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[DevelopmentArrested]

COD points aren't shown either, so you just successfully defeated your own argument.

I didn't say they did. I just said that EXP is less important hence the removal. I don't care either way since I play Hardcore.

 

[poppabk]

I like in that one mission where the

Spoiler

missile launches

and you have 5 seconds to shoot it with the rocket ... and its very tense .... and you launch the rocket ... and hilariously your controls are inverted making it impossible to aim.

If I select invert mouse, invert it for everything, and certainly don't let me find out about the lack of inverted controls at a one shot, time critical point.

 

[Why For?]

what version

How does that make a difference to what he's complainig about? Wouldn't those problems be present in all 3 versions?

How so?

It could be the lag playing it's part, but even in this thread someone posted a video of someone being shit, when it appeared they didn't really shoot them. Seen in in final killcam a LOT.

LOL. Don't play One in the Chamber or Hardcore or MW2...

I've only played a couple of games of Hardcore. Only just unlocked it yesterday. Been playing mostly Team deathmatch and barebones (which is a pretty cool idea).

I just think certain choices in the CoD series encourage camping.

You wouldn't camp:

- If the map didn't have 'hiding spots'. Spots where someone couldn't sneak up on you and take you down. CoD MP Maps have heaps of these

- If you knew you're weapon wouldn't take someone out quickly, which is why the only weapon you'll see someone 'camp' with in Halo is the shotgun or sniper rifle. You can camp with anything in CoD. Even if you decided to camp with an AR in Halo, it would take to long to take someone down, and they'd have a chance to counter you somehow.

In theory, the killcam should eliminate camping, but the problems I listed above cancel it out, especially the first point.

 

[alterno69]

Just want to say i played for 6 hours yesterday and i really like it. Played a few MW2 rounds a couple of days ago and it was a fucking mess, i loved that game too but it has turned into a fucking joke right now, might happen in Black Ops too but so far it's great. My only complaint is maybe the maps are way too open, i mean every room has like four access points, even roof tops and two story buildings have like 3 stairs or more, every one. May be good to prevent camping but i get killed from the back A LOT, that didn't happen in MW 2 so often.

 

[Y2Kev]

I like in that one mission where the

Spoiler

missile launches

and you have 5 seconds to shoot it with the rocket ... and its very tense .... and you launch the rocket ... and hilariously your controls are inverted making it impossible to aim.

If I select invert mouse, invert it for everything, and certainly don't let me find out about the lack of inverted controls at a one shot, time critical point.

I actually ran into a glitch there and Mason would not pick up the launcher. So I died three times while Woods yelled at me and I had no idea what was going on.

 

[Tamanon]

I will say, Nuketown is the closest to reminding me of MW2, if only because of the massive amounts of grenades and rocket launchers being shot constantly. I enjoy it though. Now if only folks would stop voting to go right back into it.

 

[DevelopmentArrested]

You wouldn't camp:

- If the map didn't have 'hiding spots'. Spots where someone couldn't sneak up on you and take you down. CoD MP Maps have heaps of these

Unless you suggest open maps with zero structures, I'm not exactly sure how this can be pulled off.

If you knew you're weapon wouldn't take someone out quickly, which is why the only weapon you'll see someone 'camp' with in Halo is the shotgun or sniper rifle.

There are weapon pick-ups in Halo; load-outs in CoD. That's just how it is. You start with whatever gun you want and that isn't going to change. (before people get pedantic, I know there are minimal load-outs in Reach)

You can camp with anything in CoD. Even if you decided to camp with an AR in Halo, it would take to long to take someone down, and they'd have a chance to counter you somehow.

What can I say at this point other than just go play Halo if you don't want to die fast?

 

[Gary Whitta]

How do people feel about the RC-XD cars? I've already come to hate and fear the little skittery noise they make :lol

 

[Why For?]

Unless you suggest open maps with zero structures, I'm not exactly sure how this can be pulled off.


There are weapon pick-ups in Halo; load-outs in CoD. That's just how it is. You start with whatever gun you want and that isn't going to change. (before people get pedantic, I know there are minimal load-outs in Reach)


What can I say at this point other than just go play Halo if you don't want to die fast?

I do.

I'm not saying I HATE CoD or anything, I said I was merely disappointed some of these issues weren't addressed. I still like playing it, but like MW2, I'll play Halo more, that's all.

 

[jonnybryce]

How do people feel about the RC-XD cars? I've already come to hate and fear the little skittery noise they make :lol

I love them. I hate when they chase me, they're a bit hard to counter or see coming if you're not paying attention but there's nothing like approaching an enemy with one who is trying to shoot you down but fails because you zig zag to them and then explode. It's so much fun. Really cool addition to the game, and the risk you take being vulnerable driving them for so long balances out their power imo.

 

[Kusagari]

How do people feel about the RC-XD cars? I've already come to hate and fear the little skittery noise they make :lol

I like them but I really feel they should have been at least a 5 kill streak weapon. It's simply too easy to get them at only 3 kills. I've seen maps where RC cars are zooming around everywhere.

 

[Trumpet909]

I like them but I really feel they should have been at least a 5 kill streak weapon. It's simply too easy to get them at only 3 kills. I've seen maps where RC cars are zooming around everywhere.

Combine that with Hardline and it takes no effort to get one.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

How do people feel about the RC-XD cars? I've already come to hate and fear the little skittery noise they make :lol

Theyre pretty insane. :lol

I hate dieing to them, but avoid using them simply because I dont like being vulnerable so early on in my killstreaks. When you get something like Chopper Gunner or Airship it sorta doesnt matter if you die, but when im only on 3 kills I sorta still wanna go for the higher rewards. That said the things are effective and I would probably be more inclined to use them if they were higher up on the chain as stupid as that sounds. :lol (I just dont like putting my guy at risk after just 3 kills in a row). Theres nothing more satisfying than shooting an enemies one aswell.

 

[Tamanon]

I like the concept, but I don't want to replace my spy plane with them. At least not until the Ghost revolution hits and everyone's a Ghost.

 

[Relix]

The

Spoiler

Nazi mission

was pretty damn good. Gave me a COD/COD2 feel!

 

[Trojita]

On the stage Numbers I had the guy I was escorting

Spoiler

Clark

who stopped moving the second we ended up on those cables after sliding through the pipe. I slid down the roof and ended up in a fenced in area where I couldn't move ahead. I had to restart the game at the last checkpoint (above the roof I slid down) walked all the way back to where he was and then he was still there not moving. I had a NPC in a previous stage stop moving. Man is the AI bad.

The single player plays like a Michael Bay wet dream from hell.

Has anyone had a seizure yet from those terrible flashes of light that happen at every single fucking cutscene?

 

[Hyunkel6]

Yeah, the AI is pretty bad. I went ahead of Woods and cleared a room before he got in. The second he steps into the empty room, he yells "COVER ME" and begins to unload a whole clip on the walls with his M16. Things like this just take me out of the game.

 

[n0n44m]

My quest for a sentry gun failed again after 5 hours. FU ghost pro.

came across this lone sentry gun standing on a roof looking the other way on Radiation

I shot it from the window I was looking through, took me 15 seconds and all 20 bullets (none missed) of my FAL but I got it with the 20th bullet :lol

 

[Omiee]

anybody have this game on pc..? and how does it play.
im thinking of getting the pc version tomorrow.
should i activate my game on steam or can i just jump in the game and do matchmaking.
this will be the first cod i will play online on my pc.
any tips, and how many people are online on pc, cuz i think on ps3 it was something over 1 million or something, and thats my second choise of platform if i dont get it on pc

 

[sweetvar26]

Me and my buddies can't find a fucking game for the past half an hour, keep throwing us into lobbies, nobody joins. We back out try to find another one and we all get kicked out, wow this is just annoying right now.

Anybody having matchmaking issues when playing with a party or friends? I'm on the 360 by the way.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

Me and my buddies can't find a fucking game for the past half an hour, keep throwing us into lobbies, nobody joins. We back out try to find another one and we all get kicked out, wow this is just annoying right now.

Anybody having matchmaking issues when playing with a party or friends? I'm on the 360 by the way.

I was in a party of 6 last night and we spent 50 minutes trying to find a game. Two people eventually got sick of waiting and left. It still took us about 10 minutes to find a game with a party of 4.

 

[AlkalineSolo]

really like the game, but am I the only one that thinks the font they used for MP is atrocious. it makes the game feel just....sloppy. take for example, the 'final killcam' font. so gross.

 

[Loxley]

anybody have this game on pc..? and how does it play.
im thinking of getting the pc version tomorrow.
should i activate my game on steam or can i just jump in the game and do matchmaking.
this will be the first cod i will play online on my pc.
any tips, and how many people are online on pc, cuz i think on ps3 it was something over 1 million or something, and thats my second choise of platform if i dont get it on pc

The PC version is almost unplayable for (apparently) half the people who bought it, including myself. The game uses resources in an obscure way, mainly it hogs up your PC's CPU and largely ignores the GPU from what I understand. Which is causing massive amounts of stuttering and rendering the game unplayable for people who are running a CPU older than an i5 (I'm running a Dual-Core from about three years ago ). Since the game is thriving on what is the oldest piece of hardware in my rig, it runs horribly.

It's a problem that can't be fixed by messing with your video settings, meaning the problem is lying mostly inside the game itself. Treyarch said earlier today that they have no idea what's causing it, but they're looking into it.

I'd actually avoid the PC version until it gets fixed, because you're likely going to have a 50% chance the game will run atrociously. For $60, I don't think those dice are worth rolling.

If you don't have that problem however, I hear the game on the PC is outstanding

 

[mYm|17|]

Me and my buddies can't find a fucking game for the past half an hour, keep throwing us into lobbies, nobody joins. We back out try to find another one and we all get kicked out, wow this is just annoying right now.

Anybody having matchmaking issues when playing with a party or friends? I'm on the 360 by the way.

yup, connecting to a game last night took awhile and we got frustrated.

we also kept getting connection errors and getting kicked back into the lobby

 

[Cruzader]

Sup guys, I know I got help before about the cod PSHome clothes code but my non Gaf friend asked me to ask to see if someone could help him get one. Lol Please pm me if you can. All he has is DS ignition code he got from his preorder or something. Not sure what that is.

Btw how is the SP compared to MoH or MW2? I though both games had terrible SP but mw2 just dragged on and hated the US town levels. As for moh, wish it had more afghan-spec op missions.(when you act like them and infiltrate their territory etc)

 

[Community Forum]

"Your actions caused your team to get killed."

WHAT ACTIONS GODDAMNIT!?!

 

[jonnybryce]

Theater is bullshit. I wasted the last 15 minutes creating a clip that's under 30 seconds with the clunky interface, linking my youtube account, uploading the clip and attempting to see it at the website and it doesn't appear in my youtube or the site.

It's a really crazy clip of sharpshooter that I wanted to share but the theater is a lie so fuck it.

 

[Gary Whitta]

I'm going in... Steam ID GWhitta if anyone wants to join me.

 

[Biff]

really like the game, but am I the only one that thinks the font they used for MP is atrocious. it makes the game feel just....sloppy. take for example, the 'final killcam' font. so gross.

HAHAHA I'm so happy I'm not the only one who noticed it :lol

I completely agree. Jaggy font wtf. It's just a matter of time before the rest of pro-Treyarch GAF catches up and realizes what a clusterfuck Black Ops is.

 

[Mr. Enigma]

HAHAHA I'm so happy I'm not the only one who noticed it :lol

I completely agree. Jaggy font wtf. It's just a matter of time before the rest of pro-Treyarch GAF catches up and realizes what a clusterfuck Black Ops is.

Don't count on it. The majority of us realize there are things way more important than fucking fonts. :lol

 

[Loxley]

Theater is bullshit. I wasted the last 15 minutes creating a clip that's under 30 seconds with the clunky interface, linking my youtube account, uploading the clip and attempting to see it at the website and it doesn't appear in my youtube or the site.

It's a really crazy clip of sharpshooter that I wanted to share but the theater is a lie so fuck it.

 

[knitoe]

came across this lone sentry gun standing on a roof looking the other way on Radiation

I shot it from the window I was looking through, took me 15 seconds and all 20 bullets (none missed) of my FAL but I got it with the 20th bullet :lol

I am to the point where I'll get a sentry gun, let enemy steal it and try to destroy it. :lol

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

Theyre pretty insane. :lol

I hate dieing to them, but avoid using them simply because I dont like being vulnerable so early on in my killstreaks. When you get something like Chopper Gunner or Airship it sorta doesnt matter if you die, but when im only on 3 kills I sorta still wanna go for the higher rewards. That said the things are effective and I would probably be more inclined to use them if they were higher up on the chain as stupid as that sounds. :lol (I just dont like putting my guy at risk after just 3 kills in a row). Theres nothing more satisfying than shooting an enemies one aswell.

Then use it after you die...? That would solve your entire dilemma, bro. Since KS rewards don't add to your streak, you should either:

A) Keep mowing fools down with your gun until you get your top KS reward then use them all in rapid succession

Or

B) Call it in once you die and respawn.

I like saving up two or three KSR for kicks and giggles.

 

[Community Forum]

So I've been trying to get past the FIRST FUCKING SINGLEPLAYER MISSION for like 1/2 hour and it keeps saying my actions have caused my team to be killed. Well lo and behold I google and find out it's a glitch, and I have to restart.

Are you kidding me? A game-breaking glitch in level 1?

Fuck this game.

 

[Gaogaogao]

fucking god damnit

 

[Sanic]

Lot's of instances of going into the theater and finding that only 1/2 or 1/3 of a match was recorded. I've missed some good stuff because of that.

 

[I NEED SCISSORS]

Game is unplayable on my PC. I usually have the lowest ping and the stuttering is unbearable. Dropping the resolution does not fix the issue and my PC ran MW2 perfectly.

Sitting this out until a patch.

What a fucking disappointment.

Yes, the waiting is getting pretty annoying now. I paid £32 for this game - more than any PC game this year (although StarCraft II, another Activision game, was close). It's past the point of a small niggle - it's now genuine frustration and makes me feel like I wasted my money.

 

[Ramirez]

I got a Gunship today in a care package, and man, was it glorious. So OP. :lol

 

[jonnybryce]

JD saying stuff

Yeah but it would be nice if it worked. Plus the UI sucks, having to hold R2 for minutes to get to the end of my clip to record and manually time a 30 second clip (it should stop recording itself or give a blue bar of 30 seconds to place on a timeline of the video instead) is annoying.

 

[strikeselect]

Black Ops is so much more friendly to run and gun players. It feels so good.

 

[FirstInHell]

Yes, the waiting is getting pretty annoying now. I paid £32 for this game - more than any PC game this year (although StarCraft II, another Activision game, was close). It's past the point of a small niggle - it's now genuine frustration and makes me feel like I wasted my money.

The biggest kick in the balls is the arrogant community manager posting his leader board ranking on his twitter.

Look who's ranked 25th in the world on "Five" in #CODBlackOps Zombies =) (High Score not Rounds). http://twitpic.com/35ito7
about 19 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

A few hours later he posts this gem

@Glazzkak Whoa whoa.... It's been a little more than 1 day, how can we be ignoring players after just one day? #CeaseFreakingOut
about 5 hours ago via web in reply to Glazzkak

The nerve of us to expect a product we payed $60 for to actually work?

 

[BuddhaRockstar]

Yes, the waiting is getting pretty annoying now. I paid £32 for this game - more than any PC game this year (although StarCraft II, another Activision game, was close). It's past the point of a small niggle - it's now genuine frustration and makes me feel like I wasted my money.

The worst is the Black Ops community manager keeps tweeting things like "it's only been 1 day!", when obviously the game shouldn't have been released like this. Why should we be patient? The game should be working as intended on day 1, no excuses.

 

[boredofcanada]

im really liking the rc car, especially in demolition matches

 

[vatstep]

really like the game, but am I the only one that thinks the font they used for MP is atrocious. it makes the game feel just....sloppy. take for example, the 'final killcam' font. so gross.

It's a little thing, but yeah, everything about the HUD, interface, etc. in this game is hideous, and (somehow) even worse than MW2.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

How do people feel about the RC-XD cars? I've already come to hate and fear the little skittery noise they make :lol

Protip, save your claymores for when you hear one coming. :lol

The worst is the Black Ops community manager keeps tweeting things like "it's only been 1 day!", when obviously the game shouldn't have been released like this. Why should we be patient? The game should be working as intended on day 1, no excuses.

Well there is 3.5 million playing on Live as of an hour ago, I think they get a pass for online issues at this point.

 

[T'Zariah]

Whoever put the mission where you have to

Spoiler

Protect your suit

needs to be shot. Treyarch LOVES bullshit missions that annoy the ever living shit out of you

 

[jonnybryce]

The worst is the Black Ops community manager keeps tweeting things like "it's only been 1 day!", when obviously the game shouldn't have been released like this. Why should we be patient? The game should be working as intended on day 1, no excuses.

Yeah they're kinda missing the point but then again they know what they did and they can't admit it. "The game doesn't work but it's only been one day so don't yell at us!" It should be working on that day, we pay $60 man. I get some network errors or lag but the issues are ridic.

 

[backflip10019]

I'm really digging contracts. Nice addition, though I think I like Reach's system a bit more.

 

[GhostRidah]

The worst is the Black Ops community manager keeps tweeting things like "it's only been 1 day!", when obviously the game shouldn't have been released like this. Why should we be patient? The game should be working as intended on day 1, no excuses.

That is something I don't get myself, the thing that pisses me off more is that I keep seeing the damn black ops commercial :lol =/

 

[Mr Sandman]

Man I feel so lucky right now. I played through the whole campaign and everything went as it should. It ran flawlessly, maybe a few stutters here and there (like most games), no glitches or AI shit even though the AI is typical CoD shit. It looked gorgeous and ran silky smooth. On a 9800GT almost maxed (AF bar half full = 8X?) with 4X AA. Can't wait till my PSU gets here so I can play it on my 460 with loads more AA.

I even enjoyed the weird ass story, though the last chunk was kinda dumb and the

Spoiler

"twist"

was more disappointing. The only levels I wasn't impressed with looks-wise were the jungle levels. The red mars looking level, snow, last level, etc looked great.

Ran on normal. Fuck Veteran. Beating the last ones knocked a few years off my life. It's not worth it.

Multiplayer doesn't run/look *as* good with no AA. I need my 460. ;-;