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Re: Future Call Of Duty's

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:09:48 GMT

If you've ever seen gameplay of that mod you'll know it's nothing like Halo. It relies entirely on energy weapons whereas Halo seems to have human forces using what appear to be very outdated weapons.

Also, a lightsaber is rather different from an energy sword; plus, there's the Force to consider.

Re: Black ops 2 Game of the Year?

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:05:15 GMT

Halo 4 is better if reviews are to be believed.

Re: Which is the best Call of Duty in your opinion?

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:29:51 GMT

Top 3:

(1) MW2

(2) CoD 4

(3) BO

MW3 was pants. Not played CoD 1 - 3 or WAW, and based on reviews and comments I'm having serious doubts about getting BO2.

Re: Future Call Of Duty's

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:27:11 GMT

The only way CoD can refresh itself is to not release until the next gen of consoles ship. A new game engine is a must (Why is an ancient id engine still being used?!) and a longer time wait to iron out bugs and glitches (sorry to the glitching community) is needed. 2 years at least. A massive revamp is needed.

As far as settings go only the future is left to look at; but care must be taken not to become too close to Halo. I've posted on this before.

Pre-WW2: would be a bit boring, unless CoD abandoned FPS and became more of an Assassin's Creed or Red Dead type game. Imagine how the loyal fans would treat that?!

WW2: Done to death and then some.

Cold War: Black Ops 1 did this.

Gulf War / Afghanistan: Too much like MW and the BF series, and MoH did it first.

MW: Like WW2, this dead horse has been flogged almost out of existence.

A Star Wars CoD would be a very interesting prospect following the CoD 4 mod.

Re: Halo 4

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:13:11 GMT

It sounds like BO2 has some of the problems from the first BO and from MW3. Lag comp, sketchy hit detection, MP7 is overpowered (again!), host migration...

Just be thankful there's nothing as ridiculously OP as the Fuel Rod Cannon in CoD. It's a hot contender for the award of "biggest noob gun of all time". Essentially it has the power of the noob tube from MW2... and you can spam it.

Re: Halo 4

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:06:08 GMT

Not quite. This Halo feels more like CoD than others. "Dominion" (Domination with a few tweaks - that said I think that was a good idea), killcams, sprint as standard... we all know where these all came from. Plus, BO2 is borderline sci-fi.

The line between CoD and Halo is becoming blurred.

Could the next CoD be a Future Warfare which is way into the future, not a few years after MW?

Re: Why do parents/adults hate gaming?

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:00:57 GMT

I have no problem with children gaming - I'm an adult who acts as a guardian of two children aged 14 and 11 who do a lot of gaming. I suspect that most adults' experience of gaming pre-dates the online era which started in the late '90s and thus projects the stereotype of a person sat in their room doing nothing productive or socially healthy with their life, instead playing on a computer system. It's all connected to social norms.

However, as such things as Facebook, Twitter, Skype as well as online gaming have spread far and wide, and the social aspect of gaming has taken root, attitudes will change.

On the flip side, though, you must also consider that gaming can become addictive; there are multiple cases of people becoming addicted to video games (World of Warcraft is a major example of this). I know someone who became so addicted to that game they had no other life than that; their day would involve 6 hours of sleep and 18 hours of Warcraft (with occasional food and toilet breaks) - that was it. Gaming addictions often tend to be similar to substance addictions (drug abuse, alcoholism, etc).

I suspect it is your parents wanting to ensure that you won't become addicted to video games.

Re: Halo 4

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:25:29 GMT

They don't release Halo every year unlke CoD so it's not as much a cash cow franchise as CoD is.

They kinda made the assault rifle a bit easy to get kills with (I still prefer the DMR though). I could get a kill with a single clip on Reach - it didn't need a buff TBH. As for the needler - it makes even the MP7 look balanced (there's already an MP7 is OP thread on here!)

@dutchpunk Yep it was a bit short - 2 sessions, about 3 hours each and I was done (solo). I can't wait for some of the epic custom games to come through...

Re: Just nerf the MP7 already. It destroys anything.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:18:13 GMT

I'm noticing a trend here.

In MW3 the MP7 is OP.

In BO2 the MP7 is OP.

In BF3 the MP7 is OP.

Maybe it needs to be left out in future.

Halo 4

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:19:29 GMT

Anyone got this?

What do you think of it?

I like it generally but there are a few things that annoy me. No proper Infection for a start.

And please, no troll posts about how Halo is ****.

Re: The FAIL thread

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:49:17 GMT

Bumptacular

Re: I hope you can stack care packages.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:34:00 GMT

Care package towers are usually associated with out of map glitches. So I suspect Treyarch have thought of that.

Re: GIven specs, should I go PC or Xbox.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:25:15 GMT

Unless you use a console-type controller for your PC (why would anyone do that?!) the PC has the better controls. Nothing like a mouse to help your aim (I'm an Xboxer and wish I could set up and enjoy the full advantage of a PC-type mouse and keyboard set up*). Xbox also has the problem of having to pay for online play, but it's not a huge outlay.

PC though has, and always has had, a problem with hackers (Xbox has almost none in comparison). I have seen so many PC gamers complain about constant hacked lobbies and people with aimbots and other hacks.

But for me the decision would be on the frame rate and hackers. If your PC can run Black Ops 2 at >60fps, or at a similar rate with better graphics, and you can tolerate cheaters, get it for PC - if the frame rate is <60fps with equivalent graphics or the graphics are worse, or cheaters drive you nuts, go the Xbox route.

*Anything that lets me turn faster than a controller on 10 sensitivity while not sacrificing accuracy by running such a high sensitivity is considered "unfair", hence why I don't bother.

Re: Black Ops 2 Info Dump 7: Attachments

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:23:07 GMT

The Target Finder and Millimetre Scanner mean you will need to use Cold Blooded or essentially be in the same position as someone whose opponent has a wall hack.

Great.

Re: The FAIL thread

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:14:13 GMT

I don't have a YouTube video of it (it's on my file share for Black Ops) but here's a description of a CoD fail. Picture this:

The game is TDM on Crisis, and a player is camping on the perch near the OP 40 spawn with a claymore near the ladder. I run around the perch hoping to catch him unaware. He gets wind of me doing that so prepares to defend himself.

I climb the ladder, see the lasers and think "Uh-oh, best not get blown up by that else I look like a n00b". So, my thought is to trigger it and get out of the way quickly, so that I avoid the blast. When the claymore goes off, though... the camper is sat right on top of it and essentially dies from his own claymore.

I couldn't help but belly laugh and shout "FAIL!" down the mic.

Re: 10 year olds in the game!

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:54:28 GMT

When I was 12 I was bought Duke Nukem 3D soon after it came out (I'm 28). I first got into online gaming at age 15 when playing Quake 3 for PC, and will admit I was immature sending offensive text chat messages. This was 1999 before CoD even existed.

Muting kids is one thing and solves the problems of shouting and tinny dubstep, however they can often ruin the multiplayer experience in other ways, including but not limited to:

- Being AFK, because (a) their parents called them or (b) they're on their phones, and they can't be bothered turning the console off or quitting, meaning no-one else can join to take up the slack

- Quickscoping (won't go into detail, but 98% of QSers are kids). To that you can add trickshotting (which ruins Search & Destroy), as the kids try (and fail) to emulate their 'heroes' in FaZe

- Messing around, as in generally not playing properly (including boosting, camping tags for kills in KC and randomly shooting)

- Trying to replicate a glitch they saw on YouTube in a public match (save that **** for private games!)

So, I would definitely support a strict enforcement of an 18+ age restriction.

Re: What will be the BO2 Weapon Whine of Choice?

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:59:04 GMT

Ballista w/out scope?

I can see it being similar to bolt action snipers on Hardcore with red dot / iron sights etc on BF3. Doing that is hated for the same reason QS is hated. It makes the weapon an effective one hit kill at pretty much any range.

Re: Extreme Conditioning in - Unlimited Run out? Guess we are going to be forced to camp after all

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:37:11 GMT

TBH I reckon I can predict already how long the sprint will be. I bet that BO2 EC = BO Marathon (not Pro).

Re: Extreme Conditioning in - Unlimited Run out? Guess we are going to be forced to camp after all

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:33:35 GMT

I remember posting something on the MW3 boards about EC in that game needing a buff to the level of MW2's Marathon to be worth using - same applies here. Any chance Treyarch could buff it just before, or just after, the game's release?

Re: UAV'S annoying.

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 13:31:15 GMT

Use Ghost and don't camp.

Problem solved.