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akuma587 on 11 July 2008

Dude, the game isn't that imbalanced. You START OUT WITH THE BEST GUN IN THE GAME.

I think COD4 online has really stepped up everything and made every future developer have to reconsider how they approach online.



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vanguardian1 on 11 July 2008

I dislike COD4 because of it's short and overall disappointing single player. I have never played a COD game in multiplayer and likely never will. :(



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disolitude on 11 July 2008

Yeah I don't like COD4 online. I just couldn't play it after playing carnige of Halo.

I hate the real world maps, no vehicles, the Rainbow 6 like gameplay, lack of powerups like overshield...etc...on top of things you listed above that are unfair for new players.

But single player is good...



Shameless on 11 July 2008
Griffin said:
colonelstubbs said:
notice its only people who suck at cod4 complaining

 

LoL, maybe you should stop making up bullshit.  The OP said he went 24-3, i don't think he sucks at the game.  I'm 10th prestige level 55, with a 2.38 K/D ratio and about 64k kills, i don't think i suck either.  Plus i've gone weeks of playing where my average K/D is around 6.  But then you get stuck with laggy games and people tossing grenades all over the place and it goes really low.  And i've played and dominated all game modes while i have had this game.

You dislike the game and yet you have apparantly played for 200+ hours?

Masochistic or stupid?



Griffin on 11 July 2008
Shameless said:
Griffin said:
colonelstubbs said:
notice its only people who suck at cod4 complaining

 

LoL, maybe you should stop making up bullshit.  The OP said he went 24-3, i don't think he sucks at the game.  I'm 10th prestige level 55, with a 2.38 K/D ratio and about 64k kills, i don't think i suck either.  Plus i've gone weeks of playing where my average K/D is around 6.  But then you get stuck with laggy games and people tossing grenades all over the place and it goes really low.  And i've played and dominated all game modes while i have had this game.

You dislike the game and yet you have apparantly played for 200+ hours?

Masochistic or stupid?

I don't dislike the entire game, CoD4 has many good things too.  It has a very fast and a very smooth gameplay, which is what i like about it.  You also don't need to work as a team to win matches, each player can do their own thing and you can win.  The game is also pretty easy for me to win matches and get kills online. Plus CoD4 is one of the only FPS games that is decent and i would want to play online.

 



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bouzane on 11 July 2008

I find CoD4 to be extremely unfriendly to newbs. Experienced players with better gear and perks makes it painfully difficult. Also, the peer-to-peer model used by CoD4 causes me much lag, disconnections, "host ended game" messages and grief. I regret trading in Resistance to get CoD4.



fooflexible on 11 July 2008

First off, the guns you get later aren't that much better, most of the good stuff that most people tend to play with you get fairly quick, my favorite setup is:
M60, Red Dot Sight, Matardym, Juggerenaut. I got all that in a matter of 6 hours of playing and most of it within 2 hours. Noobs, don't even know what works best for them, so it's better off that they don't have many options, why give better guns to noobs?

Secondly Prestige mode wipes out all the unlocked content, so there is plenty of experienced players running around with the default weapons.

Your logic applied we should not reward people for playing longer. You forget not all people get better the longer they play, and that's more frustrating then anything, so unlocking items is exciting, to think you may play better once you unlock ___ gun, or perk.

Halo only rewards one kind of player, in my opinion that's the worst thing, and how is halo any different as far as guns go? Noobs don't know where the weapons are, I can run pick up the overshield, and run and grab the sticky grenades and wipe the floor clean. other people who are really good at aiming on the run, don't ever need to be skilled at hiding or spotting guys. I've hid in corners and sneeked around and shot some guy in the back and over and over again these kids with great aim turn around and always beat me in a dual. COD4 is a much more even playing field since when you start hitting a guy in the back your 99% likely to get the kill.

Now this is why your point is totally shot, if you prefer to play the Halo way, you can. Hardcore mode is all traditional gun pickups, and default weapons, no ranked items at all, so you can play that way, but what does it say when these game modes by far have way less people playing them? It says games like Halo would be better off getting with the times and introducing a system similiar to cod4.



Words Of Wisdom on 11 July 2008
fooflexible said:
First off, the guns you get later aren't that much better, most of the good stuff that most people tend to play with you get fairly quick, my favorite setup is:
M60, Red Dot Sight, Matardym, Juggerenaut. I got all that in a matter of 6 hours of playing and most of it within 2 hours. Noobs, don't even know what works best for them, so it's better off that they don't have many options, why give better guns to noobs?

Secondly Prestige mode wipes out all the unlocked content, so there is plenty of experienced players running around with the default weapons.

Your logic applied we should not reward people for playing longer. You forget not all people get better the longer they play, and that's more frustrating then anything, so unlocking items is exciting, to think you may play better once you unlock ___ gun, or perk.

Halo only rewards one kind of player, in my opinion that's the worst thing, and how is halo any different as far as guns go? Noobs don't know where the weapons are, I can run pick up the overshield, and run and grab the sticky grenades and wipe the floor clean. other people who are really good at aiming on the run, don't ever need to be skilled at hiding or spotting guys. I've hid in corners and sneeked around and shot some guy in the back and over and over again these kids with great aim turn around and always beat me in a dual. COD4 is a much more even playing field since when you start hitting a guy in the back your 99% likely to get the kill.

Now this is why your point is totally shot, if you prefer to play the Halo way, you can. Hardcore mode is all traditional gun pickups, and default weapons, no ranked items at all, so you can play that way, but what does it say when these game modes by far have way less people playing them? It says games like Halo would be better off getting with the times and introducing a system similiar to cod4.

Because they'd like to have fun with them too.

CoD4 is a more even playing field because the player with better aim/reflexes doesn't win?

That people are enjoying their daily "Bash the novices game" more.



sieanr on 11 July 2008

The whole leveling up system and weapons unlocking does not belong in a FPS.



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fooflexible on 11 July 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
fooflexible said:
First off, the guns you get later aren't that much better, most of the good stuff that most people tend to play with you get fairly quick, my favorite setup is:
M60, Red Dot Sight, Matardym, Juggerenaut. I got all that in a matter of 6 hours of playing and most of it within 2 hours. Noobs, don't even know what works best for them, so it's better off that they don't have many options, why give better guns to noobs?

Secondly Prestige mode wipes out all the unlocked content, so there is plenty of experienced players running around with the default weapons.

Your logic applied we should not reward people for playing longer. You forget not all people get better the longer they play, and that's more frustrating then anything, so unlocking items is exciting, to think you may play better once you unlock ___ gun, or perk.

Halo only rewards one kind of player, in my opinion that's the worst thing, and how is halo any different as far as guns go? Noobs don't know where the weapons are, I can run pick up the overshield, and run and grab the sticky grenades and wipe the floor clean. other people who are really good at aiming on the run, don't ever need to be skilled at hiding or spotting guys. I've hid in corners and sneeked around and shot some guy in the back and over and over again these kids with great aim turn around and always beat me in a dual. COD4 is a much more even playing field since when you start hitting a guy in the back your 99% likely to get the kill.

Now this is why your point is totally shot, if you prefer to play the Halo way, you can. Hardcore mode is all traditional gun pickups, and default weapons, no ranked items at all, so you can play that way, but what does it say when these game modes by far have way less people playing them? It says games like Halo would be better off getting with the times and introducing a system similiar to cod4.

Because they'd like to have fun with them too.

CoD4 is a more even playing field because the player with better aim/reflexes doesn't win?

That people are enjoying their daily "Bash the novices game" more.

What I'm saying is your not a N00b for long in cod4, it didn't take me long to get good at COD4, because I was able to customize my character and pick a class I was comfortable with(yes, these classes are avaialable right at the beginning.) In Halo 3 I've played for 30 hours online, and I still struggle to get more then 3 kills in a game. That's a game where there is no reward for playing longer.

about aim/reflexes, yes you are rewarded for these in COD4, but your not ONLY rewarded for them, your also rewarded for stealth, and strategy, its more rewarding to more types of people, so your not screwed if you just good at one thing.

about the "Bash the novices game" I find that novices are not bad players in cod4, I've seen people kick but when they just start playing. I've also seen veterans play with the default guns, because they are just as good. And again, it's silly to complain, you unlock so much in just a few hours of playing, your basically saying you hate this game because you suck at it in the beginning, that's plain silly, because most people suck at every game in the begginning. the "bash the n00bs" concept wasn't invented with COD4. and more importantly I think Cod4 is forgiving to n00bs, like the aiming mechanic is way easier for a first time player then aiming in halo. Hiding is eaiser since you can go prone. And you can't hurt your teammates in normal game modes. Unlike freaking Battlefield where your bound to crash the helicopter the first 10 tries flying it and you'll lose tons of points in suicide and team murder for it.