Modern Warfare 2

he storytelling in the single-player was just really inventive and smart and surprising.

very true

xpost - Probably because most (all?) of the maps come out of the single player part, it kind of spoils the single player if you play the multi first, but still - the multi is the meat of the game and the real attraction, yes?

I didn't really get too into the single player campaign in Call of Duty 4, for whatever reason - it took me like six months to actually finish it, though I was glad I did as it unlocked the arcade mode, which I thought was a lot more fun & wish I'd spent more time with. I guess there's no arcade mode in this one though? Seems like co-op mode replaced it?

xpost - Probably because most (all?) of the maps come out of the single player part, it kind of spoils the single player if you play the multi first, but still - the multi is the meat of the game and the real attraction, yes?

― Jeff LeVine, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:23 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah, but as i said i really like the stuff they do with single player so i'm going to finish it first. (it's apparently also pretty short)

I'm actually probably going to play the single player first this time too (maybe because I'm a little worried the multi is going to end up feeling too much like just more of the same?). Actually I think I'll probably play and hour or two of the single and then play some multi or something like that. I actually haven't played a single player FPS for quite a while, so I'm looking forward to it.

nnnnnnnnnnggggh

so good

damn you all to hell. Perversely i don't have this because my xbox is at a friend's house waiting for him to hackz0r it, if i had it in my flat i'd have bought this and would be playing it now. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/ultra_realistic_modern_warfare?utm_source=videoembed

any ps3ers having trouble getting trophies?

do any of you have jobs?!

I have a job, I'm lolbritish so I'm playing now and it is sick

I'm a lolstudent. I just came back at lunch to check out the MP before I return to the library but I got scolded for it! I won't be able to play the SP until the weekend and OH IT HURTS

I hgad a week's holiday I needed to use, fell at the right time - ie this and FM10, a winning (time-destroying) combination.

fancy men 10? is that a porno?

I think that's the UK title of MW2

25:9 you never lose it *blows on knuckles*

fm10 = football manager 2010, I spent the vast majority of Monday playing it.

I checked your stats earlier Coz, just before I bottled a bit of free for all and played spec ops instead (the sniper fi level is a hell of a lot of fun) level 8 within the hour? not bad at all.

25:9 you never lose it *blows on knuckles*

― coz (webinar), Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:37 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark

enthusiasm for this game... waning, ha

i don't think my ratio in cod4 got above 1. cod5 i thought was lame and never got past level 15

this was all before my hueg tv tho.

tangos on your left

it's basically an expansion pack of cod4 but that's enough to refresh my enthusiasm for its MP: more new unlocks to gorge on

Just got this...

tangos on your left

― It's-a not so bad (jeff), Tuesday, November 10, 2009 2:15 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark

fuckin goddamit. son of a whore i just LOOKED over there what the FUCK.

50,000 people used to live here

must admit, when I was on front of the top deck of the bus this morning I was very busy staying frosty and checking my corners for Tangos.

cdn't hear ur voice message, dan m : /

Our leaders prostituted us to the West, destroyed our culture, our economies, our honor.

this is a message

damnit - it's sitting right here in my bag ready to go home and play - I should just leave work right? I have people trash talkin' me through IM and sms right now and I'm not even home playing - DAMMMMIT. When I got off the bus for work today, there were literally ten guys bee-lining for Hancock center Best Buy right along with me with the intent of grabbing it before work. One guy yelled - 'there's gonna be some killin' tonight' and everyone laughed. Someone just texted me and said there is no 'old school' mode in MP - W...T...F...?

So glad Russians are the go-to video game bad guys again.

what to say... it's brilliant. it's just as smooth and tight as the first one and the new stuff they've thrown in is both really cool and pretty well balanced. not played on search and destroy yet but will be interesting to see how the heart monitor plays out there... wasn't nuked once in the 3 and half hours I played tonight

then today was a GOOD DAY.

this game has the most pathetic manual

WILL TAKE ANY OF U FUCKERS ON IN A CAGE MATCH

all Activision manuals are like three pages long now.

does this game have magics?

maybe a little too America Fuck Yeah thus far

having never played any Call of Duty game ever, can you guys explain how these play?

Forks - have you ever played a first person shooter, where you walk & sprint around shooting stuff? Well, this plays exactly like that

watching some gameplay videos, this seems to be another one-man-army run & gun, despite attempts at realism.

C'mon Jeff, be serious! Actually, I've never played a CoD either.

watching some gameplay videos, this seems to be another one-man-army run & gun, despite attempts at realism.

― abanana, Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

no you're usually with a bunch of dudes... fwiw

wha - I was (pretty much) being serious. If you've played another FPS, they're all kind of similar. This is a very solid one, with high production values and a fantastic multiplayer suite.

The single player really is just like a light gun game (a shooting gallery) where you control the movement too - there's no puzzles or anything like that - just forward movement and shooting lots and lots of folks. Honestly, if this game was only single player, I wouldn't buy it. The way they design single player really turns me off (after playing an hour or two of it tonight, the hate came flooding back).

But the multi is pretty much just one crazy adrenaline rush. Maybe comparable to a more fully developed version of Countestrike (more modes, weapons and variety & better graphics)? It's like two different games in one (maybe three? I've yet to try coop).

the little of the co-op I actually tried was pretty neat

I really like what they've done with the custom kill streak rewards (so far). It gives the multiplayer the feeling of a lot more variety, even if they make the matches that much more frustrating at times. I guess eventually we'll learn how to avoid or deal with all this new stuff. It's a lot riskier to use them too, since you're vulnerable longer when you're using some of them, I think? I also really like when matches end showing a sweet final kill.

totally didn't expect that scene to be so gratuitous. it's set up with maybe two lines of dialogue.

Damn. It's been a long time since I beat a game in one sitting. Holy hangover. I think this is some of the best level design I've ever seen in a FPS. Events are really seamlessly integrated, and it's on rails to the extent that you always know where to go and what's happening but only once or twice did I get the "fuck why can't I jump over this fucking privet hedge" feeling. Also all the scenes in America are fucking WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN. Please tell me some of those maps are in MP.

Speaking of MP, did I always suck so bad at it? My five games can be best summed up as

http://www.fersht.com/chess/No8/BlackpawnsandfeltsLR.jpg

The n00b-assisting deathstreak features don't help much, either.

xp yeah, "No Russian!"

Lucky because presumably your character doesn't speak any!

pawn felt?

pwned