Camping for Killstreaks - The death of Warfare

WARNING! excessive truth ahead

So unless you have been living under a rock for the past forever you will probably played a match or two of Modern Warfare 2.


Sure its the biggest and best game ever released (or so I have been told) I still feel there is a lot wrong with it.

From the second this game was released I would guess that over 90% of the FPS market shifted from COD4 and WaW (try playing them now, there are never more than a few hundred people per playlist) This creates quite a problem for us gamers.



I'm sure that most of you will agree that you have played atleast one match and at some point said 'THAT'S BULLSH*T" at something that has happened to you, you got knifed by the guy you were shooting, you were clearly around the corner when you died and that grenade DEFINITELY followed you... don't get me started on predator missiles (they always aim for me you know)




The hardcore players will easily shrug off these problems - Its just the way the games made - Probably some lag, ah never mind. but to me and you I hope - that just can't be true.

When you look at it, its customizable kill streaks and the option to stack them. every game you get the kid who sits by the bomb with his ACR constantly aimed down sights or the guy in the corner of the room with the silenced UMP.

YES I understand that you don't want to die when you are 1 kill off of your Chopper Gunner but MAN doesn't having to traipse back to kill the same person over and over get a bit boring? that's what this post is getting at - Have any of you tried going back to WaW or 4? the games are just so much more fast paced, you get more kills and more deaths and the game is over before you know it - you don't get people camping because they know once they pass 7 kills that chopper or those dogs are the last thing coming!


now im not saying the way to fix this is to just run and gun in MW2, that would just get you killed by all of the campers! haha just try to have a bit more fun, its a game - not the end of the world

/Rant

Have fun everybody!

Remember... No Russian - The war on controversy

So I just completed Modern Warfare 2, including the 'controversial' No Russian mission.

I guess its obvious that some people are not going to like it, I mean you watch as hundreds of innocent civilians are gunned down in front of you, and you are asked to partake in it.

I think anyone can see why its not the prettiest of missions. For this reason however I have found literally hundreds of people condemning the level, and in some cases the entire game because of it.

Most of the arguments I have heard are based on the fact that "Why didn't Pvt Allen just shoot Makarov?" or "they would have known that Makarov was Russian" well as easy as that sounds, I don't think its that simple.
You take the role of Pvt Allen, now working a deep cover operation as one of Makarov's right hand men. In the debriefing before the mission you hear Shepherd telling you that he needs much more of you, and that you will lose a part of yourself - but its all for the greater good... right?


I think to those of you that have completed the game will understand that Shepherd isn't the most stable of men, mostly working on the principle of 'Just get the job done'
Even in the first level, Shepherd calls in an airstrike on a building - one of the Rangers states - 'aren't we danger close?' to which another replies, 'Since when did Shepherd care about Danger Close'



Your role is to infiltrate Makarov's terrorist cell by any means necessary - the information that Makarov holds is worth alot more to the American Government than the dead body of another terrorist. Couple this with the fact that a British SAS agent, along with some US Marines gunned down Zachiev - Whom Russia has named a martyr and hero, the tension between US and Russia seem even more strained.


Well that's my take on the "why"

then there is the whole 'But why did Russia invade?'
First of all I'm guessing that they didn't take kindly to the massacring of an entire Russian airport, take this and add in a dead US CIA operative - I think any government would jump to conclusions, but add in the fact that the Russians are still a bit pissed that Zachiev is dead and we have reason for a war! Makarov clearly made it look like an american attack, remember... No Russian? they don't speak a word of Russian throughout the entire level - then leaving an American behind as the scapegoat.

All in all I think the level is brilliant and adds so much to the story - I mean who didn't just hate Makarov a whole lot more after you watched him murder countless innocent people?

bottomline, the option is there to skip it, if you don't like it, don't play it!

Modern Warfare 2 Prestige edition announced!

Okay so I'm two days out, who cares! have you seen the prestige edition? real night vision goggles!

Prices for US are currently speculated around $150... if these goggles are any good I really doubt it will be that cheap. I read somebody saying in the $400 region - that wouldn't surprise me at all.

Still a UK price wil probablly be another USD - GBP straight conversion, ala Rock Band so I'd say be ready to shell out quite a bit for this one.

We are looking somewhere in the £99 - £119 region on this one.

Modern Warfare 2 becomes Call of Duty again!

JJ

So it's been a while but everyone heard that Modern Warfare 2 had dropped the Call of Duty prefix. Well guess what... It's back!

That's right everyone, Activision confirmed that Call of Duty had been added back to the title, along with what looks like a new box art (which is rubbish by the way ;) )


I much prefer the older Promo case (Which I posted some shots of in an earlier post)

Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 is the direct sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. We have focused our attention on Modern Warfare in order to most effectively communicate the fact that this is the first true sequel in the Call of Duty series. Infinity Ward, the original creators of the Call of Duty franchise, has said from the beginning Modern Warfare 2 resides in the Call of Duty universe. This is reflected in the title's package.

http://twitter.com/fourzerotwo/status/2555334500
http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/modernwarfare2/news.html?sid=6213177

Modern Warfare 2 launch will be massive, expect lots of DLC

http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2009/05/31/modern-warfare-2-launch-will-be-massive-expect-lots-of-dlc/

During an E3 remarks event moments ago, Activision Blizzard said the November
launch of Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare
2 will be the largest entertainment launch of any kind when it launches this
November. Prior to that remark, the company also made clear it will be more
aggressive on downloadable content in the future. No details were given but it’s
safe to say with the massive
success the recent World at War DLC, we can expect those maps to keep
rolling in.

That's right everyone. Massive Launch and much more DLC. We will keep you updated on this as it comes.

check later for some photo's of the Modern Warfare 2 preorder poster.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 NEW Extended trailer

Well here it is, the latest trailer for Infinity Wards highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

The video seems to be mostly if not all in-game footage - If you watch at 1:28 it says "Checkpoint Reached"

The video makes this game look even more great - who can say no to snow-mobile gun fights?