Why were you disappointed with MW2?

If you were.

I've seen a lot of people express their disappointment with the new Call Of Duty. I'm not the biggest CoD fan (though I do own World at War and MW2), so I haven't put in nearly as many hours as other fans have (I've probably only clocked around 10 on WaW and 1 on MW2). So to you people who really enjoyed the last Modern Warfare but found that this one didn't reach your hopes and expectations, what things did you find to be wrong with the new release? The only qualm I've been able to muster with the amount of time I spent with CoD 4 & 6 is the apparent lack of an attempted new formula on the latter's part.

Im actually not that dissapointed because I knew the online would be lame and that the campaign would be short. Spec Ops was what made the game worth it for me.

too noob friendly.

Chopper gunner, campers and cold blooded. That sums up my issues there.

I like the campaign and spec ops, but the MP is horrible IMO.

too noob friendly.

shikakrinks

Several things Single Player. I really enjoyed the single player campaign in CoD4. I thought it was so short that it borderlining on the offensive but at least it was all really good. CoD4 managed to surprise me at each turn. The characters were pretty convincing, the setting was well portrayed and the game play was original. I MW2 it is as if they took all the bad parts from CoD4 and got rid of the good parts. Any hint of realism tossed aside in favor of brainless over the top action cliches. The plot is so bad that it's a little embarrassing. It's still super short. And worst of all, there's not a hint of originality of surprise to be found. There's no 'wow' moments like the AC130 or the Ghille Suit missions. Instead of a group of soldier that seemed like people who could exist in real life you get action figure wannabe's who run around in skull masks even when they are supposedly undercover? Multiplayer As a PC gamer it annoys me that they are forcing PC players to use their silly IW net system. The system of dedicated server used on CoD4 was better in pretty much every way. there was less lag, more options in terms of set up, there was the ability to run mods and custom content, communities was able to help themselves when hackers or grifers showed up instead of having to be helpless victims. In addition I disliked most of the changes to the multiplayer game. I feel the kill streak effects have completely taken over the game and things tend to be decided, not by who kills the most but who's the first to get X kills in a row. All said the multi player is .. 'ok', not good and certainly not exceptional but it'll fill a little time if you don't have TF2 on hand. Spec Ops. The spec ops seems to be the only hint of innovation or originality in the game. I thought it was a pretty cool idea and it's set up in a way where you can quick run a small game if you only have 10-15 mins. It's a shame that some of them can't be played solo but all in all that's not really that big an issue. Overall, except for the Spec Ops missions I found the game to be consistently worse than CoD4, while at the same time have none of CoD4's originality.Mazoch

cuz it was poorly nominated as GOTY by Gametrailers

Was peer pressured by many mates into buying this. I just went for it and I do not enjoy it that much unless I am playing with friends.

I'm not disappointed in it….I'm having fun playing the game…

too noob friendly. Too many glitches, pretty much all of the maps sucked, were horribly designed and almost forced you to camp if you wanted to stay alive for more than 20 seconds.

The game just takes no skill to play, and the reason I think this and I think most others would agree is that In a game like Counter Strike or whatever, games that do take alot of skill to play, When I die I know why I died, I can see the faults in my actions and how I can better prepare myself from that happening again... But in mw, There is NO WAY IN HELL I could ever predict how I would die sometimes, or prevent it from happening.

Ill just get shot from which ever angle by some camper all the way across the map, Blown up by some noob tube shot by someone I cant see because the maps are so open and so full of crap without any real order or construct to the environment that its really impossible to predict where people are going to be alot. And you die to quickly and I mean INSTANTLY. Like in halo or something, even a guy who is camping behind a corner If they shoot first and jump the gun on me I still have a chance to kill them if my aim is better than his. Theres no chance in MW2. Who is ever seen first is DEAD.

The game is just like cheap way after cheap way to kill everyone, I dont know how anybody can take is seriously or pretend like its anything more than just a ridiculous frag fest

more than just a ridiculous frag fest

VendettaRed07

Mostly because the online portion is the worst I have seen a popular shooter in a VERY long time.

I am trying desperately to get into it but I am finding that there are so many glitchers that it's close to being broken... It's not enough that the game is extremely unbalanced from the off.

Somebody on the design team decided that having terminator weapons in the game would be cool - which would be fine, if it wasn't for the fact that the Model 1887 Shotgun is absolutely ridiculously over-powered and ranged - even better is that somebody on the design team decided it would be awesome if you could wield two of them at the same time without any penalty whatsoever, in fact they get easier to use. Yet a gun like the Desert Eagle is utterly useless in the same secondary slot.

Knifing kills in one, even though the combat is extremely fast paced as it is... anybody with any brains knows that an FPS in which you can have infinite sprint, faster sprint and a longer knife range all in one class (factoring about 50ms host lag and the care package glitch into account too) makes for some serious bs. There is already a massive advantage for close range classes, but apparently they needed to turn the game into an even bigger frag fest.

Also about 10% of the online population has glitched to 10th prestige.

I just... Don't get it.

The single player portion was great though.

In my opinion.

-Horrible weapon balance.

-Loads of campers.

-Loads of hackers.

-Infinity Ward's arrogance.

-No dedicated servers.

-Laggy matches

-Community is worse than CSS+Halo 3.

[QUOTE="VendettaRed07"] more than just a ridiculous frag fest

alextherussian

too noob friendly. Too many glitches, pretty much all of the maps sucked, were horribly designed and almost forced you to camp if you wanted to stay alive for more than 20 seconds.

The game just takes no skill to play, and the reason I think this and I think most others would agree is that In a game like Counter Strike or whatever, games that do take alot of skill to play, When I die I know why I died, I can see the faults in my actions and how I can better prepare myself from that happening again... But in mw, There is NO WAY IN HELL I could ever predict how I would die sometimes, or prevent it from happening.

Ill just get shot from which ever angle by some camper all the way across the map, Blown up by some noob tube shot by someone I cant see because the maps are so open and so full of crap without any real order or construct to the environment that its really impossible to predict where people are going to be alot. And you die to quickly and I mean INSTANTLY. Like in halo or something, even a guy who is camping behind a corner If they shoot first and jump the gun on me I still have a chance to kill them if my aim is better than his. Theres no chance in MW2. Who is ever seen first is DEAD.

The game is just like cheap way after cheap way to kill everyone, I dont know how anybody can take is seriously or pretend like its anything more than just a ridiculous frag fest

Mostly because the online portion is the worst I have seen a popular shooter in a VERY long time.

I am trying desperately to get into it but I am finding that there are so many glitchers that it's close to being broken... It's not enough that the game is extremely unbalanced from the off.

Somebody on the design team decided that having terminator weapons in the game would be cool - which would be fine, if it wasn't for the fact that the Model 1887 Shotgun is absolutely ridiculously over-powered and ranged - even better is that somebody on the design team decided it would be awesome if you could wield two of them at the same time without any penalty whatsoever, in fact they get easier to use. Yet a gun like the Desert Eagle is utterly useless in the same secondary slot.

Knifing kills in one, even though the combat is extremely fast paced as it is... anybody with any brains knows that an FPS in which you can have infinite sprint, faster sprint and a longer knife range all in one class (factoring about 50ms host lag and the care package glitch into account too) makes for some serious bs. There is already a massive advantage for close range classes, but apparently they needed to turn the game into an even bigger frag fest.

Also about 10% of the online population has glitched to 10th prestige.

I just... Don't get it.

The single player portion was great though.

I was incredibly disappointed with certain aspects of it, like the willing lack of dedicated servers, and the set-piece to set-piece story, but on the whole, I enjoyed it, and I still play the online relatively frequently.

killstreaks /rewards,

Theres a limit to having soo many kill streaks, etc. I mean seriously, the air is always filled with choppers, harriers, gunners, etc. Its annoying and ruins the point of Close quarter combat gameplay.

death streaks: just stupid.

No weapon feel.

Bad spawning system:

Average maps.

Too much stuff going on screen. Like hteres just toooo many bonus points, etc everytime you get a kill. Double KIL, headshot, etc.

I can go onn and on.

Had high hopes for the online, ended up hating it.

And the campaign wasn't anything to write home about either.

I was incredibly disappointed with certain aspects of it, like the willing lack of dedicated servers, and the set-piece to set-piece story, but on the whole, I enjoyed it, and I still play the online relatively frequently.

psn8214

[QUOTE="Leejjohno"]

Mostly because the online portion is the worst I have seen a popular shooter in a VERY long time.

I am trying desperately to get into it but I am finding that there are so many glitchers that it's close to being broken... It's not enough that the game is extremely unbalanced from the off.

Somebody on the design team decided that having terminator weapons in the game would be cool - which would be fine, if it wasn't for the fact that the Model 1887 Shotgun is absolutely ridiculously over-powered and ranged - even better is that somebody on the design team decided it would be awesome if you could wield two of them at the same time without any penalty whatsoever, in fact they get easier to use. Yet a gun like the Desert Eagle is utterly useless in the same secondary slot.

Knifing kills in one, even though the combat is extremely fast paced as it is... anybody with any brains knows that an FPS in which you can have infinite sprint, faster sprint and a longer knife range all in one class (factoring about 50ms host lag and the care package glitch into account too) makes for some serious bs. There is already a massive advantage for close range classes, but apparently they needed to turn the game into an even bigger frag fest.

Also about 10% of the online population has glitched to 10th prestige.

I just... Don't get it.

The single player portion was great though.

savagetwinkie

Yet the sprint animation looks all messed up whenever somebody does it, and given the right perks they can run at about 20 mph on a flat surface... That is fast enough to bypass any shotgun with a commando lunge given the 50ms lag unless you are doing it in open ground.

And did you really think the developers intended for you to use a red smoke marker as a tin of red bull? The fact that it works as an offensive weapon at all is disgusting from a technical standpoint... the game is a mess.

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

I was incredibly disappointed with certain aspects of it, like the willing lack of dedicated servers, and the set-piece to set-piece story, but on the whole, I enjoyed it, and I still play the online relatively frequently.

SilverChimera

Hell yeah we do! We were practically unstoppable last time around, remember? :lol: ... actually, I learned something then. I am a terrible demoman... :P

The game just doesn't offer any fun. The streak system offers significant advantages to the players who least need them, and the perks guarantee that new players won't be able to create a class that allows them to counter the threats that keep killing them. It turns the game into a grindfest: hide from air support, chip away with occasional kills (when you catch someone else in a weak position) and bide your time until you have some realistic weapons and gear.

Even the objective modes are locked at first play, forcing you to sink time into deathmatch until you rank up enough to unlock a game mode that doesn't suck. Every single aspect of this game is basically the crane machine from your local bowling alley: "come on, keep playing! you'll win a prize eventually!"

If I'm not entertained after playing for a couple hours, I'm not going to waste more time on it to see if it gets any better. There are too many other games to play.

Edit: dear Gamespot: I'm sick of re-editing my posts because your RTE control doesn't recognize the enter key. Fix it.

I'm just disappointed in the match quality of MP. I take cover and get shot by bullets that are hitting where I was. MW2 is the only game this happens on.

[QUOTE="savagetwinkie"][QUOTE="Leejjohno"]

Mostly because the online portion is the worst I have seen a popular shooter in a VERY long time.

I am trying desperately to get into it but I am finding that there are so many glitchers that it's close to being broken... It's not enough that the game is extremely unbalanced from the off.

Somebody on the design team decided that having terminator weapons in the game would be cool - which would be fine, if it wasn't for the fact that the Model 1887 Shotgun is absolutely ridiculously over-powered and ranged - even better is that somebody on the design team decided it would be awesome if you could wield two of them at the same time without any penalty whatsoever, in fact they get easier to use. Yet a gun like the Desert Eagle is utterly useless in the same secondary slot.

Knifing kills in one, even though the combat is extremely fast paced as it is... anybody with any brains knows that an FPS in which you can have infinite sprint, faster sprint and a longer knife range all in one class (factoring about 50ms host lag and the care package glitch into account too) makes for some serious bs. There is already a massive advantage for close range classes, but apparently they needed to turn the game into an even bigger frag fest.

Also about 10% of the online population has glitched to 10th prestige.

I just... Don't get it.

The single player portion was great though.

Leejjohno

Yet the sprint animation looks all messed up whenever somebody does it, and given the right perks they can run at about 20 mph on a flat surface... That is fast enough to bypass any shotgun with a commando lunge given the 50ms lag unless you are doing it in open ground.

And did you really think the developers intended for you to use a red smoke marker as a tin of red bull? The fact that it works as an offensive weapon at all is disgusting from a technical standpoint... the game is a mess.

Short campaign. Really felt rushed with gaps. I don't mind if it's a bit short since multiplayer is there to make up for it and spec ops but there were some major holes. And multiplayer isn't as competitive as it was before. Shoot first you win. Unless your oppenent is lagging then shoot 3,000 times and you die eventually by one bullet.

Don't get me started on SD tubing and glitching.

I thought the story was idiotic, but the gameplay was ok.

[QUOTE="SilverChimera"][QUOTE="psn8214"]

I was incredibly disappointed with certain aspects of it, like the willing lack of dedicated servers, and the set-piece to set-piece story, but on the whole, I enjoyed it, and I still play the online relatively frequently.

psn8214

Hell yeah we do! We were practically unstoppable last time around, remember? :lol: ... actually, I learned something then. I am a terrible demoman... :P

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

[QUOTE="SilverChimera"] Yo psn, I know you still play mw2, and imma let you finish, but we gotta play TF2 sometime :P SilverChimera

Hell yeah we do! We were practically unstoppable last time around, remember? :lol: ... actually, I learned something then. I am a terrible demoman... :P

I'm not a bad sniper either... we'll just sit back and snipe everyone! :D

-No dedicated server support.

-The PC version was a horrible port of the console version.

-The lag was and still is horrendous. If there were dedicated servers this wouldn't be an issue.

-They charged PC users an extra ten dollars for a game that wasn't even worth 49.99.

-They took a major step back in game-play: dual-wielding shotguns, being able to knife from 15 feet away, etc.

-It's only redeeming quality was Spec Ops, and that didn't take very long to beat.

All in all, a very poor game. Even on the console it could have been much better.

Damn, I expected to play this game for awhile but it just got kinda sour on me. Haven't played it in nearly 3 weeks. Oh well, I'll pop it back in if the DLC is worth buying.

[QUOTE="SilverChimera"][QUOTE="psn8214"]

Hell yeah we do! We were practically unstoppable last time around, remember? :lol: ... actually, I learned something then. I am a terrible demoman... :P

psn8214

I'm not a bad sniper either... we'll just sit back and snipe everyone! :D

[QUOTE="psn8214"]

[QUOTE="SilverChimera"] Of course! LOL And I'm a terrible everything. Except sniper I guess. I was decent at that.SilverChimera

I'm not a bad sniper either... we'll just sit back and snipe everyone! :D

He is one of the better characters... I'd say he's among my favorites.

Meh its just more of the same. Ive been playing COD games since the first on PC and each game feels near identical, so it just gets boring fast for me. I buy COD games for a nice intense singlelpayer, and while this one had some great levels, it was a big mess in the story department. They were trying way to hard to shock people, it came off really cheasy. To me though the game was worth the Wolverines! mission, i loved fighting in the suburbs, it actually reminded me of neighborhoods ive been in so it did feel powerful, but besides that it was pretty average.

"This corridor looks totally safe": SHAZAM killed by camper.

"Sweet I just respawned time to kick ass": BAM shot down by chopper.

"Time to rush": BOOM noob tubed.

The game is fun at times but at others it just gets ridiculous with all the killstreak rewards, noob tubes and campers.

It exists.