I am a big FPS fan, I buy quite alot of FPS games every year among other genres such as RPG, strategy, adventure etc. Amongst my yearly purchases is also COD, I buy one every year, that is if there is a deal on - why you may ask? I enjoyed the single player of MW1 and MW2. Also the deals in supermarket on launch allow me to trade the game in for profit if I didn't like it.
Now, I thoroughly enjoyed black ops, although the hit detection was a bit off, in most cases it was tolerable and the game was fairly balanced when compared with the shit-fest that was MW2. However this year, instead of purchasing MW3 I decided to go for a rental, I mainly wanted to play the single player and check out the multiplayer before making a purchase later down the road (And I've heard of the incredible large amount of shipments and flooding of the supermarkets - so the price may actually drop faster than the previous COD games).
Because it was rental I decided to do the campaign run through on Regular (Which is around medium for average games). The campaign took me 4 hours(Serious wtf >_>), but then agan on veteran MW2 took me 7 hours - which I just realized after remembering my statistics. But other than that, single player was filled with dramatic moments that would probably make all the frat and "bros" guys go "Waaah, that was sad." ie, moments that would only make guys who value the other guys friendship above everything else - bros emotionally responsive to the game. To me, it was slightly disappointing, the amount of controversy they've tried to attract with various different scenes was quite annoying.
Anyhow, anyone else was disappointed with the step back in regards to the multiplayer when compared with the black ops? Although I know they are developed by two different developers, still, it's a franchise, there must be some coordination, the assault rifles now seem to be nerfed and machine guns are top of the range again, the atrocious close quarters map design with tight corners and plenty of dark spots, apparently they were meant to make the game "less-camper friendly", I beg to differ, they achieved the impossible and made it even more camper friendly. Killstreaks are yet again overpowered with the air support being dominant and with the killstreaks getting you more killstreaks, you can see where that leads. At least the nuke is not as easy to get anymore I suppose, the perks are pretty much the same fucking thing as MW2, except now they've split Cold Blooded into two different perks and.. that's pretty much it, the rest of the perks and death streaks are effectively identical to their MW2 counterparts but just with different names - and that's the ones they bothered to change, the rest are just direct copies.
Sorry to rant, but for those who tl;dr:
Single player is just as short as ever with the story looking more rushed than anything and with plenty of those moments which the college guys who draw dicks on their comrades who were unfortunate to fall asleep and play soggy biscuit together would appreciate immensely.
Multiplayer is a direct and shameless copy of MW2, with the SMG's having direct advantage over anything. Guns and perks are shamelessly copied from the previous iterations, the map design is just beyond awful and camper friendly. Killstreaks are just as overpowered as ever, and some weapons are ridiculously OP - dual FMG's anyone?
I wasn't hyped for it, really. But even then I was let down.
I really didn't like the campaign that EA did in regards to BF3 being the COD killer, nor did I like the BF fanboys trolling every single COD related video, but in all honesty, I found playing BF3 to be much more enjoyable, and the SP campaign was longer too - and that was on medium difficulty too.
Are you enjoying MW3? :3
Disconnect and self destruct, one bullet a time.
