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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for Wii |OT| Patch #3 is now live!
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Freezie KO
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There are 634 players online right now.
If you're asking because you think that's the cause of the lag shooting, I don't believe that's it. Normally, when I lagged on Blops, the whole game would stutter, running would turn into teleporting, etc. That's not happening. People are moving smoothly, but the bullets aren't registering where they should.
I have had some good games for hit detection, but the majority have had some major issues. Most of my M16 kills have been when someone is coming directly at me, rather than strafing or moving on the run.
If you're asking because you think that's the cause of the lag shooting, I don't believe that's it. Normally, when I lagged on Blops, the whole game would stutter, running would turn into teleporting, etc. That's not happening. People are moving smoothly, but the bullets aren't registering where they should.
I have had some good games for hit detection, but the majority have had some major issues. Most of my M16 kills have been when someone is coming directly at me, rather than strafing or moving on the run.
TheBaldEmperor
Member
I have enough store credit for this so I think I'll grab it when I pick up 3d Land on Sunday. I was going to wait but I had a lot of fun with the online portions of the other Wii CoD games and I'm in the mood to play something like this.
Freezie KO said:
I just want to know what's the size of online community. In Blops, it constantly has about 10,000 online, which means plenty of games I can join. With 634 players, I think it's still possible to find a TDM game, but other more obscure game modes may be out of luck. But I am pretty sure, there will be a huge player influx after the holiday season.
As for the lag issue your guys are talking about, I think the chance it will get patched is, low. It's a engine/netcode issue deep inside. A lot of people complained about Blops' netcode issue (PC/XBOX/PS3), but little was done to fix that.
Me, personally, just happy they put it on wii.
What I'm curious about is how quickly will the game be adopted. I don't think it's a leap to say those that play it on the Wii are also interested in other Wii games. Do they spend money on this right now with other big Nintendo titles coming such as Skyward Sword and the Mario 3DS games or a chance of getting/buying a 3DS this holiday? It's not like MW3 is going to go anywhere and with the lack of promotion this time compared to even the limited exposure Black Ops and MWR got wouldn't that slow the adoption rate? I assume Activision doesn't think so but I'm not so sure to be honest. I guess it really is a wait and see situation. Perhaps we might know more by the end of the week when we see what the online numbers are like and what the Black Ops numbers look like to see if there is a significant decline.
Wha!? I'm pretty sure I remember seeing a good 25,000+ on Black Ops for the first few months. I'm assuming it will go up towards xmas and even the weekend, but it seems awfully low.Freezie KO said:
Edit: Actually, just realised while typing this that the official release date for Europe is Friday
I just wish they stuck with Black Ops netcode. It was near perfect most of the time and going back to WaW and Reflex netcode isn't what I was expecting :/.luoapp said:
Disguises said:
No it came out in the US today. Just that with work and school people more then likely haven't been playing it just yet. The real test is from tonight till the weekend. Kmart, the one with the wrong date I believe most likely had issues with it's listing on their website.
Has anyone seen any footage of the DS version?
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
MiniDitka has up to video 6 now. Boat control level:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8VcGys-z3A
Just click his channel uploads.
Video 5 has underwater stuff, looks cool.
Frame rate does seem to have plenty issues here and there but meh, it's the Wii.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8VcGys-z3A
Just click his channel uploads.
Video 5 has underwater stuff, looks cool.
Frame rate does seem to have plenty issues here and there but meh, it's the Wii.
Just saw this pop up on go nintendo: http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/32254/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-ds-gameplay-video/Effect said:
Actually, the player doesn't seem very good and they seem to be playing it with buttons for some reason.
Okay, resuming updates. 
At the moment:
-Changed the banner slightly
-Added release dates
-Added a separate section for MinDikta's videos
-Changed GAF impressions so that I'll post a summary of what each says in the main post, with a link to the post for more detailed impressions (also to avoid clutter in the main post).
At the moment:
-Changed the banner slightly
-Added release dates
-Added a separate section for MinDikta's videos
-Changed GAF impressions so that I'll post a summary of what each says in the main post, with a link to the post for more detailed impressions (also to avoid clutter in the main post).
Chuck (Old)
Banned
Is anybody starting up a GAF clan? Or are there plans to include friend codes in the OP?
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fernoca said:Okay, resuming updates.
At the moment:
-Changed the banner slightly
-Added release dates
-Added a separate section for MinDikta's videos
-Changed GAF impressions so that I'll post a summary of what each says in the main post, with a link to the post for more detailed impressions (also to avoid clutter in the main post).
Great job for the OP! Thanks.
Criminal Upper
Banned
Can anyone post any high-as-possible-for-wii screens at all? I'm just curious as to what the game even looks like. And Google images gives me nothing. Yt blocked at work.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Watched a bit of the SP campaign and it looks pretty good so far.
Bending_Unit_22
Member
I haven't seen the other ones, but in general that is something that annoys me with MP games these days. I did play MW2 (I think it was) on the 360 and thought it was a bit cluttered, one level seemed like there was a ticker tape parade going on with so much flipping paper in the air.AbsoluteZero said:
Chuck (Old)
Banned
I found these on GameFAQs:Criminal Upper said:
http://i.imgur.com/BAHzq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ZQUQ3.jpg
fabricated backlash
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I gotta admit, I thought it would look much much worse. Treyarch really pushes the Wii one last time with it. I'm really glad that this game seems to be an almost perfect port (considering the hardware) of the game. And some of the cuts seem to actually benefit the game (no killcams, no AC 130 etc)
Freezie KO
Banned
Don't worry about how many people are online. I was posting from the early AM after a midnight release.
Do worry about the lag shooting. This is imperative for them to fix. It's pretty bad, and if anything, it's gotten worse into the day as the poor hit detection issues have been coupled with just regular lag. I don't know how it could be so difficult to just copy whatever Black Ops was using. Despite it being far from perfect (such as host lag), it was much much better than this.
Do worry about the lag shooting. This is imperative for them to fix. It's pretty bad, and if anything, it's gotten worse into the day as the poor hit detection issues have been coupled with just regular lag. I don't know how it could be so difficult to just copy whatever Black Ops was using. Despite it being far from perfect (such as host lag), it was much much better than this.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
What do people mean with lag shooting? That you have to lead shoot where the player is going rather than where he shows on screen based on your latency? I thought (granted I don't play that many online, last time I focused on such a game was many years ago with CS) that's standard practice for FPS games and the only "fair" way to do it as having client side hit drection means that while that person (or you) has already taken cover or whatever on their end, the latency on someone else's end means they're still in view on their screen and so they unfairly get shot if there's client side hit detection only. Unless you mean the latter is what happens and should be fixed.
Freezie KO
Banned
Alextended said:
I'm no expert when it comes to the terminology. But yes, you have to consistently lead shoot several moves in advance. Not only that, there are major problems even when firing at a stationary target. I've been unloading entire clips at targets and not even getting hit markers.
Going from Black Ops on Wii, it's a monumental difference. It's not just an FPS-on-console issue. It's this game specifically. Black Ops was heaven compared to this. I was 20% accuracy in that game. In MW3, I'm about 7%. I can barely hit the wall when firing an M16, and I had to switch over to using an automatic and spraying just to make sure I can hit my target.
The best response to the issue was one I saw on the official forums. It summed up the hit detection issue quite succinctly. "There is no hit detection."
happyfunball
Member
Alextended said:
They added EMBM water last year in Black Ops as well.
It's really weird watching someone play it on the Wii with the Classic Controller, being used to seeing the Wii versions played smooth and silky with cranked-up pointer settings. Running about should look like you're confidently navigating the environment, not jerking around.Alextended said:
I'm ambivalent on the return of lag shooting if it's the same as it was in Reflex, as I got to be pretty good with it there and lost count of the number of times I got killed after what should have been safely running into cover in Black Ops.
ryūkotsusei
Member
AbsoluteZero said:
I agree. Its especially noticeable in WaW. This is one of the reasons I still prefer WaW. Cliffside ftw.
chickdigger802
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speaking of which, anybody pick up the ds version? I believe my bro was one of the best guys online (kicked the asses of the devs for blops lol).
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Chuck said:
Those are probably PS3/360 screens. The Wii version has no local multiplayer.
Wired All Wrong
Member
Looks like it's just 4 pictures put together. The score and time are different in each section.Lone_Prodigy said:
Chuck (Old)
Banned
Look carefully at the buttons. It's the Wii version.Lone_Prodigy said:
papersleeves
Member
Doesn't look too bad. I honestly don't mind the graphics in general. I just wish it had better lighting. Everything looks dull and sterile. Other than that, it certainly appears like decent experience with most of the aspects intact.
Quick look at all multiplayer maps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDkw0VMve0k
Freezie KO
Banned
insin said:
It's not like MW:R. It's much worse. I had several frustrations with Blops. Mostly host lag, but yes, also dying behind cover. This is worse than that. Like, bullets do not register when clearly on a stationary target. It needs to be patched or it can be considered broken.