The Modern Warfare 2 Thread

[orb451]

What I want is party chat back. I have my shit set to "friends only" and even with that, the MS default game chat channel is horrible. Can't hear shit most of the time and this with headphones and independent volume controls. With party chat I could hear my friends fine... Now I understand why they took it out for game modes like S&D, et al because it was all too easy to give tips to friends after you'd died... but for games like plain vanilla Team Death Match with your unlimited respawns every 2 seconds I really don't see why it's such a big deal. And if they can implement it with a sledgehammer is it not possible to implement it with a scalpel? Say you're in party chat with 6 people, another friend signs on and ends up on the opposite team (again in TDM) if the other friend ends up in your lobby on the opposite team just have the thing mute him automatically until the match ends.

....ing IW, you know I love them and I loathe them at the same time. They took a great game (COD4) and found little ways to .... with it and now we get this MW2. I like the game and I WANT to like the game a lot more but it's soooooooooooo ....ing frustrating with this laggy ass bullshit, the ....ing hit detection that's gone South like a duck in winter and the match making that's just horrendous.

You ever been on the IW forums? It's fanboi central (to be expected I guess) but jesus h finger banging christ, if you so much as *suggest* that IW change anything at all you're flamed into oblivion. And I really think that IW drank their own kool-aid with this shit, seriously, they had 2 ....ing years to develop the game and we get a recycled COD2 map in the default map pack? We get host migration finally and so far as I can tell it works pretty well, but for ....s sake, still no accurate host/location/ping match ups???? They take out party chat for damn near every game type???

Sorry, rant over, no I won't stop playing and no I won't stop bitching about the little things in the game that piss me the .... off, but thanks for asking.

[Scar Symmetry]

Yeah that's gay man. Stop people on the same team being in chat? Yeah fine. But it shouldn't affect if you want to be in a party with someone who's not in the same game as you.

[Auyard]

Originally Posted by Scar Symmetry

Yeah that's gay man. Stop people on the same team being in chat? Yeah fine. But it shouldn't affect if you want to be in a party with someone who's not in the same game as you.

I hate the new chat system. I don't like being in a party yet being able to hear everyone else talking and usually bitching about what went down in the game.

[Zak1233]

FINALLY got MW2, can't wait to play it

[ma7erick]

I've been reading everywere that the game is extremely short, godamnit, MW was short but ppl have been saying that this one is even shorter... godamn Infinity Ward for that, probably I'll buy it today anyway, I want to play.

[Scar Symmetry]

It's not short enough to complain about. I was happy with the campaign length.

Anyone else notice inaccuracies in their K/D ratio? I'm now 1500 over 1000 but it's not showing up as 1.50

[Auyard]

Originally Posted by ma7erick

I've been reading everywere that the game is extremely short, godamnit, MW was short but ppl have been saying that this one is even shorter... godamn Infinity Ward for that, probably I'll buy it today anyway, I want to play.

Dude it epic as ..... You won't be disapointed if you enjoy a good storyline. Just in case this will ruin it for anybody what made it really cool for me was that


























someone invades the United States and Washington D.C. becomes a battleground.

[Scar Symmetry]

Yeah running around the White House blowing people up was amazing

[Scar Symmetry]

AGH .... SAKE WHY DO LITTLE KIDS PLAY THIS GAME?!?!?!?!

[orb451]

Scar, they play because mommy n' daddy need a cheap babysitter... better to let them spend their time showing off their uber l33t skillZ and running their mouths constantly than to, you know, actually spend some quality time RAISING them and teaching them not to be total ....wads.

[Scar Symmetry]

Every parent who lets their kid play this is a ....ing shit parent.

[orb451]

Well let me ask this then, is it any different if the parent plays WITH their kid? My friend has a son and wife and all three of them (and the rest of us in our little clan) play together. COD4 and now MW2, nightly. If my friends' sons grades slip, he can't play. If he gets out of line online he can't play. Otherwise he's on there damn near everyday, along with mom and dad. Yes mom actually plays COD4 & MW2. Granted he's 16 (not the games required 18) but his little brother (age 12) also plays as well, again with the same rules applied.

I think I get where you're coming from, my comment was in that vain and was aimed at any parent that just plops their kid in front of the tv (or game) and walks away is shit, that I agree with completely. But when I see my friend and his family (and extended family) playing nightly, and the way his kids act in and out of the game, I can't help but envy him. His kids are well mannered, they do good in school, they get out and exercise and they find time to game and hold it all together. That to me is pretty damned cool. Now I realize that that's probably a HUGE exception to the rule, but it's still good to see that not all youngsters are zeros on the fast track to nowhere and not all parents who let their kids game (or at least game WITH THEM) are negligent.

[Scar Symmetry]

That's worse! They know for a fact their kids play it and in fact encourage it, that's ridiculous.

[GazPots]

Was busting out the wesleys earlier and popping some *serious* cross map face busters much to the anger of the other team.


Also caught a small clan of javellin users with their proverbial pants down (mid shot) and mauled them.

And another glorious one of getting shot into last stand on a balcony (with 2 foot wall) with double magnum handguns. And then proceeding to fire through the wall (blind) and kill 3 guys in the sniper ruins on the other side.


Glorious.

[Scar Symmetry]

I love getting kills from halfway across the map!

[777]

I still dont have this game, or xbox live

[GazPots]

Oh dear.

[gambit]

Originally Posted by Brewtal_Damage

add me, I was thinking the same as you, Brewtal_Damage

i already sent you a friend request, you have not accepted it yet. i play spec ops on veteran just so you know, go big or go home lol

[wannabguitarist]

Originally Posted by Scar Symmetry

That's worse! They know for a fact their kids play it and in fact encourage it, that's ridiculous.

I'm pretty sure if you know how to properly parent a 15 year old kid there should be no issues with him playing this game.

[Scar Symmetry]

Originally Posted by wannabguitarist

I'm pretty sure if you know how to properly parent a 15 year old kid there should be no issues with him playing this game.

It's an 18. It's the law. It's 18 for a reason.

[orb451]

How's it worse? On one hand you've got the parent that lets their kid play completely unattended, a game that's labled as being for 18+ y/o, acting like turds, etc. On the other you've got a kid thats playing WITH their parent, acting responsibly, playing responsibly. How's that worse? I'm talking straight up MP here, not co-op or single player. Personally, I don't know where they derive the ratings for these games. If it's for violence which I'd guess it is, how is this cartoon violence any different or worse than the shit you see on the nightly news?

Kids are exposed to far worse just reading a newspaper or browsing the web. If it's one thing all of us should know (especially with kids) is that if you try to keep them from it, you'll only drive them closer to it. Like liquor/drinking age analogy, why is it that places with a low or no drinking age have less issues with teenage and adult alcoholism? Seems to me they learned that drinking age is a stupid idea and the more kids are exposed to that sort of thing, the more they can learn to responsibly control themselves.

I for one don't think games need maturity ratings, at least as far as violent content is concerned. I think it comes down to how the kids act, in and out of the game and how they are as young adults. I don't think my friend is being irresponsible with his kids at all but again, that's just my opinion.

[GazPots]

[Scar Symmetry]

Originally Posted by orb451

How's it worse? On one hand you've got the parent that lets their kid play completely unattended, a game that's labled as being for 18+ y/o, acting like turds, etc. On the other you've got a kid thats playing WITH their parent, acting responsibly, playing responsibly. How's that worse? I'm talking straight up MP here, not co-op or single player. Personally, I don't know where they derive the ratings for these games. If it's for violence which I'd guess it is, how is this cartoon violence any different or worse than the shit you see on the nightly news?

Kids are exposed to far worse just reading a newspaper or browsing the web. If it's one thing all of us should know (especially with kids) is that if you try to keep them from it, you'll only drive them closer to it. Like liquor/drinking age analogy, why is it that places with a low or no drinking age have less issues with teenage and adult alcoholism? Seems to me they learned that drinking age is a stupid idea and the more kids are exposed to that sort of thing, the more they can learn to responsibly control themselves.

I for one don't think games need maturity ratings, at least as far as violent content is concerned. I think it comes down to how the kids act, in and out of the game and how they are as young adults. I don't think my friend is being irresponsible with his kids at all but again, that's just my opinion.

Like I said, it's 18 for a reason, given the brand by people who do it for a living. It wouldn't be 18 if it didn't include content that's not suitable for kids. Gaming is adult entertainment, kids shouldn't be pissing all over it, it kills it.

[orb451]

Scar, if you're talking about your average run of the mill tween' playing this game because they're annoying as all .... then yes, I agree, arguments aside I think they ought to be doing something else with their time (like playing in traffic).

Now if you're talking about them not being allowed to play the game solely because the game publisher slaps an 18+ sticker on it because of something you, them, or anyone for that matter deems "innappropriate for kids" then I would take issue with that and say it should be up left to the discretion of the parents first, kids second, government/game publisher last.

[Scar Symmetry]

No, I fully agree I'm just rationalising my hatred for mouthy kids who spoil my fun