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hmm online isnt that bad at all actually tho the stretched fov is annoying, i decided to follow thru with the order. either way its overall a good game and i knew that once i play it, theres no going back.

dopefish!

Also, I hear from my multiplayer pals on Steam and such that it actually works pretty great.

Must be that feature-first mouse control and text chat. ;)

I am seeing a lot of comments along the lines of "oh, it seems to work great" on my forums. I will be interested to see if that bears out over the coming days and weeks.

Singleplayer seems harder on Hardened to me, mostly due to more enemies attacking you and only you at once, it seems like. I just did the Rio de Janero mission and people come at you from all sides constantly.

This might be a spoiler if you never watched the trailers, but... this game reminds me of Red Alert 2.

I would just like to take this opportunity, to those of you attempting to subtly say that you've pirated it... not to.

It's against the rules of the forum, and is a banning offence, should an Administrator feel so inclined. And it's every members responsibility to have read the rules, so the 'I never read them' excuse doesn't wash.

For those interested...

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-modern-warfare-2-pc/17-1622/

It works great online. Not had any issues.

For those of you boycotting it, it's definitely your loss. Great game and really enjoyable to play.

4 some odd hours of singleplayer content :(

Is that amount of gameplay worth the extra $10 from a standard priced game Velvet?

Just to put it in perspective thats how long it took you to complete some of the fallout 3 DLC that was $10 on its own. :/
Portal and HL2 Episode 1 were only 4 hours long and they both were priced accordingly at $20 each standalone.

For those interested...

http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-modern-warfare-2-pc/17-1622/

It works great online. Not had any issues.

For those of you boycotting it, it's definitely your loss. Great game and really enjoyable to play.

lol had a laugh when they said "the host gonna have a slight advantage" ...

ho yeah "slight" whatever ... :roll:

4 some odd hours of singleplayer content :(

Is that amount of gameplay worth the extra $10 from a standard priced game Velvet?

Just to put it in perspective thats how long it took you to complete some of the fallout 3 DLC that was $10 on its own. :/
Portal and HL2 Episode 1 were only 4 hours long and they both were priced accordingly at $20 each standalone.

I have 4 hours in at the moment and am only on mission 9 or 10 out of 18 I think, so it is longer than 4 hours... that is one of those common "OMG IT'S SO SHORT" things where people make up times.

Also, I am a firm believer in quality over quantity... Doom 3 was 20 hours long but I was ready to be done halfway through, same with Farcry 2. Shooters shouldn't be that long, and MW2 like its predecessor packs in so much awesome to 6 or so hours it makes your jaw fly open.

Also, I plan to play through it again on Veteran difficulty, which takes much longer, and again on easy mode to hunt for intel.

Also, this game has SpecOPS mode with singleplayer and coop challenges with 69 stars to earn and tons of achievements.

So yeah, even without multiplayer, well worth $60... probably more than that.

[quote]4 some odd hours of singleplayer content :(

Is that amount of gameplay worth the extra $10 from a standard priced game Velvet?

Just to put it in perspective thats how long it took you to complete some of the fallout 3 DLC that was $10 on its own. :/
Portal and HL2 Episode 1 were only 4 hours long and they both were priced accordingly at $20 each standalone.

I have 4 hours in at the moment and am only on mission 9 or 10 out of 18 I think, so it is longer than 4 hours... that is one of those common "OMG IT'S SO SHORT" things where people make up times.

Also, I am a firm believer in quality over quantity... Doom 3 was 20 hours long but I was ready to be done halfway through, same with Farcry 2. Shooters shouldn't be that long, and MW2 like its predecessor packs in so much awesome to 6 or so hours it makes your jaw fly open.

Also, I plan to play through it again on Veteran difficulty, which takes much longer, and again on easy mode to hunt for intel.

Also, this game has SpecOPS mode with singleplayer and coop challenges with 69 stars to earn and tons of achievements.

So yeah, even without multiplayer, well worth $60... probably more than that.

More than 60? Don't think that is possible, can it be worth more than another game that is 50? What is this game being compared too?

More than 60? Don't think that is possible, can it be worth more than another game that is 50? What is this game being compared too?

It's being compared to my enjoyment level of the game compared to the money I am spending, which is the only comparison that matters.

Also, I am a firm believer in quality over quantity...

Not according to the number of your post/thread contributions lately. :lol:

Pfffttt... wow i'm not surprised that 9v9 works with "listen servers" i'd guess you could get a steady 120ms ping for everyone if you're all in the same general suburb...

That's not the point.

No dedicated = no 64 player server, no mods, stuck with IW.net

It's these other things as well, not just the quality (i.e. pings) of MP that will be lacking.

Who's to say IW don't pull IWnet P2P matchmaking when COD7/8 comes out cause IWnet isn't balanced for 2 matchmaking services?

I am not buying this game, and I am not pirating this game.

My money, instead, has gone to: Risen, Borderlands, L4D2 (maybe... waiting for reviews), DA:O

Pfffttt... wow i'm not surprised that 9v9 works with "listen servers" i'd guess you could get a steady 120ms ping for everyone if you're all in the same general suburb...

That's not the point.

No dedicated = no 64 player server, no mods, stuck with IW.net

It's these other things as well, not just the quality (i.e. pings) of MP that will be lacking.

Who's to say IW don't pull IWnet P2P matchmaking when COD7/8 comes out cause IWnet isn't balanced for 2 matchmaking services?

I am not buying this game, and I am not pirating this game.

My money, instead, has gone to: Risen, Borderlands, L4D2 (maybe... waiting for reviews), DA:O

Right on man. I aint buying, pirating (why would ya waste the download limit/2c DVD disk), finding, pizzing on if on fire, whiping my bottom with, using as a coaster etc etc. Now where is my firestick, wooden cross, and nosed tied rope?

Seriously, client side servers aint for a sparse country like Australia either. Bugger em IW and whoever else associated.

Here we come BadCompany2! Yeah baby!

Well, to be fair, I got about 6 hours out of the SP campaign in CoD:MW. No idea about the exact timing but it was all complete in one evening. While this goes back a bit, Max Payne 2 was similar - whole game complete in one evening, about five or six hours. Heavy scripting meant no replay value. MP holds little to no interest for me, so that's worthless as far as I'm concerned.

I was never boycotting this game as I had no interest in it anyway. I was fortunate enough to play the campaign of MW at a friends, so I didn't spend £30 on a single evenings' entertainment. :)

For those who bought it... enjoy your game. I hope that in a few weeks/months you still think it was worth the increased cost, when it's exactly the same then as it is now (barring potentially expensive DLC)... ;)

For those who wanted it, but have refused to buy it, and haven't pirated it... good for sticking to your guns. Proud of ya. 8)

For those who pirated it... mention it on the forums and get an insta-ban. :twisted:

[quote] Also, I am a firm believer in quality over quantity...

Not according to the number of your post/thread contributions lately. :lol:

And this post was better? Pointless AND offending, you got one up on me!

Johnny, play nice now. ;)

[quote][quote] Also, I am a firm believer in quality over quantity...

Not according to the number of your post/thread contributions lately. :lol:

And this post was better? Pointless AND offending, you got one up on me!

It appears you have met the elusive JohnnyWakko his most famous skill is using sarcasm to aid in pissing people off ;)

For those who bought it... enjoy your game. I hope that in a few weeks/months you still think it was worth the increased cost, when it's exactly the same then as it is now (barring potentially expensive DLC)... ;)

For those who wanted it, but have refused to buy it, and haven't pirated it... good for sticking to your guns. Proud of ya. 8)

For those who pirated it... mention it on the forums and get an insta-ban. :twisted:

I only ever play a game for a couple weeks to a couple months at most and I'd be happy stating that I'm in the majority of people who would be purchasing this game.

I played the original MW for 2-3 months I think it was. Went back to it for a couple weeks when some friends who hadn't played it before wanted to play some MP with someone who wouldn't pop them from across the map before they could even get their bearings but other than that, haven't touched it.

Fact of the matter is this, yes dedicated servers would be better but boycotting it isn't going to change anything, not when the majority of their profits are coming from people who are buying it on console or people like me who the changes don't affect. All that happens is that they miss out on a really well put together game. The single player experience, despite how short it is was definitely worth the cost of the game on it's own in my opinion.

As for paying for any future DLC, I've paid for DLC for other games and if the DLC for MW2 is of the same quality as this game release, then I'm happy parting with my money.

EDIT:
I bought Borderlands on 360 and PC and MW2 is definitely a better game than it and I'll be playing MW2 longer than I played Borderlands for. A week after having Borderlands, finished it with all characters, got all my characters to level cap, found some crazy loot and am no longer interested in playing it due to lack of any story and "PvP" being plagued with people who use HEX'd weapons (I've used HEX editor but don't use it with other people except friends who are aware that I'm using HEX'd items).