Maybe my standards are too low but I enjoy all the games in the series. Sure, they should come out of the box working as good as possible. But all have had their frustrating early performance issues which, after a while, the devs tweak them up, the users settle in and the problems seem to even out for most people.
Mw3 is in the early stages currently, I wish it wasn't but it is. It drives me wide some times but I try to give constructive criticism that helps problems get solved as fast as possible and help collegiate users along the way. I also have the odd naughty flame at times for a little fun....but don't we all....at least once ;)
I started with BO about 6 months after its release. Most issues from my experience had settled to the extent that I loved the game. Oh I do miss my Gallil. I started playing mw2 and cod4 in prep for mw3. Apart from 1 speed hacked lobby in cod4 and tube and air spam in mw2, both annoying but manageable, I enjoyed these games. Just bought a copy of WaW to prestige and get a token. I liked it so much just dropped 2000 mp to get all the dlc.
My point, I like them all. I think the reason why is that apart from mw3, I started these games after the out of the box problems had been ironed out the a level that most found acceptable.
I doubt it is possible to make global fps games satisfy every single need of every single player to exactly the extent each individual player requires and still make a commercial return...these games aren't open source!
It seems to me that while the majority of players will have the majority of their needs satisfied, few will have absolutely every requirement met.
Now I live in Australasia with a small multi mw3 client base. I expect the the needs of the largest market, north america, will be met before Australasia, Europe, South America, Middle east, Africa or the Pacific. Again I wish my problems were solved first and the way I want but reality is that this will not be the case. I understand this and bought mw3 and indeed all games in the full knowledge of this commercial dynamic. Reality for me is the games I like are made in the USA and are optimized for large US customer bases. c'est la vie!
What I take from this is that cod games start a bit wobbly, the community gives feedback, the devs rectify finding the balance points for most players. The early action from IWSH on patches shows me they have started the Optimisation process so we are on track for another great cod experience.
This gamer likes em all, mw3 will be another success it will take a little time to get there but this gamer is confident the wait will be worth it.
