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CoD Black Ops |OT| Always Bet On Black
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Always-honest
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Won't running around always give you more kills than camping?Jarate said:
astroturfing
Member
.nimrod said:
holy fucking shit, wow, no buy i guess. unless someone proves you wrong.
and you've got to be kidding me about the resolution, they actually downgraded it from COD4/WAW/MW2..? what??
Imo, CoD is more about how cunning you are and less about how skillful you are. I'll admit, in a straight up match, I'd get my ass handed to me more often than not. However, in CoD, I can usually keep my k/d above 1.3. Not amazing, but good enough to keep me interested in the game since I feel successful most of the time.Parallax Scroll said:
Know your maps inside and out... know the chokepoints, know where you can get the cheap grenade kills, let your team mates do the rushing, etc. Basically you need to slow your game down and be more methodical. At least that's the secret to my limited success.
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NinjaFridge
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astroturfing said:
Performance wise PS3 and PC got the shit end of the stick. It's a joke.
Well, it's playable and seems to be the most balanced COD game, but the technical side on PC/PS3 is just flat out horrible. The singleplayer performs better though.astroturfing said:
You might wanna check out this Digital Foundry article
or rent it for a day if that's an option for you. Getting picked as host, which i am quite frequently (25MBit connection), also makes the framerate worse.
eternaLightness
Member
Just had a pretty awesome Headquarters match. Other team had 155 points to our 35, and we came all the back. The score was 150-155 with only a few seconds left when I managed to capture the last one and and tie the game at the last minute.:lol
Always-honest
Banned
Host Migration: SO MIGRATE THE FUCKINGN HOST GOD FUCKING DAMNIT
These host migrations always result in end games.
Edit: Server disconnected. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS GAME OR THE PEOPLE PLAYING IT??
These host migrations always result in end games.
Edit: Server disconnected. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS GAME OR THE PEOPLE PLAYING IT??
Rated-Rsuperstar
Member
I'm playing through the SP on normal and I'm up to the interrogation scene in Hong Kong. This series has officially run it's course. It's so boring and so linear. There are times when I don't even bother to shoot the enemies, I just walk right past them to trigger the next checkpoint. Also, this game looked amazing in 2007 but in 2010 this engine isn't that impressive anymore. Textures and facial models look pretty mediocre up close.
astroturfing
Member
Always-honest said:
same thing with MW2 on PS3, still. just earlier today i had 3 host migrations, each failed and got disconnected.
shitty ass code.
I have to admit, I've had a better experience with the game tonight! There's still quite a few more questionable deaths than in the previous games, but at least it's not all the time now all of a sudden. Maybe I'm getting lucky, but whatever, I'm having some fun again anyway. 
Didn't notice how they fixed the map voting before (I never bother voting), how lazy is that? :lol
Didn't notice how they fixed the map voting before (I never bother voting), how lazy is that? :lol
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
So the campaign was decent not the best of the series, but it did at least have some variation in the missions (although some of them were terrible, especially the second one). There were no really memorable moments like the nuke in MW1, or "No Russian" or the suburbs/D.C. missions from MW2, though.
Awesome stuff:
Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Ice Cube
dragon's breath shotgun rounds
the rooftop mission, Numbers maybe the most non-traditional level in the series
some parts of the game looked amazing, especially the last level and most of the Vietnam stuff
cutscenes, mission intros, general presentation are fantastic... Treyarch nailed it this time
Not-so-awesome stuff:
the "hold LT to reverse, tap X to choke" shit is worse than ever in this game; it doesn't make me feel more immersed, I'd almost rather watch a cutscene
vehicle combat is still really awkward and wonky
Sam Worthington's accent
guns feel absolutely powerless enemies are like bullet sponges
skybox on Executive Order was laughable, looked like a pixelated JPEG
Now to put some significant time into the MP.
Awesome stuff:
Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Ice Cube
dragon's breath shotgun rounds
the rooftop mission, Numbers maybe the most non-traditional level in the series
(and that dude's awesome death sequence)
cutscenes, mission intros, general presentation are fantastic... Treyarch nailed it this time
Not-so-awesome stuff:
the "hold LT to reverse, tap X to choke" shit is worse than ever in this game; it doesn't make me feel more immersed, I'd almost rather watch a cutscene
vehicle combat is still really awkward and wonky
Sam Worthington's accent
guns feel absolutely powerless enemies are like bullet sponges
skybox on Executive Order was laughable, looked like a pixelated JPEG
Now to put some significant time into the MP.
Always-honest
Banned
This can ruin my day... it happens a lot. I only have little time to play. when this shit happens A LOT, i get furious.astroturfing said:
FUCK now the game just freezes upon laoding a team deatmatch. FAAAAAAAAAAAAK
wish the menus were faster too. with MW2 i was online in 3 clicks and no waiting.
tunnels on executive orders on veteran. fuck it.
hope royal mail decide to finally deliver acb tomorrow just so I can get the fuck away from that part of the game. i am literally angry at it. fuck you treyarch. veteran is quite fun apart from the 'hurr durr lets chuck infinite enemies in a TINY space' sections. Needless.
hope royal mail decide to finally deliver acb tomorrow just so I can get the fuck away from that part of the game. i am literally angry at it. fuck you treyarch. veteran is quite fun apart from the 'hurr durr lets chuck infinite enemies in a TINY space' sections. Needless.
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
PC patch in less than 2 hours !
http://twitter.com/pcdev/status/5777683657007105
Older post -
Might finally be able to play without the god dayum stutter
http://twitter.com/pcdev/status/5777683657007105
Older post -
Might finally be able to play without the god dayum stutter
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
If they don't manage to fix everything with this patch, will they roll out another?
Wandering Leopard
Member
Wow at some of the comments regarding the ps3 version of the game, if true I won't be buying this game for a while - at least until I have a little money to burn. But I wanted to ask people's opinions on whether or not they think the problems can be fixed with patches or did Treyarch seriously mess up the port because I seem to remember WaW running pretty good.
To be honest, there are a lot of reasons why you shouldnt buy this game at all. It sold so many copies that it doesnt make the slightest difference if you buy it or not, but there are enough reasons to not pick it up ever.Solid_Rain said:
Treyarch doesnt care about the PS3-Platform at all. It sounded like marketing-bullshit when Microsoft announced that the best way to play Call of Duty was doing so on the Xbox 360, but it turned out to be the truth. The frame rate sucks and it feels like 2007 all over again where the PS3 version of a game usually was the inferior one. The frame rate is horrible at times and I dont understand how this could get through QA. Treyarch is not some small developer that has no idea how to work with the PS3, theyve showed that everything is possible when theyve released World at War, which wasnt broken, had a steady frame rate and still runs perfectly fine on the PS3. They clearly know how to do it, but decided to release a broken game instead. Treyarch have not commented on the frame rate issues, yet. Reviewers havent talked about it either. IGN, for example, told you that the PS3 version is basically the same as the 360 version. Theres no pressure on Treyarch for fixing it, because the people talking about it are the vocal minority that can just be ignored. And thats what theyre currently doing.
If you take a look at the features youll also find the possibility to connect a second controller to play online (split screen) with a friend. While this feature is fully supported on the Xbox 360 they went the easy route on the PS3. You cannot play with separate profiles, even though its been proven to be possible on the PS3. Another thing is the option to boot up the Multiplayer-Menu instead of the Main Menu. This function is also not available on the PS3 and theres no reason why this short-cut isnt included. If this were a small developer with very limited resources Id understand why youd have differences between the platforms, but thats not the case with Treyarch. Theyve done great work with World at War and have shown us that theyre capable of releasing a great PS3-port of their game. Id really love to know why Black Ops is such a mess.
Then you also have to take a look at the things that are wrong with both console versions of this game. The netcode seems to be way worse than the one theyve used in Modern Warfare 2 (even World at War was better). A lot of people experience a great amount of lag, people with slow connections get chosen to be the host of a game, the host migration doesnt work, the hit detection is completely broken, and joining a game as a party is almost impossible.
There really are also many reasons why you shouldnt pick up this game just now. Once that stuff is fixed Id recommend you to pick it up, because its in my opinion one of the most balanced online shooters ever made. The game is built around so many great ideas, but it seems like theyve not put much thought into the execution of those great ideas.
I gave up on playing on Hardened when I reached the underground missile bunker hunting the Nazi scientist. The respawning soldiers kept one-shotting me and Woods would not advance through the narrow bloody tunnel. Fuckin' Woods.
Steam patch just downloaded.
I let the VC shoot him a few times in Vietnam when he decided to run up to the soldier with an empty magazine. Please tell me dies horribly from Nova 6!
Steam patch just downloaded.
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You should probably bold/highlight/italicize this because it doesn't seem to stick in peoples heads.Nabs said:
Stoney Mason
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Nabs said:
I finally got my steady aim pro. Now I'm working on Ghost Pro. That one's a bitch. sleight of hand pro is pretty easy. I actually got that one without even having to look up the requirements.
Stoney Mason
Banned
Skel said:I should mention I don't really use LMGs or Shotguns
Thanks, I'll try those.
Asking again for new page:
Is the PM63 any good?
I personally think its great. You have to use scavenger with it but its pretty accurate. And if you put rapid fire on it, its spits out a shitload of bullets and I can rush people with it very well. I prefer it to some of the later smgs that other people seem to like.
TacticalFox88
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OMFG! These corner shots are pissing me off. I CLEARLY go around the corner after escaping from being shot from behind, yet a bullet STILL hits me. Fucking inexcusable.
Xux
Member
Rated-Rsuperstar said:
Yeah, it's pretty annoying. Makes the only clip I've managed to get uploaded all the more special:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS-iGJ4GENM
aku:jiki said:
There's no gray area. You're still at the max hipspread until the frame you stop the ADS animation regardless of what the crosshairs do. Denkirson made a post about it talking about MW2 so I assume it was in COD4 and all the games since.
Skel said:
I like it quite a bit. Fun fact: put a Grip and Extended Mags on it and it has the same stats as a naked Spectre but with a faster reload! That's balanced, right?
I've had some fun with the Uzi but it's hard to argue for it when the MPL and Spectre are pretty similar with better iron sights. I like the semi-autos; they seem more consistent than the M16 to me for some reason. I've been an LMG guy since MW2 but the ones in this game are pretty disappointing. The HK21's probably my favorite all around but it still feels mediocre. The RPK's my most used weapon and...well it's definitely not underrated. I still have plenty of fun with it since it and the HK21 have better hipspread than the ARs (well, better standing still and the same while moving).
Guess that wasn't much of a recommendation. :lol Seriously, there's nothing really significantly worse than anything else in the same category. Just try whatever.
Skel said:
It feels way inconsistent to me. It sometimes takes five hits to down someone ten feet away without a silencer; the range drop is really close and steep. They lowered it to 750 RPMs from the 900 in COD4 and it seems like a pretty big nerf.
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
PC patch out and......
Fucking stutter still happening. God dammit....
Fucking stutter still happening. God dammit....
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
Dat optimisation - patch didn't do shit once again.
Wandering Leopard
Member
Thanks, I'll definitely be waiting a while before giving at try. Although i'm actually kind of angry because I thought the days of bad ps3 ports were over - especially with one of the most anticipated titles on any platform and to be honest i'm not surprised at the review's with big titles like these.snap0212 said:
Stoney Mason
Banned
Akim said:
Don't feel bad. It's very easy to take out air support in general in this game unless you're on Nuketown. If the other team allows somebody to go nuts on them with air support, its their fault.
I love how some people can say they're not having a problem on the PS3 yet people asking questions hone on the few vocal ps3 users who have issues and completely by-pass anything the people without problems say. Not to mention the complete lies or FUD being spread around. *smh*
Poohblaster
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I NEED SCISSORS said:
I got a huge performance boost, but I'm running a quad core CPU. I was able to go from 2x to 4x antialiasing, crank arthroscopic filtering to max, and increase my field of view. The framerate is pretty much locked at 60fps at 1080p.
I'm running on Radeon 4890 and AMD X4 945 processor.