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[FStop7]

Had some pretty bad issues with lag last night. This time it was't lag compensation, it was something else.

I was in the middle of a game when I started glitching all over the place. I'd leap ahead or backward a few steps at a time in twitchy fashion. When I checked connection status on the scoreboard every player in the game showed as having 0 bars (just a small red dot.)

It was obviously not just happening to me as the game basically came to a halt, nobody was able to do anything. This would last for a minute or two, then it would gradually go back to normal.

I switched to a different lobby afterward and things were mostly better, but I still did notice a touch of lag for the rest of the evening. Especially when watching killcams.

On another note - I sure hope select fire on the FAL is worth all of the shit I'm going through to get it. As a semi-auto gun it sucks. I'm getting massacred as I level up the gun to unlock sf.

 

[HiiiLife]

I actually prefer to use the FAL as a single fire weapon.

 

[Solideliquid]

Dang Xbox or PC version can't decide.

 

[Mr.Fresh]

Anybody in here down to play Zombies on Xbox?

 

[Sethos]

Jesus, how long does it take for footage to hit Elite so I can watch it? 2 Hours now and nothing.

 

[EatChildren]

You have to reset the story back to that point. The option shows on the level select screen.

Cheers!

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Fuck this game freezes so much on my PS3.

 

[SteveWD40]

Dat Afghan / Horseback mission...

Loved it, felt like I was in the final act of The Living Daylights.

 

[Fantasmo]

FStop7, the FAL full auto has no recoil at all, sniper killing is easy. Use a laser sight and you can hold your own in short range fights too. If I didn't suffer from terrible lag Id beast with it. I expect a nerf. It shoots slower than pounding on the trigger but its infinitely easier to consistently kill targets since you're not freaking out on the trigger button. Its definitely worth the unlock.


Can someone please please troubleshoot my lag with me? I can't work with half second delay. I want to love this game. The previous page has my speedtest. I'm on 360

 

[Gibbo]

Dat Afghan / Horseback mission...

Loved it, felt like I was in the final act of The Living Daylights.

The set pieces in this game are amazing. I expecting the worst when they showed the LA level during the E3 presentation. But they somehow managed to win me over with the full package. One of the better SP in the last few years

 

[kewlmyc]

How do I know if the whole Double XP Weekend thing is working?

 

[sweetvar26]

I actually prefer to use the FAL as a single fire weapon.

Me too. I feel like a 'Pro' doing it. Haha

Dang Xbox or PC version can't decide.

Xbox!!!

Anybody in here down to play Zombies on Xbox?

I'm not on right now but may be a little later.

 

[Mr.Fresh]

I'm not on right now but may be a little later.

GamerTag?

 

[aristotle]

Fuck this game freezes so much on my PS3.

Stop looking at emblems

I've noticed that is the only time I've ever had a freeze. For some reason when the countdown timer finishes (or migrating hosts or whatever), the ps3 will freeze if you're doing anything other than just sitting in the lobby.

 

[Mideon]

Any Bros got a spare 360 Nuketown code? My copy turned up today from Tesco Direct which I ordered before release but it has no Nuketown code :-(

 

[CorrisD]

Can someone please please troubleshoot my lag with me? I can't work with half second delay. I want to love this game. The previous page has my speedtest. I'm on 360

There isn't much to troubleshoot, if you have a stable internet connection, seemingly regardless of speed once you get into double digits, you can be screwed over by lag compensation depending on who the host in and other players in the game.

There's not really a lot you can do about it besides doing what others have suggested, using wifi so your ping gets worse or doing something on a computer that uses a lot of bandwidth, the aim is to stick you on the bad end of the spectrum so the lag comp is heavier on other players.

It is also incredibly stupid that people have to do this to have a normal game, lol, I just barely move much in games these days and cover my back with equipment, not that it doesn't stop someone lagging around a corner and shooting me up regardless though.

 

[fuenf]

Looks like i got a very bad ending. Well at least this explains the different impressions of the campaign. The campaign was great but the ending really put a damper on things. Well let's fire it up again.

 

[sweetvar26]

Any Bros got a spare 360 Nuketown code? My copy turned up today from Tesco Direct which I ordered before release but it has no Nuketown code :-(

One of the posters was offering a code yesterday, probably already taken now.

 

[Raptor]

Copy/paste from AusGAF.

Gotta admit, I'm very surprised with how much I'm enjoying Black Ops 2. Speaking specifically of single player.

For me, the best Call of Duty campaigns were the first and the second, and Modern Warfare. I remember way back when the first was announced, and the "big thing" for the time was how many AI/NPC it was pushing in a single scene. The whole "horrors of WW2" thing, waves of people rushing against a bunkered down enemy, etc. I think that's why so many people, like myself, have fond memories of the Battle for Stalingrad sequence from the original game. Coming off that boat and pushing through the square, seemingly hundreds of characters on the screen rushing the enemy, getting mowed down. Had a great sense of pure chaos and carnage, like you're just one individual in the middle of two massive forces throwing themselves against each other in a wide battlefield.

As much as I enjoyed Modern Warfare, that marked the series turn from the above philosophy to more personal, tiny encounters and stage design. But I still enjoyed it, probably for the change in setting. I didn't mind Black Ops, but I loathed Modern Warfare 2 and Modern Warfare 3. I though World at War was kinda shitty too. MW3 I downright fucking hated, and I standby my belief that as a single player game it has abysmal level design, shitty pacing, and some of the worst encounters in the series. It's supremely boring, dull, and devoid of fun. MW2 wasn't far behind.

Black Ops 2, however, in many respects goes back to the philosophy of the original. Many of the battles take place in much, much larger battlefields than anything the series has seen since Call of Duty 2. There's a great sense of scale to the battles, lots of guys fighting on both sides, and the game constantly pushes you forward. Less squatting to grind against waves of forces, and instead a good momentum that keeps you moving through the battlegrounds. You cover a lot of ground in a single level. And even then, many of the encounters, though trademark Call of Duty scripted, are far less bottlenecked and overscripted than they usually are. If you need to take out a tank with explosives, or you need to push through enemy forces to an entry point, you're given quite a bit of flexibility to just how you're going to pull it off. Like, in the tank example, it's less "there's a mortar placed in a specific location, get to it, use it, and bomb this tank in a specific location", and more "here's a rocket launcher with anti-air homing capabilities, there's tanks and aircraft over in that general area moving about, now go destroy them". It's still scripted, but it puts more control in the hands of the player in how they're going to experience and engage in every encounter.

It's also completely utterly insane in themes and set pieces to the point where it's not like any Call of Duty. Not like the original gritty World War 2. Not like the wanky Modern Warfares. Not like the conspiracy mumbo jumbo Black Ops. Ironically, given the above, it's less "Call of Duty" than any Call of Duty, in themes at the very least.

I mean, it's still got some problems and rough portions I'm not overly impressed with, but it's clearly taken some steps away from the series' current formula to try a few different things, particularly in scope and level pacing. There's some other ideas thrown in there, consistently too, that lead me to believe Treyarch was legitimately trying to give the franchises a much needed kick up the arse.

This post right here makes me glad I decided to buy this one, and Im really glad because Im doing it primarly for the SP.

Great post man.

 

[harrytang]

Had some pretty bad issues with lag last night. This time it was't lag compensation, it was something else.

I was in the middle of a game when I started glitching all over the place. I'd leap ahead or backward a few steps at a time in twitchy fashion. When I checked connection status on the scoreboard every player in the game showed as having 0 bars (just a small red dot.)

It was obviously not just happening to me as the game basically came to a halt, nobody was able to do anything. This would last for a minute or two, then it would gradually go back to normal.

I switched to a different lobby afterward and things were mostly better, but I still did notice a touch of lag for the rest of the evening. Especially when watching killcams.

On another note - I sure hope select fire on the FAL is worth all of the shit I'm going through to get it. As a semi-auto gun it sucks. I'm getting massacred as I level up the gun to unlock sf.

This is exactly what's happening to me all day.

 

[Stallion Free]

The set pieces in this game are amazing. I expecting the worst when they showed the LA level during the E3 presentation. But they somehow managed to win me over with the full package. One of the better SP in the last few years

The funny thing was that I was quite bored watching the LA level during E3, but when I actually played it in the game it was a ton of fun.

 

[FStop7]

Any Bros got a spare 360 Nuketown code? My copy turned up today from Tesco Direct which I ordered before release but it has no Nuketown code :-(

I got you, will PM code

 

[ironcreed]

Dat Afghan / Horseback mission...

Loved it, felt like I was in the final act of The Living Daylights.

It's a really good example of the variety in the missions. Plus, it is so well paced with going to the past and back to the future as well. Can't believe I am talking positive about a COD campaign, but it actually is great, lol. Love some of the futuristic weaponry as well. Straight up badassery and gives a nice sense of near future war tech, albeit still fictional. It just pulls that vibe off really well.

 

[JB1981]

The set pieces in this game are amazing. I expecting the worst when they showed the LA level during the E3 presentation. But they somehow managed to win me over with the full package. One of the better SP in the last few years

Fuck. Maybe I will buy it now. It's not like there is a shortage of people to play MP with lol. My entire friend's list is

Black Ops
Black Ops
Black Ops
Black Ops
Black Ops
Halo 4
Black Ops
Black Ops
Black Ops
Xbox Dashboard
Black Ops
Black Ops
Halo 4

 

[jobber]

I assume there's no way to replay a mission to try for an alternate outcome and have it save? I'd like to replay

Spoiler

Karma

as I

Spoiler

let the guy get away

. I haven't continued the story from finishing the level, but I can't see any way to replay and have it save over.

WHAT

Spoiler

you can kill the bad guy that takes her?!?!

This is the first COD game I've played since MW2 and I was pacing myself during that entire level thinking it's going to be a scripted end to that mission :|
Even more so with the RTS mission that showed up.

Looks like I'm going to tread the entire game again.

 

[Mideon]

I got you, will PM code

Thank you so much, anytime I have any codes spare you will be my first Port of call. Thank you

 

[SeanR1221]

Ohh I might try the FAL with select firing, red dot AND laser. Sounds unstoppable.

 

[Flunkie]

Fuck. Maybe I will buy it now. It's not like there is a shortage of people to play MP with lol. My entire friend's list is

Black Ops
Black Ops
Black Ops
Black Ops
Black Ops
Halo 4
Black Ops
Black Ops
Black Ops
Xbox Dashboard
Black Ops
Black Ops
Halo 4

They're still playing Black Ops 1? Weird.

 

[Tattooth]

Any Bros got a spare 360 Nuketown code? My copy turned up today from Tesco Direct which I ordered before release but it has no Nuketown code :-(

Anyone got another spare code? I got mine from Tesco with no code and would love some double xp.

 

[ThirstyFly]

Oh my God the tech issues with the PS3 version are infuriating!!!

I can't even play it with my Sony headset online. Every time I try, the game falls to its knees, shits all over itself, rolls around in the feces getting it in its mouth, ears and eyes and then tells the doctor it has no idea how it got pink eye.

I can't believe a game this big got released in this state.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Ohh I might try the FAL with select firing, red dot AND laser. Sounds unstoppable.

Select fire / Target Finder / ExMags. The best rage mics.

 

[JB1981]

They're still playing Black Ops 1? Weird.

You know what I meant

 

[fuenf]

WHAT

Spoiler

you can kill the bad guy that takes her?!?!

This is the first COD game I've played since MW2 and I was pacing myself during that entire level thinking it's going to be a scripted end to that mission :|
Even more so with the RTS mission that showed up.

Looks like I'm going to tread the entire game again.

Yeah the game is doing a good job at 'hiding' your choices. The debriefing screens gives you a good idea of what could've gone differently, though.

I really wonder if those reviewers, who criticized the campaign, even played through it multiple times or simply approached the game like every other CoD

 

[legacyzero]

Dang Xbox or PC version can't decide.

I'm gonna be biased for a second. I own both.

With the type of game that it is, (if you're referring to multiplayer) twitchy, kb/m has done A LOT better for me.

Maybe the kb/m has spoiled me

I hated (HATED) Blops.

Really? I thought Blops was almost perfect balance, flow, and gameplay wise. It's only downfall was iffy hit detection IMO.

The game was certainly better than W@W. And I have a soft spot for COD3, mainly because it had the greatest multiplayer map know to man. (Eder Dam).

 

[Desaan]

Adventures on PS3:

*Waiting for more players to balance teams* - Lobby is full
*Migrating Host*
*Waiting for more players to balance teams* - Lobby is full
*Migrating Host*
*Waiting for more players to balance teams* - Lobby is full
*Migrating Host*
*Lobby closed, failed to migrate host*

I swear to god, the dev responsible for coding multiplayer spent more time smoking CRACK than doing his job, wtf is this shit? Then there are times after a game when I've been playing with a decent group of people and for no reason it will boot me out of the lobby and into my own one and start the process all over again.

Somewhere there is crack dealer who made a whole lot of cash whilst BLOPS2 was in development.

 

[fluffydelusions]

 

[brokenbeans]

I'm looking to hook up with some gaf brothers a bit later on, see if I can my KD to plummit some more.

360.

 

[sweetvar26]

I'm looking to hook up with some gaf brothers a bit later on, see if I can my KD to plummit some more.

360.

Sent you a PM.

Also the community thread is going up today apparently, so sure it will be all COD 360 brothers there, LOL.

 

[EatChildren]

WHAT

Spoiler

you can kill the bad guy that takes her?!?!

This is the first COD game I've played since MW2 and I was pacing myself during that entire level thinking it's going to be a scripted end to that mission :|
Even more so with the RTS mission that showed up.

Looks like I'm going to tread the entire game again.

The game has several moments like this. Full list of levels and their story 'choices':

Spoiler

Pyrrhic Victory - Nothing.
Celerium - Nothing.
Old Wounds - Have Mason resist during the interrogation, letting Woods execute Kravchenko.
Time and Fate - Find the records in the burning section of the bunker, with all the cocaine. If Kavchenko was interrogated you have time to find it, but the flames will destroy it if you're not quick enough.
Fallen Angel - Record four groups of conversation from Menendez. Unlocks a strike mission later in the game. Can also avoid Harper getting his face burnt by driving the right way.
Karma - Catch and kill DeFalco. Negates one strike mission, the one where you would normally go re-rescue Karma.
Suffer With Me - Shoot the target in the limbs instead of the head, showing Woods suspected something was off about the mission. Mason still dies, but it leads to a better ending.
Achilles Veil - Have Farid survive.
Odysseus - Briggs is injured instead of killed. Events of previous missions (strike included) shape the level.
Cordis Die - Protect the president.
Judgment Day - Kill or capture Menendez. Raul's fate, alive = negative.

 

[boredofcanada]

Anyone having problems with the campaign freezing (360). I can't pass a specific part without it locking up. I've tried installing and nothing....can anyone help????)

 

[Hispanicguy]

Anyone got another spare code? I got mine from Tesco with no code and would love some double xp.

Still need one? If so, I'll send you one via PM. 360, right?

 

[SeanR1221]

Select fire / Target Finder / ExMags. The best rage mics.

might try that too. Good one.

 

[brokenbeans]

Sent you a PM.

Also the community thread is going up today apparently, so sure it will be all COD 360 brothers there, LOL.

That's cool I'd like to get a party of 6 together. players who know what's going down I'm sick of randoms.

 

[Respawn]

I actually prefer to use the FAL as a single fire weapon.

Does it seem different to you in this one compared to MW3 and BO? Hmm maybe its the gun and the way perks are. Just doesnt respond like the others to me.

Ohh I might try the FAL with select firing, red dot AND laser. Sounds unstoppable.

Oh? So I get select fire rate?

 

[Tattooth]

Still need one? If so, I'll send you one via PM. 360, right?

Yeah, 360. Sent you a PM.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

The game has several moments like this. Full list of levels and their story 'choices':

Spoiler

Pyrrhic Victory - Nothing.
Celerium - Nothing.
Old Wounds - Have Mason resist during the interrogation, letting Woods execute Kravchenko.
Time and Fate - Find the records in the burning section of the bunker, with all the cocaine. If Kavchenko was interrogated you have time to find it, but the flames will destroy it if you're not quick enough.
Fallen Angel - Record four groups of conversation from Menendez. Unlocks a strike mission later in the game. Can also avoid Harper getting his face burnt by driving the right way.
Karma - Catch and kill DeFalco. Negates one strike mission, the one where you would normally go re-rescue Karma.
Suffer With Me - Shoot the target in the limbs instead of the head, showing Woods suspected something was off about the mission. Mason still dies, but it leads to a better ending.
Achilles Veil - Have Farid survive.
Odysseus - Briggs is injured instead of killed. Events of previous missions (strike included) shape the level.
Cordis Die - Protect the president.
Judgment Day - Kill or capture Menendez. Raul's fate, alive = negative.

Nope

Spoiler

its possible to save him

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Oh? So I get select fire rate?

Dude, just try them out. Go into bots and select it from there.

 

[fierrotlepou]

So how is this compared to the PS3 version of Black Ops I? Because the frame rate was incredibly bad as I'm sure all previous owners of BOI know.

 

[fluffydelusions]

BTW, is there a [GAF] clan or what lol

 

[33-Hit-Combo]

Totally cannot get in to the zone on this COD. My shooting is all over the place!