Modern Warfare 2

[Klaus]

Great game. Multi player is awesome minus the whole no dedicated servers restriction. I am sure Joe will post about that.... because it sucks for him in Alaska to not be able to pick a location to connect to.

I have seen the following people play so far:
Kyrillian
Cake
Sake
Pellet


Cake is really good for some reason - wonder if he likes to swim too. :)

My steam id is either scott@noncompliance.com or scottd@noncompliance.com
(scott@noncompliance.com)

[Jomama]

Fuck EA

&

Fuck MW2

Everything that's bad about game developers...

Sellouts!!!

[Trany]

I might have to buy a new game, I have been honning my FPS skill in BF2 for a few weeks.

[Klaus]

Yeah grab it off steam. It's the same concept as COD4 where you level up in multi player and unlock perks and new weapons..... making the level 70 people unkillable (kinda like WOW)

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[Kyrillian]

The game is fun no doubt. The no dedicated servers thing is lame but you can still find games that last a while and are lag-free.

My main issue is the amount of hackers that are playing. It seems like there is nothing in place to stop them from using Aimbots and more people are in the if you can't beat em, join em camp than not.

I would find it hard to believe that they wouldn't do something about these problems. This game could have a lot of longevity online but not if every game has a hacker in it.

[Klaus]

And to beat Joe to the punch, EA could really careless about the PC version of this game. For some reason people would rather play a FPS on a console. Completely retarded I say.

[Trany]

They could use Punk busters.... I get kicked sometimes for |4x4|Trany, as my tag is a bad word... I am guessing it is those pussy frenchies.

[Jomama]

The game is fun no doubt. The no dedicated servers thing is lame but you can still find games that last a while and are lag-free.

My main issue is the amount of hackers that are playing. It seems like there is nothing in place to stop them from using Aimbots and more people are in the if you can't beat em, join em camp than not.

I would find it hard to believe that they wouldn't do something about these problems. This game could have a lot of longevity online but not if every game has a hacker in it.


Another total fail, because there are no console commands, you cant kick the hackers...


To sum it up
We thought the lack of dedicated servers was bad, but now we can add the lack of console commands, the inability to have a say in who hosts the game, a lengthy pause while the game migrates to a new host if the currently selected host quits, no leaning, no option to record matches, and no way to kick or block trouble players, hackers, or cheaters.


...18 player max matches, crap ping, and paying $20 bucks for 3 extra maps


And on top of all that, they charged $70 for this road apple.

Suckers... :p Sorry guys, but its true... :D

[Klaus]

It was $59 but who's counting. I agree the bots are probably what will make EA change the PC multi player server deal. Probably put a voting option in over dedicated servers.

[Jomama]

Ah, my bad, I had $69.99 in my head for some reason, still, 59 is a premium game price...

[Klaus]

Ah, my bad, I had $69.99 in my head for some reason, still, 59 is a premium game price...

Agreed. I can't believe they charge that for almost every new game these days.

[Kyrillian]

I don't regret buying it. It's still worth it for the awesome matches you get into. There are more good matches than bad.

[Klaus]

I think I have gotten my $60 worth and I haven't even finished the single player stuff yet.

[Jomama]

I've played it on xbox, I know its fun and I think the spec-ops co-op is damn cool.. Just putting my $ where my mouth is, and not supporting games/developers that choose to further marginalize PC gamers..

[Cake]

Yea spec ops co-op is really tight. Co-op campaign would be even better! I totally agree with Kyr too in that you really get into wayyyy more good games than bad. And yes i rape people so I like the game.

[Kurise]

It was $59 but who's counting. I agree the bots are probably what will make EA change the PC multi player server deal. Probably put a voting option in over dedicated servers.

I was actually very surpised the first time I ran into a hacker on MWF2. Granted it didn't take long after getting the game, it was Steam that suprised me.

The company has such a great reputation with keeping hackers off their games. I was shocked to find out that Activision and Steam didn't work together to prevent this kind of thing from happening. I find it hard to believe they didn't see this coming when there are no dedicated servers.

I'm sure they are taking measures to get rid of the hackers as I haven't run into any lately. But people always find a way to cheese the game.


Ah, my bad, I had $69.99 in my head for some reason, still, 59 is a premium game price...

Considering the game came with a full multiplayer game with huge replay value, a great single player with 4 modes and collection items to get, as well as a completely new type of game, "Special Ops", which is unlocked after completing the main story line. If anything, this Call of Duty game has the most content and has teh best value for what you get. I certainly can't complain.

No where near those douche bags that run that crappy game Socom 2. The game was released months early, filled with bugs, few maps and really just a piece of shit.

So far the only thing I dislike about MWF2 are the hackers and the Host switches in the middle of games. Granted it only lasts about 10 seconds, it can really fuck you up.

TheGanja - Steam ID.

[Klaus]

I haven't run into a hacker for a few days now - maybe they fixed it or something? I notice Steam gets updated about once a day now.

I mostly play domination but it does suck to be limited to 10 players. I prefer larger maps with tons of people. Isn't it 20ppl limit on console?

[Kurise]

Pretty sure console has the same amount, at least PS3 does.

I prefer Ground War type games myself as well. The maps are pretty big, not enough people on team deathmatch alone!

[Jomama]

I mostly play domination but it does suck to be limited to 10 players. I prefer larger maps with tons of people. Isn't it 20ppl limit on console?


Exactly, and as a bonus there's gotta be all types of lag compensation built in for shitty server bandwidth (just like console's)...


fail game fails... :rolleyes:

[Klaus]

Joe and I played the Coop 2player stuff this weekend. Really cool missions. Some are extremely hard and you need to coordinate everything while some are simple. I recommend everyone that jumped straight to multiplayer go back and take a look at the spec ops.

[Klaus]

Joe have you had any issues connecting from AK?

[Jomama]

A little imo.. what else would cause those weird connection issues where it finds a game for everyone in the group but me? When it searches for games to join it apparently does it by ping in increments of 10.. I've not seen any games under 70-90 ping yet. I regularly get 40-50 to seattle/PNW area servers in other games...

[Klaus]

I get some weird glitches when joining too - where it kicks then reinvites then I am in some game about to end etc.