CS...but what's different/special about HL2: DM that makes it different or making "skill" a requirement?

I also heard 2 guys telling each other they were both trading in there 360's for a ps3 I was like sweeet!

...just when I thought this thread could actually remain neutral...you bust out a comment like that. Good job.

 

[0098386]

but what's different/special about HL2: DM that makes it different or making "skill" a requirement?

Play on any server against people with a 5k HLStats score.

The difference is control. Console FPS requires less skill because of auto-aim helping, slower pace. Whereas PC FPS is a lot faster and requires much more skill.

 

[zero2dash]

Play on any server against people with a 5k HLStats score.

The difference is control. Console FPS requires less skill because of auto-aim helping, slower pace. Whereas PC FPS is a lot faster and requires much more skill.

I disagree on the console FPS = less skill front and PC FPS faster/more skill based.

Anyone who plays console FPS with auto aim, aim assistance, or anything similar needs to be shot themselves. As for faster, no. There are console only games out there that are plenty fast, PLENTY...play Time Splitters 2 on the Xbox and then tell me it's not fast - that game is insanely fast. Coupled with the fact that you start a lan deathmatch with no radar + autoaim off and its as intense as any PC FPS out there in deathmatch. I know several people who cannot play TS2 without having motion sickness because of how fast it is. (God I miss that game...*sigh*)

You can even compare one vs the other in games they share, like CoD4. CoD4 was fast as hell (in the multiplayer beta is what I'm basing this on) on the 360, I see no reason to believe that the full version of CoD4 will be any different, or that the PC version would be any faster than the console ones.

Granted, there are some FPS that are primarily console based that are slower compared to other "fast" ones out there (Halo a biggie). But you can't lump in ALL the games and say one is exclusive of the other and consoles don't have fast FPS's to choose from.

That being said -
Is a mouse/keyboard faster than a controller? Absolutely. You only have so many degrees that you can tilt an analog thumb stick and you can crank up the sensitivity only so far before it's disorienting and when you combine the two - you absolutely do not have the precision, speed and quickness that you do in moving a mouse a smidge or all the way across a mouse pad (3-5" plus).

I still don't get the FPS skill argument a lot of people have.
Control issues aside, if you're on an even playing field - aside from memorizing maps and item locations, IMO a FPS is little more than a twitch contest where anyone on any given day can win. I'm not saying higher end FPS players get beaten by noobs who are on their first match, but it's not a chess match by any means. Anyone can be better with one weapon than someone else or end up with a lucky shot or camp or spawn or whatever. /shrug/

 

[MRU]

I was like sweeet!

That's so sad that somthing so superficial and irrelevant means so much to you.

 

[APPLEFAN8]

That's so sad that somthing so superficial and irrelevant means so much to you.

your obviously the fan of the "other" console I was talking about!

 

[Markleshark]

your obviously the fan of the "other" console I was talking about!

Maybe, but what does it matter which ones they have? Just because they make the wrong decitions in their lives, we don't have to make it worse by making sure they know.

As for COD4... Wow, seriously, just wow. I am so amazed by the variety of missions. Sniper, on foot, all out attack, stealth, helicopter, gun ships, it's amazing. Still... It doesn't feel like Call Of Duty, simply because it's the first one not to be WWII.

 

[Hmac]

I picked it up at Best Buy the other day. I bought the PC version and run it in Windows via Boot Camp on my Mac Pro/X1900. At 1280 x 1024 with 4x anti aliasing and all the other graphics at max, it still never gets below the 90 Max FPS I set. And on my 30" ACD, it looks really astonishing.

I think it's a great game. The only gaming I do is FPS, nothing else ever kept me interested since Quake I. I never played any of the Battlefield xx42 series so this is my first experience with leveling in an FPS.

There are over 2700 servers listed on the master server list. The usual run of game types...CTF, team deathmatch, etc. No mods yet, but I won't be sorry when the mods com out that eliminate the frickin' grenade launcher or the "Martyrdom" perk. Just about all of the servers are Punkbustered. I used to hate PB, but there are so may asshats out there these days that now I don't mind. So far, I haven't seen any hacks or cheats on COD 4.

 

[MRU]

your obviously the fan of the "other" console I was talking about!

The fact that you think the comment I made boils down to which console I own, shows that you really are misguided.

A little bit of research on these forums before jumping to that conclusion would have highlighted just how erroneous your comment was.

 

[Markleshark]

Anyway, I've finished it.

It's short, borderline disappointingly so.

 

[0098386]

I got it today came out 2 days ago. I haven't played it yet but on the PS forums every1 was like its gonna be sold out but I had my doubts sp then I go to target and they had like 12 in stock! I also heard 2 guys telling each other they were both trading in there 360's for a ps3 I was like sweeet!

Wait, what? On a PS3 forum some people said they were going to sell their 360's for a PS3; paying more in the end for identical games barring the better FPS controller, rumble and better online support.

I don't get it. It doesn't actually make any sense.

 

[sikkinixx]

alright... **** Halo 3, CoD4 online is a-m-a-z-i-n-g!

So intense and fast and the perks are so sweet and the graphics and *happy sigh* I love this damn game.

 

[Hmac]

IMHO, the single player version exists only as a means of practice for the multiplayer version. I don't think I've ever finished a single player game, and I've never yet seen a computer opponent be better than the general run of online players.

 

[2nyRiggz]

COD4 is cool I must admit....I'm done with the single player and about ready to take on all punks on PSN


wished it had a cover system.



Bless

 

[zero2dash]

your obviously the fan of the "other" console I was talking about!

Does it matter what console anyone owns? Did Master Chief come to your house and beat you up?

I didn't think so.

Who gives a crap who owns what console?
Play your games and put the fanboy BS to rest.

 

[Piarco]

Does it matter what console anyone owns? Did Master Chief come to your house and beat you up?

I didn't think so.

Who gives a crap who owns what console?
Play your games and put the fanboy BS to rest.

ROFL

As this is a cross-platform game, can't we all just get along?

Back to the game. I've only played up to the start of the second level as a US Marine, but so far I'm fairly underwhelmed. I'm hoping it was down to me being tired, but it just seems a little sub-Ghost Recon. Maybe I've just got used to modern day shooters being seen through Tom Clancy's eyes.
I do kinda miss the WWII setting though.
I may start again afresh when not quite so knackered and give it a proper go. I've got a principle of alway finishing a single player before entering a MP game, just so my handling is a slick as possible. So if its a short as discussed, I'll be on XBL soon...

 

[pgc6000]

I've got a principle of alway finishing a single player before entering a MP game, just so my handling is a slick as possible. So if its a short as discussed, I'll be on XBL soon...

Same here . It simply...bothers me not to have the SP completed before I own nubz on multiplayer.

Everyone's general opinion seems to give this game the O.K. , but how does it compare to older Call of Duty games? I'm a huge a Call of Duty fan, and I just don't want to be oh so dissapointingly let down by this title the way CoD 3 did...

 

[zero2dash]

I'm a huge a Call of Duty fan, and I just don't want to be oh so dissapointingly let down by this title the way CoD 3 did...

...See, I don't get this, and it seems like this mentality echoes the mentality of 99% of the rest of the CoD fans out there.

I liked CoD3, I thought it was a good game. Just like I thought CoD2 and CoD1 were good games (and judging from the multiplayer beta of CoD4, it is also a good game). Why all this CoD3 hate? I don't get it. I guess I'm the only person on the planet who liked the game.../shrug/

 

[pgc6000]

...See, I don't get this, and it seems like this mentality echoes the mentality of 99% of the rest of the CoD fans out there.

I liked CoD3, I thought it was a good game. Just like I thought CoD2 and CoD1 were good games (and judging from the multiplayer beta of CoD4, it is also a good game). Why all this CoD3 hate? I don't get it. I guess I'm the only person on the planet who liked the game.../shrug/

Oh no I didn't hate CoD 3, not in the least bit, it just didn't pack the normal "whoa, that was intense" package that the 1st to did...perhaps CoD 2 was such a good game we can no longer aprreciate other WII games?

 

[Mackilroy]

I'm enjoying Call of Duty 4 on my Xbox 360. The sniper infiltration of the Zone of Alienation is full of tension, even on easier difficulties. That, and with all my prodigious skill from the Beta I'm pretty good online too. See you online Z2D.

 

[Piarco]

...See, I don't get this, and it seems like this mentality echoes the mentality of 99% of the rest of the CoD fans out there.

I liked CoD3, I thought it was a good game. Just like I thought CoD2 and CoD1 were good games (and judging from the multiplayer beta of CoD4, it is also a good game). Why all this CoD3 hate? I don't get it. I guess I'm the only person on the planet who liked the game.../shrug/

I don't hate it, but it just didn't feel the same - probably down to it not being Infinity Ward. Plus there were dumb little pointless inclusions - the manual detpack application, rowing and even hand to hand combat seemed completely unnecessary.
I played it though a couple of times, but it never seemed to take off as a MP, and it has the dubious distinction of being the only game I've bought that I sold on...

But I know how you feel. I love MoH:Airborne, but it doesn't seem to get any love! Not one of my regular XBL lot has it, so I have to go and play with randoms, and some of the time its just frustrating... mainly down to a lot of people only using the bazookas

 

[Markleshark]

...See, I don't get this, and it seems like this mentality echoes the mentality of 99% of the rest of the CoD fans out there.

I liked CoD3, I thought it was a good game. Just like I thought CoD2 and CoD1 were good games (and judging from the multiplayer beta of CoD4, it is also a good game). Why all this CoD3 hate? I don't get it. I guess I'm the only person on the planet who liked the game.../shrug/

Not quite, I loved CoD3, just CoD2 was better. Infinity Ward are the key to CoD I think.

 

[2nyRiggz]

I enjoyed COD3 on the 360....played it online a lot...thought it was better than two really. I'm almost done with the story mode and although short its like an adrenaline shot...it never lets up.

I think I'm the only one who likes the cover system in R6V but I sure wish this game had it....that would of made this game excellent in my books.



Bless

 

[Piarco]

Headed home from work yesterday to grab some food and to chill out before going to see Arcade Fire, switched on the 360 for a little bit on COD4 single player action, but got invited by a mate into a MP game. Now I hadn't been on XBL with COD4 yet, but I though I may as well give it a go...

Awesome online experience. Far more enjoyable than the single player (pretty much like everyone says!) nice ranking up system with additional weapons, and I'm loving the fact you can earn support through kills... very nice. Enjoying it so much it nearly made me late for the gig... and I'll definitely be back online tonight!