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Call of Duty 4: Exploding Car Clone Wars Official Thread
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Singleplayer and multiplayer is awesome, but the matchmaking needs fixing. Doesn't seem as if much has changed since the beta. The host can't just back out from a pre-game lobby and bring the whole party with him, and the matches are just atrocious. First game I got matched up with a level 38. Couple games later we were playing against two over 40. I thought the point with matchmaking was to match you up with players of similar skill.
marvelharvey
Member
BUT WHICH ALGORITHM IS BETTER??????????Calen said:
xS1TH L0RDx
Banned
marvelharvey said:
dark will have you believe that the algorithm used for ps3 is blurrier and not as crisp as the 360's.
Crisis said:
From http://www.infinityward.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,2292.0.html
fourzerotwo said:
marvelharvey
Member
Some superbly subtle animations in this game.
Very near the end,
Such attention to detail, well done IW
Very near the end,
just before the bunker doors slowly open before you breach the missile control room, you can see the excitement/anticipation building Captain Price by some little shakes in his body and him doing a little run on the spot.
I'm sort of in a dilemma.
I was playing the game on regular and having fun and then I switched to hardened because it was too easy. Went through most of act 1 on hardened and the difficulty was good for 70% of it, but every level there were a few parts that were annoying and took forever due to either deaths or enemies respawning for what seems like forever. I found that on these parts in hardened I had to go really slow and snipe guys one at a time while hiding and recovering after each hit and it just made these sections take forever and they weren't fun.
So now I'm thinking about just going back to regular because I can play the game like CoD1/2 there and sort of take it as it goes running from cover to cover while firing on enemies and having a good time.
Any advocates for hardened in terms of fun factor?
I was playing the game on regular and having fun and then I switched to hardened because it was too easy. Went through most of act 1 on hardened and the difficulty was good for 70% of it, but every level there were a few parts that were annoying and took forever due to either deaths or enemies respawning for what seems like forever. I found that on these parts in hardened I had to go really slow and snipe guys one at a time while hiding and recovering after each hit and it just made these sections take forever and they weren't fun.
So now I'm thinking about just going back to regular because I can play the game like CoD1/2 there and sort of take it as it goes running from cover to cover while firing on enemies and having a good time.
Any advocates for hardened in terms of fun factor?
AltogetherAndrews
Member
Anyone else feel weird about playing this in front of their kids? I don't mind my kid watching Gears of War or stuff like that, but this just feels like it's too real.
xS1TH L0RDx
Banned
maybe because humans exist and locust don't?
AltogetherAndrews
Member
xS1TH L0RDx said:
Well, yeah. But I don't normally give much of a shit about whatever horrible things the kid watches, fantasy or not, yet this crossed some line.
Stoney Mason
Banned
AltogetherAndrews said:
Curb Stomp?
AltogetherAndrews
Member
Stoney Mason said:
I have yet to pull off one of those. Can you even do that in SP?
Stoney Mason
Banned
AltogetherAndrews said:
I honestly can't remember. Its been a long while since I played. I don't think COD is especially gruesome although it is very well animated so maybe that has something to do with that perception.
Calen said:
i dont know either. Its a great console, just suffering from lame memes ect., and the media, I guess sony isnt handing limited edition consoles and accessories worth $1000 with each of their press packs for games.
I have just as much software for both consoles, theyre both great, but the 360s hardware quality has really started making me steer my purchases toward ps3.
personally, thanks for not being lazy on the port, and making a great one at that. PS3 owners appreciate that you didnt hand us rubbish other developers have.
Playing through Epilogue on Veteran is slowly driving me insane. I almost made it to the end, then got shot in the back with a couple steps left to go. The biggest problem I'm noticing is that the flashbangs seem fairly random; sometimes I'll toss them into a room and nobody will actually be stunned. Any tips for using them effectively?
Because people are getting confused while they're playing and looking at the ground and the walls instead of the enemy soldiers, I decided to make a visual companion for everybody so they could learn how to play the game like a pro. I'll admit that when I turned the game on, I was kind of unsure of what visual cues to focus on because it doesn't go very in depth in the 3 page manual.
Esperado said:Because people are getting confused while they're playing and looking at the ground and the walls instead of the enemy soldiers, I decided to make a visual companion for everybody so they could learn how to play the game like a pro. I'll admit that when I turned the game on, I was kind of unsure of what visual cues to focus on because it doesn't go very in depth in the 3 page manual.
Black hot or white hot?
forgeforsaken
Member
Esperado said:
Ok, now it looks like GRAW.
rollingstart
Banned
Esperado said:Because people are getting confused while they're playing and looking at the ground and the walls instead of the enemy soldiers, I decided to make a visual companion for everybody so they could learn how to play the game like a pro. I'll admit that when I turned the game on, I was kind of unsure of what visual cues to focus on because it doesn't go very in depth in the 3 page manual.
wow, its like im back to playing GRAW again.
~Devil Trigger~
In favor of setting Muslim women on fire
veteran mode is at its worst in CoD4
i thonk this is the hardest game of the year, though Uncharted looks like it might be on the same road
i thonk this is the hardest game of the year, though Uncharted looks like it might be on the same road
HomerSimpson-Man
Member
Esperado said:Because people are getting confused while they're playing and looking at the ground and the walls instead of the enemy soldiers, I decided to make a visual companion for everybody so they could learn how to play the game like a pro. I'll admit that when I turned the game on, I was kind of unsure of what visual cues to focus on because it doesn't go very in depth in the 3 page manual.
Oh god, it took me a moment to realize the yellow guy and how you hinted at it in the text. :lol
Stoney Mason
Banned
squicken said:
I loled.
While I enjoy the online system I'm already having some annoyances like the host being able to close out lobbies. This creates a lot of annoying situations like finding a game and then being booted or joining a game in progress that ends and being booted again when the host closes the lobby.
Riptwo said:
I just completed the Mile High Club in Vet in about 36 seconds.
My strategy, shoot through the bathroom wall at the beginning to kill potty dude. Immediatly aim through conference room and head shot that guard. Prepare flashbang as you run through conference room and throw it against the far wall as the enemies are coming in. It looks like you're throwing behind them, but it'll work. Use the rest of your clip to clear path, go through left door. Instantly, throw a flashbang down the center of the cabin and rush to the left wooden panel that two enemies are standing behind. Bring out your pistol as you go prone behind this panel. The Cabin explodes, you may have to pick off an enemy or two with your pistol until the others are sucked out. As your squadmates rush by, pull out your machinegun and reload as you follow behind. Go right at the stairs, prepare another flashbang, and throw it down the cabin through the first doorway you see. Rush through that door, and kill the three blinded enemies you see. Now, you'll probably be empty on your pistol and your machinegun. No worries. Throw your last flashbang into the crowded hallway, rush past all the blind enemies, and then knife the first guy that blocks your path at the end. There's another behind him, but you can run forward and activate the 4 second slo-mo hostage countdown before he can hurt you. I'd suggest taking your shot instantly, it's the clearest you'll see the guard's head above the VIP.
blindrocket
Member
Open mic is being a problem for me, I can hear all kinds of mouth breathers and speaker noise over the communications. Could IW patch a "push to talk" button? I'm not sure if there's a good free button left on the controller though. :\
Also, I remember reading a lot of complaints here about the "dead zone" on the PS3 controller analog stick... from what I can tell Call of Duty 4 PS3 has NO "dead zone"... the analogs are smooth as butter. Playing a FPS with the SIXAXIS/Dual Shock is no problem for me and should be no problem for anyone willing to give it more than a seconds chance (and clear all predetermined bias from their minds).
Infinity Ward, thanks for making the PS3 version of the game so kick ass and not a shoddy port.
Also, I remember reading a lot of complaints here about the "dead zone" on the PS3 controller analog stick... from what I can tell Call of Duty 4 PS3 has NO "dead zone"... the analogs are smooth as butter. Playing a FPS with the SIXAXIS/Dual Shock is no problem for me and should be no problem for anyone willing to give it more than a seconds chance (and clear all predetermined bias from their minds).
Infinity Ward, thanks for making the PS3 version of the game so kick ass and not a shoddy port.
You know what's bullshit? I've only played in Veteran mode so far, but the super sniper 90's AI and shit-on-you respawning enemies give the gameplay an amateur feel. During the helicopter mission while on the ground I grenaded the top floor of a room constantly from all angles and cleared the bottom floor. There should've been no one in that top room. But I walk up there and open the door and get shot in the face anyway. There was nowhere for the enemy to hide in that room; how the hell did he survive four grenades and a barrage of wall-penetrating bullets?
And that's what's bullshit. Thank god I'm almost done with Veteran, because after this trial by fire I'm going to tweak it down to normal and RAPE THEM IN THE GOAT ASS. AND IT WILL HURT.
And that's what's bullshit. Thank god I'm almost done with Veteran, because after this trial by fire I'm going to tweak it down to normal and RAPE THEM IN THE GOAT ASS. AND IT WILL HURT.