Modern Warfare 2

[open_sketchbook]

The stupid world situation is way to stable for awesome modern warfare plots. It's almost like the major nations have learned the lessons of history and won't enter total war anymore.

Man, do you know how much that sucks for video game designers?

[weemadando]

I'm thinking of picking this up, but 6 hours of implausible story?

6 hours of implausibly AWESOME story.

How's the multiplayer in general? Not builds or specifics, just general 'fun' level on a good server. If it's that short, I want good MP.

It's better than MW1's MP if you ask me. The lessened grenade spam and tighter maps mean that you are much less likely to be continually dying on spawning or anytime you step outside. Plus the ability to actually shoot down enemy support like UAVs and capture their special drops is a nice twist.

[Steel]

I'm thinking of picking this up, but 6 hours of implausible story?

6 hours of implausibly AWESOME story.

How's the multiplayer in general? Not builds or specifics, just general 'fun' level on a good server. If it's that short, I want good MP.

It's better than MW1's MP if you ask me. The lessened grenade spam and tighter maps mean that you are much less likely to be continually dying on spawning or anytime you step outside. Plus the ability to actually shoot down enemy support like UAVs and capture their special drops is a nice twist.

I'm not sold on if the MP is better. Its fun, but is less convenient and laggier to play. Not to mention that there are half the number of people you actually want in each game mode. I thought the maps were smaller than MW1, although its hard to tell as there are like a third to a quarter the number of people there were so that might make them seem bigger, but they certainly seem pretty sparse most of the time.

Seems fun overall and the added features are pretty awesome. Anyone ever seen a tactical nuke?

Actually it looks like steam just patched it. Wonder whats changed...

[weemadando]

Apparently the patch is to make the IWNet matchmaking better.

As for the "less people per map" - I feel this is a good thing as it remains fairly hectic without the stupidity of having 32 players on a 12-16 player map.

I haven't seen a Tac Nuke, but I did see an AC-130 and it rocked my fucking world. It was awesome to just hear to the death raining down from above on our opponents.

[Edward Yee]

I did see an AC-130 and it rocked my fucking world.

Good kill good kill

I can't believe I'm actually feelings antsy in the sense of wanting to play... I don't care about the dedicated servers, I don't care about the lean/hackjobs, I don't even care about the obvious glitchers/cheaters*, I actually want to play that badly.

* Lord knows I enjoyed Operation7 when it was WAY worse, just because I liked the whole primary weapon customizing... way deeper than anything in MW2, even if the secondaries are gimped in comparison (no customizing, and the i.e. the G18 is the only suppressed secondary, the MAC-10 the only other machine pistol).

[weemadando]

I saw another AC-130 during a match just before. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. This one was on the enemy team. It really alters the way the map is played as everyone is trying to keep the fucking mountain peak (we were on Afghan) between them and the giant flame-spitting dragon of death in the sky.

Plus, I just couldn't get a lock on it, which pissed me off, so I just kept downing their UAVs.

[Sea Skimmer]

I watched my friend play while his retard team was spawn killed about forty times in a row when the other side got a helicopter and a harrier in the air at the same time. Who the fuck decided that the aircraft should have a fucking red box on every single player even when inside a building for ease of massacring? I’ve really come to the conclusion that I do not know of another game more suited to team stacking, intentional or not. Unless you have really good balance in the players the matches tend to be extremely one-sided. Which is of course half the fucking reason why I like PC servers with larger numbers of people. You might still get 31 other people who suck, but at least you wont get shot in the back so many damn times because of it.

[JointStrikeFighter]

Or you could play console with its auto balance? I AM A SMARMY ASSHOLE

[Scottish Ninja]

I watched my friend play while his retard team was spawn killed about forty times in a row when the other side got a helicopter and a harrier in the air at the same time. Who the fuck decided that the aircraft should have a fucking red box on every single player even when inside a building for ease of massacring? I’ve really come to the conclusion that I do not know of another game more suited to team stacking, intentional or not. Unless you have really good balance in the players the matches tend to be extremely one-sided. Which is of course half the fucking reason why I like PC servers with larger numbers of people. You might still get 31 other people who suck, but at least you wont get shot in the back so many damn times because of it.

That's what Cold-Blooded and Stingers are for. I managed to royally piss off another team by dropping everything they called in within moments of it showing up. I've even shot down my fair share of AC-130s - flares will soak up the first two shots, but a third Stinger will knock it down right quick.

[weemadando]

My emblem is "Fly-Swatter". Because that's how I roll. With SAMs. I tend to get those awards most matches I'm in.

[Pulp Hero]

I've stopped doing anti-air work because I've moved on to trying to use a stealthy play style (Cold Blood/Ninja/Silenced M4), but yeah rolling with Scavenger/Cold Blooded and Stingers will net you insane amounts of points. It is very satisfying to kill an incoming helicopter before it even reaches the map's airspace.

[Sea Skimmer]

That's what Cold-Blooded and Stingers are for. I managed to royally piss off another team by dropping everything they called in within moments of it showing up. I've even shot down my fair share of AC-130s - flares will soak up the first two shots, but a third Stinger will knock it down right quick.

That doesn't fucking work when everyone is spawn killed, and 90% of people are too stupid to use a stinger in the first place. Something that should well be obvious when you look at modern warfare 1 when half the time no one would even shoot a gun at the choppers.

[[R_H]]

That doesn't fucking work when everyone is spawn killed, and 90% of people are too stupid to use a stinger in the first place. Something that should well be obvious when you look at modern warfare 1 when half the time no one would even shoot a gun at the choppers.

Probably because there wasn't any reward for downing the helicopter (other than not getting killed by it). The M60 was pretty effective at shooting down choppers, took about a belt shoot it down (if I'm remembering correctly).

[JointStrikeFighter]

That's what Cold-Blooded and Stingers are for. I managed to royally piss off another team by dropping everything they called in within moments of it showing up. I've even shot down my fair share of AC-130s - flares will soak up the first two shots, but a third Stinger will knock it down right quick.

That doesn't fucking work when everyone is spawn killed, and 90% of people are too stupid to use a stinger in the first place. Something that should well be obvious when you look at modern warfare 1 when half the time no one would even shoot a gun at the choppers.

HURF HURF DURF PC GAMERS ARE STUPID.

It's pretty amusing to watch the PC gamers complaining about COD6; it's like they aren't even playing the same game; I havn't seen any of their complaints (team stacking, air-rapage, spawn killing) on console.

[Steel]

That's what Cold-Blooded and Stingers are for. I managed to royally piss off another team by dropping everything they called in within moments of it showing up. I've even shot down my fair share of AC-130s - flares will soak up the first two shots, but a third Stinger will knock it down right quick.

That doesn't fucking work when everyone is spawn killed, and 90% of people are too stupid to use a stinger in the first place. Something that should well be obvious when you look at modern warfare 1 when half the time no one would even shoot a gun at the choppers.

HURF HURF DURF PC GAMERS ARE STUPID.

It's pretty amusing to watch the PC gamers complaining about COD6; it's like they aren't even playing the same game; I havn't seen any of their complaints (team stacking, air-rapage, spawn killing) on console.

I haven't seen it either.

I don't know how people can say spawn killing is possible seeing as it moves with the team, so if people are being killed at the spawn then it'll just be shifted far away. Spawn killing was possible in MW1 because there were enough people that killing a few didn't shift the teams whole position by as much allowing for much fun killing people at the spawn with a silenced weapon and UAV jammer for as long as you liked.

[Edward Yee]

It's pretty amusing to watch the PC gamers complaining about COD6; it's like they aren't even playing the same game; I havn't seen any of their complaints (team stacking, air-rapage, spawn killing) on console.

My guess is that so many came in with the 'raaaaage' mentality (over what a 'gimped' copy they were getting) or just didn't get into the mindset as quickly as console players did... that they missed the whole lecture about how these new things like the air-rapage weren't supposed to be OP.

Not to mention that if it matters that much to you, there is (once unlocked) the Tactical Insertion flare.

[chitoryu12]

I saw another AC-130 during a match just before. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. This one was on the enemy team. It really alters the way the map is played as everyone is trying to keep the fucking mountain peak (we were on Afghan) between them and the giant flame-spitting dragon of death in the sky.

Plus, I just couldn't get a lock on it, which pissed me off, so I just kept downing their UAVs.

I saw it on one of the Brazil maps (forgot which one. It had a dawn/evening, orange lighting style) when the enemy team got us. They were completely raping us, so it wasn't too shocking to see the AC-130 in the sky. One of the biggest "Oh shit" moments is when you look up and you see the streak of fire descend and land with a crash on the other side of the street.

[Edward Yee]

Anyone know where I can find the cutscene of what takes place if you do skip "No Russian"?

[Agent Fisher]

There is none. No explanation of what happened.

[Pulp Hero]

Anyone know where I can find the cutscene of what takes place if you do skip "No Russian"?

Youtube.

[Ryan Thunder]

Is it a bad thing if I thought the entire sequence in Washington was so absurd that it actually made me angry? XD

[Edward Yee]

Anyone know where I can find the cutscene of what takes place if you do skip "No Russian"?

Youtube.

All I'm finding is gameplay videos of the mission itself.

[Sea Skimmer]

HURF HURF DURF PC GAMERS ARE STUPID.

It's pretty amusing to watch the PC gamers complaining about COD6; it's like they aren't even playing the same game; I havn't seen any of their complaints (team stacking, air-rapage, spawn killing) on console.

Hey retard, I have only played/watched this game on console. I’m sorry if that’s such a complex concept for you to grasp that people might actually play on more then one kind of system. Like I fucking said long ago, I really just don’t care anymore if a PC version even exists when I can play on my many friends consoles for free and keep my money for something worthwhile like beer. But if I want to be killed from the air before I can move, I’ll at least play BF2 when I can then drive over to the enemy airfield and runover all the sniper morons standing around waiting for another plane spawn.

[JointStrikeFighter]

HURF HURF DURF PC GAMERS ARE STUPID.

It's pretty amusing to watch the PC gamers complaining about COD6; it's like they aren't even playing the same game; I havn't seen any of their complaints (team stacking, air-rapage, spawn killing) on console.

Hey retard, I have only played/watched this game on console. I’m sorry if that’s such a complex concept for you to grasp that people might actually play on more then one kind of system. Like I fucking said long ago, I really just don’t care anymore if a PC version even exists when I can play on my many friends consoles for free and keep my money for something worthwhile like beer. But if I want to be killed from the air before I can move, I’ll at least play BF2 when I can then drive over to the enemy airfield and runover all the sniper morons standing around waiting for another plane spawn.

Because you are the only whiny PC gamer in the thread. OH WAIT.

Your acting like a retarded cockjob because you are claiming the COD6 = ZOMFG THE SPAWN KILLSZZZ from your experience WATCHING THE GAME GET PLAYED when people who actually have the fucking game and are playing ti have said that's not the case. I am level fucking 21 now and the only times ive been spawn killed OR air raped have been when i've chosen to open up on a hovering chopper with my MG straight after spawning. Turns out you can just not stand about and you wont get air raped OR spawn killed.

[Ford Prefect]

Is it a bad thing if I thought the entire sequence in Washington was so absurd that it actually made me angry? XD

Yes, it's a bad thing. It's a video game, you shouldn't be taking it so seriously.