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Call of Duty: Black Ops III |OT| No Content For Old Gen

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Hispanicguy

Member
Unlocked the Dragon head for Seraph:

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..and then I noticed that another head called Hero became available once I unlocked Dragon. Don't know what you need for that.

I'm close to getting the Dragon outfit so once I get that, I wanna assume it'll unlock it? We shall see.
 
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Strider

Member
Vincent Alexander said:
Just when I start to feel like I'll never be good as I once was, and that the new kids have replaced me, I finish a game 1st place (first time) with 22 kills and 3 deaths with a 7.33 K/D ratio. Feels good---
---Though I see I still have mountains to climb. Damn, that score is crazy.
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I've accepted that I'm not gonna be as good at this as I was BO1 or even BO2...

:(

I feel like no matter how many enemies I kill there's always that one person left to kill me and they just keep coming and coming... And I can't rack up higher killstreaks because of it.
 
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NoLongerALurker

Banned
This game is so easy. Guns with no recoil and just mash the jump button when somebody shoots you. Glad I didn't drop $60 on this and just got it through game sharing.
 
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t0rment

Member
the campaign is absolutely trash, it's the worst story, va, characters in the entire franchise and horrible level design in some missions that overextend for 20 minutes. i'm not gonna finish this shit alone.
 
Xeilyn

Xeilyn

Member
Vincent Alexander said:
Just when I start to feel like I'll never be good as I once was, and that the new kids have replaced me, I finish a game 1st place (first time) with 22 kills and 3 deaths with a 7.33 K/D ratio. Feels good---
---Though I see I still have mountains to climb. Damn, that score is crazy.
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Tbh i was struggling alot at first but now i pull some good games, mostly with the VMP, that thing is a beast. A big tip is to use headphones and the awareness perk, helped me a ton
 
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Strider

Member
Soooo for those of you that liked AW campaign you are also disliking this one? Or did those of you hating it hate AW too?

AW wasn't a great game by any means but I was entertained throughout my one playthrough... Was hoping I could get the same from BO3
 
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Vincent Alexander

Member
Xeilyn said:
Tbh i was struggling alot at first but now i pull some good games, mostly with the VMP, that thing is a beast. A big tip is to use headphones and the awareness perk, helped me a ton
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That's funny. I just put on my headphones for first time today when I started doing well. Maybe there is something there? But also...
Strider said:
I've accepted that I'm not gonna be as good at this as I was BO1 or even BO2...

:(

I feel like no matter how many enemies I kill there's always that one person left to kill me and they just keep coming and coming... And I can't rack up higher killstreaks because of it.
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What's really helped me improve is that I've stopped sprinting all the damn time. When I'm moving around a corner in a position that makes me vulnerable, I stop and aim as I move out. Also, as you get to know the maps more simply avoid death zones. That one map in a village where half the village is on it's side as an example? I never go to the center anymore where you can be sniped from two different buildings, and picked off from every corner. Slowing it down and playing more defensive has helped a ton.
 
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Dez_

Member
I bookmarked two games last night and now I can't find either of them in theater mode. The mode doesn't seem to display my most recent games.

I've been struggling with the multiplayer for a bit, but I think I've finally found a gun I'm comfortable playing with. Been doing rather well with the burst fire assault rifle, I forget the name. XR-2?
 
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Klyka

Banned
Strider said:
Soooo for those of you that liked AW campaign you are also disliking this one? Or did those of you hating it hate AW too?

AW wasn't a great game by any means but I was entertained throughout my one playthrough... Was hoping I could get the same from BO3
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This campaign (So far,I am on the...fourth mission?) is a lot more subdued than the usual CoD campaign. Like,the setpieces aren't those usual OMG HUGE BOMBASTIC thing,they are more "oh that's kinda cool" and then tons of big fights in medium-ish areas.
It seems they cut a lot of corners for the co-op experience. They basically left out a lot of the "press X to awesome" moments in favor of having a lot of gameplay so you and your 3 friends can keep shooting people.

The story is also incredibly hard to relate to cause they don't really do any kind of world building. You are suddenly supposed to know what exactly a faction is and who they are at war with and such. Apparently there are reasons for the disjointedness,but I have not seen them yet.

I'd say it is a decent co-op campaign,but it is not a good CoD campaign.
 
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Relaxed Muscle

Member
BOIII campaign is some "Doom: Repercussions of Evil" in more than writing quality.

Overall it was a very mediocre campaign, with barely really good moments.
 
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Double Donut

Member
I don't get why, with even an extra year of dev time, Treyarch went for a linear campaign rather than doing a Black Ops II-style game again where you get to make choices throughout the game that change the story.

God damn, Black Ops II had a perfect campaign. I feel it may never be topped.
 
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Strider

Member
Vincent Alexander said:
What's really helped me improve is that I've stopped sprinting all the damn time. When I'm moving around a corner in a position that makes me vulnerable, I stop and aim as I move out. Also, as you get to know the maps more simply avoid death zones. That one map in a village where half the village is on it's side as an example? I never go to the center anymore where you can be sniped from two different buildings, and picked off from every corner. Slowing it down and playing more defensive has helped a ton.
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Already do all of these things :p

I really just feel like I need a suppressor and ghost on every gun/class or else I just get overrun.

Also advanced Thrusters is surprisingly useful. Got me out of a few bad situations
 
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kanuuna

Member
I know this isn't a first for COD, but this game is trash without a server browser on PC. I really don't need the 2 minutes in a lobby and voting for maps in between matches that last 6 minutes or so. I really don't want to play S&D with this few players and switch sides after every round. And I really don't want to play HC TDM where I have to wait 15 seconds to respawn after I get shot in the ass by someone who insists the right way to play one of these games is to hold control of a corner.

Also, I have never played a COD where guns feel this weak in normal game modes. And I've played pretty much all of them. Which just makes the lack of choice in HC playlist modes more frustrating.
Given how busted this game is on PC in a lot of ways (performance issues, CTDs, fixed ADS sensitivity and settings that increase input lag) and the lack of a server browser, I'd be surprised if this game would be able to sustain 10k active players on PC until the mod tools show up.
 
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jorgejjvr

Member
Strider said:
Already do all of these things :p

I really just feel like I need a suppressor and ghost on every gun/class or else I just get overrun
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That's my class right there, if you see my videos above. With ghosts and silencer.

I'll probably permanently unlock ghosts
 
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Neofx

Member
I'm sad, the Spectre specialist looks amazing, but after playing with both the Ripper and Active Camo abilities they are so bad compared to others.
 
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jon bones

hot hot hanuman-on-man action
i posted earlier but it got burried:

is anyone else seeing lots of intense artifacting on PS4? like tons of visual bugs on certain textures, invisible walls, etc?

would a re install help?
 
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t0rment

Member
Strider said:
Soooo for those of you that liked AW campaign you are also disliking this one? Or did those of you hating it hate AW too?

AW wasn't a great game by any means but I was entertained throughout my one playthrough... Was hoping I could get the same from BO3
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i liked AW, i actually played it a few weeks ago for the first time, and the difference is pretty jarring. kevin spacey alone is better than this trash.
 
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Citadel

Member
As someone who has loved the story for World at War, Black Ops 1, and Black Ops 2... I'm slightly disappointed with this campaign. I mean, the overall story (about the super-soldiers and bots) is really cool, but the actual writing/script seems really poorly written. Still interesting, and I'm holding out hope that Reznov shows up at some point.

Multiplayer, on the other hand... extremely fun. Enjoying it so much more already than Advanced Warfare. Gunplay seems like it brought the feel that AW took away. I'm liking the new movements more than I thought I would too.
 
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jorgejjvr

Member
Citadel said:
As someone who has loved the story for World at War, Black Ops 1, and Black Ops 2... I'm slightly disappointed with this campaign. I mean, the overall story (about the super-soldiers and bots) is really cool, but the actual writing/script seems really poorly written. Still interesting, and I'm holding out hope that Reznov shows up at some point.

Multiplayer, on the other hand... extremely fun. Enjoying it so much more already than Advanced Warfare. Gunplay seems like it brought the feel that AW took away. I'm liking the new movements more than I thought I would too.
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Don't forget swimming

Feels just right
 
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NoLongerALurker

Banned
Klyka said:
I write "EASY" at the end of every round in your honor.
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I appreciate that.

zsynqx said:
uh huh.
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Going to make a counter argument for how the game isn't easy, guns have no recoil, and just spamming the jump button isn't a get out of jail free card? Or are you just going to sarcastically agree with me?


Also, hip fire is way to accurate for how low the ttk is and way too many 1 hit kill specialists. Ugh and the damn auto-aim. So annoying when you get two guys in your sight and it pulls you to the you don't want to shoot first.

I'll throw a positive in here as I have been rather negative. Zombies is fucking awesome. Will be spending a lot of time in that. Jeff Goldblum is the man.
 
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NervousXtian

Thought Emoji Movie was good. Take that as you will.
So my son go this for my birthday, Xbone version.. we played some local MP and zombies.. but now I'm trying to play online.. my connection everywhere else is fine.. but all I get is fucking connection interrupted all the time.. completely unplayable. Not sure how accurate the stat page is, but I'm full green bars for connection.. my internet connection in general is fine.. never had an issue before this.

Anyone else.. is there some fix?
 
Pegasus Actual

Pegasus Actual

Member
Lol at the campaign. Stupidly fun in 4 player on "realistic" but that storyline.... wow. I bet someone thought they were writing a really smart sci-fi story but.... just...no.
 
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CHC

Member
Seems like a 12 year old came up with these campaign scenarios.

There is NO sense of pacing whatsoever, it's awful. Every level is just 100% full on firefight all the time, every second. There is no strategic flow or directionality to any of the fights, it's just tons of amorphously defined areas filled to the brim with enemies coming from every angle.

It just makes me feel lazy. I'm pretty much just holding the trigger all the time shooting anything and everything. I really wish this was slightly more grounded and well paced, it just feels totally braindead and idiotic.
 
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jorgejjvr

Member
NoLongerALurker said:
I appreciate that.



Going to make a counter argument for how the game isn't easy, guns have no recoil, and just spamming the jump button isn't a get out of jail free card? Or are you just going to sarcastically agree with me?


Also, hip fire is way to accurate for how low the ttk is and way too many 1 hit kill specialists. Ugh and the damn auto-aim. So annoying when you get two guys in your sight and it pulls you to the you don't want to shoot first.

I'll throw a positive in here as I have been rather negative. Zombies is fucking awesome. Will be spending a lot of time in that. Jeff Goldblum is the man.
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I'm just going to put it simply

The game seems and feels the exact opposite of what you just said

It's not easy

The guns do have recoil and plenty of flinch

Jumping is a sure way to get you killed, helps mostly with grenades tho

And the game is fun, there's just no other way around it
 
thatJohann

thatJohann

Member
I started liking campaign then it dragged and then turned into shit with annoying enemies / crows that reanimate after dying etc. I finished it despite not even enjoying it. Shame as I liked the beginning a lot.
 
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zsynqx

Member
NoLongerALurker said:
I appreciate that.



Going to make a counter argument for how the game isn't easy, guns have no recoil, and just spamming the jump button isn't a get out of jail free card? Or are you just going to sarcastically agree with me?


Also, hip fire is way to accurate for how low the ttk is and way too many 1 hit kill specialists. Ugh and the damn auto-aim. So annoying when you get two guys in your sight and it pulls you to the you don't want to shoot first.

I'll throw a positive in here as I have been rather negative. Zombies is fucking awesome. Will be spending a lot of time in that. Jeff Goldblum is the man.
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Okay, i'll bite. You start of by calling the game easy but you do realize that everyone has the same weapons etc. putting you all on an even playing field. Guns do have recoil, subtler though it may be than other shooters and that is just the way the game is designed. The jumping complaint really isn't true, like it was in AW. There is notable sway when jumping/aimed in and your jet pack is slow enough for to make you an easy target, again unlike AW. Overall the TTK seems pretty great so far and probably at a similar level to Blops 2, which imo was perfect for COD gameplay. The auto aim is completely manageable and honestly don't get that complaint. The specialists do throw a spanner in the works and do add a little bit of unpredictability to the matches but I do agree that they can get annoying. It sounds to me like you are just not a fan of this type of shooter because honestly this is easily the best MP on ps4 imo.

Edit: the hip fire complaint is kinda true on smg's but I am hoping that will get patched as pro players have been complaining about that on twitter.
 
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MrJohnSherry

Member
God I am in love with this game. This is more or less exactly how a COD Game should feel to be honest. I am already getting depressed thinking about what tripe we will get served up next year by IW. Was that 2 year DLC rumour for BLOPS3 ever confirmed or denied?
 
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