32 player-mode in Modern Warfare 3 revealed? Plus new concept art by Activision

Everybody, their mom, their grandfathers and their childs are looking forward to the reveal of the Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer. I think this is a given. So expect the gaming industry to explode in two days, when Call of Duty XP commences.

One of the early rumours are that MW3 will be featuring 32 players in certain modes. Do you guys think this is true? After all, IW stated that MW3 will be a lot "bigger and more open" than previous instalments... :o

Also, concept art released recently:

here is the fun part i get laggy connection with the usually 6v6...so will they finally put in dedi servers or just let people lag out?:o....i think lag out :oeboyishere

It's already been announced that MW3 will support dedicated servers on the PC from day 1. ;)

I didnt know COD XP was in 2 days :shock: I thought it was next month or something lol. Looking forward to seeing the MP.

[QUOTE="eboyishere"]here is the fun part i get laggy connection with the usually 6v6...so will they finally put in dedi servers or just let people lag out?:o....i think lag out :oDangerousLiquid

It's already been announced that MW3 will support dedicated servers on the PC from day 1. ;)

but...what about the crowd that they care about the most consoles? :o, since everyone ask for them ;)

All multiplayer maps should be like the second picture. No where to camp they can just run in circles and shoot eachother.

[QUOTE="DangerousLiquid"]

[QUOTE="eboyishere"]here is the fun part i get laggy connection with the usually 6v6...so will they finally put in dedi servers or just let people lag out?:o....i think lag out :oeboyishere

It's already been announced that MW3 will support dedicated servers on the PC from day 1. ;)

but...what about the crowd that they care about the most consoles? :o, since everyone ask for them ;)

Dedicated on consoles? :| Except for Gears 1, I don't know any other game that did it great. :?

[QUOTE="eboyishere"]

[QUOTE="DangerousLiquid"]

It's already been announced that MW3 will support dedicated servers on the PC from day 1. ;)

DangerousLiquid

but...what about the crowd that they care about the most consoles? :o, since everyone ask for them ;)

Dedicated on consoles? :| Except for Gears 1, I don't know any other game that did it great. :?

P2P on any platform sucks ass.

[QUOTE="eboyishere"]

[QUOTE="DangerousLiquid"]

It's already been announced that MW3 will support dedicated servers on the PC from day 1. ;)

DangerousLiquid

but...what about the crowd that they care about the most consoles? :o, since everyone ask for them ;)

Dedicated on consoles? :| Except for Gears 1, I don't know any other game that did it great. :?

a nice amount on ps3 does, and gears 1 didnt have dedi servers brah

[QUOTE="DangerousLiquid"]

[QUOTE="eboyishere"]

but...what about the crowd that they care about the most consoles? :o, since everyone ask for them ;)

eboyishere

Dedicated on consoles? :| Except for Gears 1, I don't know any other game that did it great. :?

a nice amount on ps3 does, and gears 1 didnt have dedi servers brah

If Gears1 isn't, then what is on consoles?

So a 32-player mode that Medal of Honor and Battlefield made standard close to 10 years ago? I'm supposed to be impressed with that?

[QUOTE="eboyishere"]

[QUOTE="DangerousLiquid"]

It's already been announced that MW3 will support dedicated servers on the PC from day 1. ;)

DangerousLiquid

but...what about the crowd that they care about the most consoles? :o, since everyone ask for them ;)

Dedicated on consoles? :| Except for Gears 1, I don't know any other game that did it great. :?

So a 32-player mode that Medal of Honor and Battlefield made standard close to 10 years ago? I'm supposed to be impressed with that?

svetzenlether

Previous CODs weren't made for 32 players. Some are, some aren't.

If they are moving to 32 players in a game, they have got to get rid of P2P and go with dedicated servers.

I also think that 32 players in a game is just to much for the styIe of gameplay CoD excels at. They are all about fast paced infantry focused gameplay. Making it 32 players is just asking for spam and the killstreaks to be extremely overpowered. Imagine getting a chopper gunner with 32 players in the game. How many kills could you get in a few seconds? It would be massive amounts.

Anything over 16 is pushing it. Servers that had more than 20 people in CoD 4 on the PC became just chaotic nade fests in which the winner had nothing to do about skill and had all to do about how you could tweak your character to cause the most damage by throwing nades.

So a 32-player mode that Medal of Honor and Battlefield made standard close to 10 years ago? I'm supposed to be impressed with that?

svetzenlether

Yeah how is this a 'new' feature when the old CODs had it. Didn't United Offensive go up to 64 players ?

[QUOTE="eboyishere"]

[QUOTE="DangerousLiquid"]

Dedicated on consoles? :| Except for Gears 1, I don't know any other game that did it great. :?

DangerousLiquid

a nice amount on ps3 does, and gears 1 didnt have dedi servers brah

If Gears1 isn't, then what is on consoles?

[QUOTE="eboyishere"]

[QUOTE="DangerousLiquid"]

Dedicated on consoles? :| Except for Gears 1, I don't know any other game that did it great. :?

DangerousLiquid

a nice amount on ps3 does, and gears 1 didnt have dedi servers brah

If Gears1 isn't, then what is on consoles?

Battlefield Bad Company 1 and 2 both have dedicated servers on the consoles. It's a requirement for over 16 players. It can be integrated with matchmaking no problem.

Dedicated servers are the essence of online gaming. I find it ridiculous that people say XBL is so great and the only features it has is worthless chat, talking and social features. When I am online gaming, I am not there to get on the mic and say hello, or hear you call me racial epithets. When I am online gaming, I want a dedicated connection to fast, smooth server, so I can shoot you in the face. This is the essence of an online service. Glad to see MW3 is understanding the real issues of the critical components of a good gaming experience because the rest of XBL is clueless. Game size is also important to an extent, to make war feel more realistic. If I see the same 5 guys over and over, that's not war, to me 16 is the minimum team size that makes a battle feel like a battle, otherwise it's just a couple of people trading headshots, and if one of them is also the online host, then that's extra stupid.ZombieKiller7

Nothing about the CoD series is real anymore. Not even the weapons they use anymore. They started taking away all shreds of authenticity with CoD 4 and have only gotten worse every single game.

Nothing about the CoD series is real anymore. Not even the weapons they use anymore. They started taking away all shreds of authenticity with CoD 4 and have only gotten worse every single game.Wasdie

If they are moving to 32 players in a game, they have got to get rid of P2P and go with dedicated servers.

I also think that 32 players in a game is just to much for the styIe of gameplay CoD excels at. They are all about fast paced infantry focused gameplay. Making it 32 players is just asking for spam and the killstreaks to be extremely overpowered. Imagine getting a chopper gunner with 32 players in the game. How many kills could you get in a few seconds? It would be massive amounts.

Anything over 16 is pushing it. Servers that had more than 20 people in CoD 4 on the PC became just chaotic nade fests in which the winner had nothing to do about skill and had all to do about how you could tweak your character to cause the most damage by throwing nades.

Wasdie

True. Hopefully, all attack pointstreaks are disabled in this mode, if it even exists.

Cool concept art.

[QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]There is definitely overkill in team size. MAG 128 vs 128 games are fun, but eventually you get sick of the spamkill, ie getting killed by ordnance fired at someone else, some arty targeting a sniper who happens to be near you, constant airstrike spamkill, etc. It gets tiring being manhandled even when you are playing skillfully because of spam. I would say 16vs16 is minimum and 32 vs 32 is maximum for an enjoyable game. Much bigger or smaller and it starts to suck.AcidSoldner

R2 wasnt that bad either with 60 because the gameplay and maps worked well

but in a game like cod it's basically overkill

If they're doing this, they're going to have to switch to Dedicated servers no doubt. 12 player matches in MW2 Are laggy as hell, don't want to even know what 32 would be.

And CoD isn't even meant for above 16 players, It's not a tactical game, it's a nice run and gun have fun game that most people enjoy to relax with, 32 players would be a exploit and nade fest....

Even if I tried, I don't think I could care any less for Call of Duty.

Thats me being honest about CoD(piece)

many might disgree but been playing all COD titles and honestly a max of 24 players online is more than enough when it comes to COD..

So I Hope MW3 will hit that number or maybe make all mp modes playing up to 18 players

If they're doing this, they're going to have to switch to Dedicated servers no doubt. 12 player matches in MW2 Are laggy as hell, don't want to even know what 32 would be.

And CoD isn't even meant for above 16 players, It's not a tactical game, it's a nice run and gun have fun game that most people enjoy to relax with, 32 players would be a exploit and nade fest....

FoolwithaLancer

What if it's a gigantic map, like some of BC2's? They are very big and work rather well with very many players.

[QUOTE="FoolwithaLancer"]

If they're doing this, they're going to have to switch to Dedicated servers no doubt. 12 player matches in MW2 Are laggy as hell, don't want to even know what 32 would be.

And CoD isn't even meant for above 16 players, It's not a tactical game, it's a nice run and gun have fun game that most people enjoy to relax with, 32 players would be a exploit and nade fest....

DangerousLiquid

What if it's a gigantic map, like some of BC2's? They are very big and work rather well with very many players.

[QUOTE="FoolwithaLancer"]

If they're doing this, they're going to have to switch to Dedicated servers no doubt. 12 player matches in MW2 Are laggy as hell, don't want to even know what 32 would be.

And CoD isn't even meant for above 16 players, It's not a tactical game, it's a nice run and gun have fun game that most people enjoy to relax with, 32 players would be a exploit and nade fest....

DangerousLiquid

What if it's a gigantic map, like some of BC2's? They are very big and work rather well with very many players.

[QUOTE="DangerousLiquid"]

[QUOTE="FoolwithaLancer"]

If they're doing this, they're going to have to switch to Dedicated servers no doubt. 12 player matches in MW2 Are laggy as hell, don't want to even know what 32 would be.

And CoD isn't even meant for above 16 players, It's not a tactical game, it's a nice run and gun have fun game that most people enjoy to relax with, 32 players would be a exploit and nade fest....

wis3boi

What if it's a gigantic map, like some of BC2's? They are very big and work rather well with very many players.

Yeah, but we both know IW ain't putting forward a small map for 32 players. ;)

Jesus...how much worse is the lag going to get? P2P is already horrible for MW2 and Blops. With 32 players it's gonna be a lagfest.

Oh, and the art is boring.

MW3 is ripping of KZ2! KZ2 had 32 multiplayer first! Sorry, my system wars logic kicked in.

I doubt that this is true unless it's for PC and with dedicated servers. Imagine the mess they would have on a P2P connection with consoles. MW2 and Blops are already terrible as it is.

Yeah that "youtube" video is almost certainly a fake. Nobody saw it except for Activision's lawyers and the screenshot of it had gramatical errors and only shows a picture of a map we've already seen.

Forget 32 player matches, i'd be happy if they can get 24 player matches to work. More importantly, i'd be happy if they give us a somewhat balanced game this time and not the complete mess that was mw2.

[QUOTE="ZombieKiller7"]Dedicated servers are the essence of online gaming. I find it ridiculous that people say XBL is so great and the only features it has is worthless chat, talking and social features. When I am online gaming, I am not there to get on the mic and say hello, or hear you call me racial epithets. When I am online gaming, I want a dedicated connection to fast, smooth server, so I can shoot you in the face. This is the essence of an online service. Glad to see MW3 is understanding the real issues of the critical components of a good gaming experience because the rest of XBL is clueless. Game size is also important to an extent, to make war feel more realistic. If I see the same 5 guys over and over, that's not war, to me 16 is the minimum team size that makes a battle feel like a battle, otherwise it's just a couple of people trading headshots, and if one of them is also the online host, then that's extra stupid.Wasdie

Nothing about the CoD series is real anymore. Not even the weapons they use anymore. They started taking away all shreds of authenticity with CoD 4 and have only gotten worse every single game.

MW3 is ripping of KZ2! KZ2 had 32 multiplayer first! Sorry, my system wars logic kicked in.

I doubt that this is true unless it's for PC and with dedicated servers. Imagine the mess they would have on a P2P connection with consoles. MW2 and Blops are already terrible as it is.

lowkey254

it's funny

mw2 took alot of things from killzone 2

and killzone 3 took ideas from mw2

i dont get it

[QUOTE="lowkey254"]

MW3 is ripping of KZ2! KZ2 had 32 multiplayer first! Sorry, my system wars logic kicked in.

I doubt that this is true unless it's for PC and with dedicated servers. Imagine the mess they would have on a P2P connection with consoles. MW2 and Blops are already terrible as it is.

eboyishere

it's funny

mw2 took alot of things from killzone 2

and killzone 3 took ideas from mw2

i dont get it

Dedicated servers on consoles or get out!

[QUOTE="eboyishere"]

[QUOTE="DangerousLiquid"]

It's already been announced that MW3 will support dedicated servers on the PC from day 1. ;)

DangerousLiquid

but...what about the crowd that they care about the most consoles? :o, since everyone ask for them ;)

Dedicated on consoles? :| Except for Gears 1, I don't know any other game that did it great. :?

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

here is the fun part i get laggy connection with the usually 6v6...so will they finally put in dedi servers or just let people lag out?:o....i think lag out :oeboyishere

The games are laggy on PC with dedicated servers. The netcode sucks, and no, they will not fix it.

I got host on MW2/BO 90% of the time when I use to play those games. So I just might buy MW3 just to dashboard when someone gets a high KS.

I got host on MW2/BO 90% of the time when I use to play those games. So I just might buy MW3 just to dashboard when someone gets a high KS.

DroidPhysX