CoD:MW2

[Durahansolo]

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Shepardgarrett = gamertag, send me a friend request arick

Got it. If you don't see me online, I'm still ducking people on my friendlist so they don't ask me to play with them LOL. Most of them have been playing all day since launch and I can only play when I get home from work. So, I'm trying to get my setup decent for when I go into battle with them.

I wish Bad Company 2 was still being released this year, I miss the vehicles and epic bullet travel time . MW2 and Assassin's Creed will probably hold me over until it comes out.

[cidbahamut]

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Well I'm not much of a FPS player so with all the hype it was getting I figured it must have revolutionized the genre in ways unimaginable.
So it's bringing realistic level design to the table when all we've had before was game level design? Ok I guess I can see how that might shake things up a bit. Not really my thing but I guess that would be a big thing for those who enjoy the genre. Thanks for clearing it up for me.

[DakAttack]

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See here is where i think alot of this praise is coming from. The military. me and my buddies can litterly call out zones, and overwatches and strategies and counter strategies and cover one anothers weaknesses, and lay down suppresive fire for our buddies to repositon. Yeah you can do that in Halo or gears, but it's a bit different when you have fucking engery swords, and chainsaw bayonets.
Me and all my military buddies train these type of scenarios, we sprint 50 meters and have to take a prone postion and hit a target @ 100m's. That's how you fight real war. The creators of this game hit the nail on the head.
That was what the hype was about to me, and for me atleast, it's lived up to it.

Um, that's cool. This game had none of that.

I'm forwarding your formula for fighting real wars straight to Infinity Ward so they can use it in MW3.

Well I'm not much of a FPS player so with all the hype it was getting I figured it must have revolutionized the genre in ways unimaginable.
So it's bringing realistic level design to the table when all we've had before was game level design? Ok I guess I can see how that might shake things up a bit. Not really my thing but I guess that would be a big thing for those who enjoy the genre. Thanks for clearing it up for me.

The level design is the highlight of a single player campaign that lacks any real substance. It doesn't really matter where you go, or what level you're on, all the enemies behave in the exact same way which really detracts from the immersion. Multiplayer is the same old dog, it's simply the luck of the spawn or luck of the lag. It makes me think Battlefield really had it right.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Not that I approve of Pirating, but actually the people who pirated it aren't hypocrites at all; Many of us who are boycotting this want to play it but refuse to pay for it. In this sense, people are (illegally) sticking it to Activision right where it hurts.

Go look up what hypocrisy means.

NOW.

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[Evion]

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Well.... I was going to buy this today because everyone on my XBL friend's list is playing it... But you guys are making it sound mediocre? Is it a yes or no on the buy? (Huge Halo3 Fan BTW)

[DakAttack]

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Well.... I was going to buy this today because everyone on my XBL friend's list is playing it... But you guys are making it sound mediocre? Is it a yes or no on the buy? (Huge Halo3 Fan BTW)

Then, yes, you will probably enjoy it. Like Mal said, you can always rent it first.

[Malacite]

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Go look up what hypocrisy means.

NOW.

No. It's not hypocritical if you merely refuse to pay for it. There are people who won't touch it, period, because of Activision. They are hypocrits if they get this, one way or another. In fact a number of people, myself included, would pick it up if we could just bypass Activision and give the $60 straight to Infinity Ward, but it doesn't work that way so no.

[Cometgreen]

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About the "Airport Level", and i'm warning you now, i go the hell off in this one.

This level, LIKE THE ENTIRE FUCKING GAME, was used to give people some small glimpse, IDEA, FUCKING CLUE, what it's like to be a fucking terrorist, or to be a special operator.
If this offended you, GTFO.
You need to get a fucking clue as to what these people are capable of, and why every fucking person whoever stepped up to risk their lives to protect YOURS does what he or she does. How dare you get "offended" at that level IN A FUCKING VIDEO GAME, when me and mine see shit like that ALL THE FUCKING TIME when we go overseas. You need to get yourself a fucking set of balls and realize what sort of evils this world is capable of. Did it make you feel uncomfortable? GOOD! Did it make you angry? GOOD! Did you ever once think about what our country would do if something like this happened in america? If you answered no that question look back 8 years to the 11th of september, and think about what WE fucking did when they killed 3 thousand plus in a matter of hours.
"Get a fucking clue" should have been on the front of every copy of Modern Warfare 2.
You don't like it, don't play it, go fucking level your fucking charmander or some bullshit.

Err, I'm sorry, but terrorists did not storm the Moscow airport, and D.C. has not been attacked in nearly two hundred years. The sequence does not showcase, "what terrorists are capable of," any more than Dr. Strangelove showcases what American generals are capable of.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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No. It's not hypocritical if you merely refuse to pay for it. There are people who won't touch it, period, because of Activision. They are hypocrits if they get this, one way or another. In fact a number of people, myself included, would pick it up if we could just bypass Activision and give the $60 straight to Infinity Ward, but it doesn't work that way so no.

Its called the used bin. Totally legal, no piracy involved.

[Pwnagraphic]

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Um, that's cool. This game had none of that.

I'm forwarding your formula for fighting real wars straight to Infinity Ward so they can use it in MW3.

It's a game..

[ShepardG]

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Err, I'm sorry, but terrorists did not storm the Moscow airport, and D.C. has not been attacked in nearly two hundred years. The sequence does not showcase, "what terrorists are capable of," any more than Dr. Strangelove showcases what American generals are capable of.

I do not know Dr. Strangelove so i don't quite understand that analogy, but how can you even say the above statement after 9/11. How can you not understand what people like the ones "PORTRAYED" in MW2 are quite capable of doing things like this:

-The 2008 Mumbai attacks were more than ten coordinated shooting and bombing attacks across Mumbai, India's financial capital and its largest city. The attacks, which drew widespread condemnation across the world, began on 26 November 2008 and lasted until 29 November, killing at least 173 people and wounding at least 308.

-On June 25, 1996, per official statement, individuals identified as members of Hezbollah Al-Hejaz (Party of God in the Hijaz)[1][2] by the United States, exploded a sewage truck packed with explosives adjacent to Building #131 in the housing complex. This eight-story building housed United States Air Force personnel from the 4404th Wing (Provisional), primarily from a deployed rescue squadron and deployed fighter squadron. In all, 19 U.S. servicemen and one Saudi[3] were killed and 372 of many nationalities were wounded.

-Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Twin car bombs exploded near three Iraqi government buildings Sunday in central Baghdad, killing at least 132 people. It was the deadliest attack in the country in more than two years.

More than 500 people were wounded.

What other proof do you need? Did this video game disturb you? IT'S SUPPOSED TO. You need to understand that it does infact "showcase" what the evils of this world are capble of. Sure russia didn't start a world war with america, but they came awful fucking close(I.E. the cold war). What do you think would have happened if 300+ russian civillians were slaughtered and the only terrorist to be found was an american. It would have been bloody chaos. It didn't happen, but you need to understand it could have.

Maybe i'm missing your point, but if you wanna compare this to something that happened within the past year, read up on that mumbai attack. What if it was 10 hotels in DC. What if it was The penny arcade trade show. How can you not think about things like this happening when you walk through your local mall?

Every time i step foot in an airport, or a mall, or a sporting venue, i run through this scenario. It's scary, but to me it's more scary to be unprepared. If you were standing there and people opened fire in your local mall, What would you do?

But i guess it's not your job to worry about these things, and maybe that's why MW2 upset you, or why you don't understand how realistic it is.

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Um, that's cool. This game had none of that.

I'm forwarding your formula for fighting real wars straight to Infinity Ward so they can use it in MW3.

Your game had none of that, because you've had none of that.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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It's a game..

Sorry, that argument doesn't work anymore. If you're going to try to invalidate the opposing argument by declaring "Its just a game," you've only further invalidated your position because "its just a game."

I mean, you're on what is primarily an MMO forum here. We've heard that one tossed out to defend all kinds of bullshit. Guy holds out for Relic chapeau, quits promptly after obtaining it with no prior warning. A whole group of people helped him get it, each investing personal time so he could use it to better their group.

A game might be a trivial thing, but the time investment in you was not.

Is MW2 "just a game?" Not when I want to Gamestop this week, not when I go to any gaming news site. At GameStop I was just there to see if Phantasy Star Zero was in and there was a mile long line. A lot of game coverage this week as been totally obscured in favor of the media hype over this game.

Even when my sister's boyfriend stopped by the appartment, he couldn't just spend time with her, he had to talk MW2 with me. I diverted his attention to Torchlight almost immediately, he's a bigger Diabolo-style RPG dork anyway.

So, not just a game here. More of an event. Or an unnecessary obstacle depending upon where you're standing.

What other proof do you need? Did this video game disturb you? IT'S SUPPOSED TO. You need to understand that it does infact "showcase" what the evils of this world are capble of. Sure russia didn't start a world war with america, but they came awful fucking close(I.E. the cold war). What do you think would have happened if 300+ russian civillians were slaughtered and the only terrorist to be found was an american. It would have been bloody chaos. It didn't happen, but you need to understand it could have.

This is more or less the same thing gangsta rappers were trying to argue about their music. Oh, you're just a humble street reporter telling me how life is in rhyme? Like I don't know that drugs are being dealt on corner downtown right now? Or that people like to have sex, get drunk or get high? Or that street gangs gun people down in drive-bys? This is news? You think you're surprising me here?

I mean, you think other people don't deal with this kind of shit? That they haven't seen the bad side of life? My happy little world got shattered very early on, I wasn't even allowed to have a proper childhood. And I know there are people that have it far worse than that. I don't need a condescending illustration to inform me.

Its really just pointless garbage thrust into the game to generate media sensationalism and sell more copies. A sales device. That's what makes it disgusting.

[ShepardG]

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More of an event. Or an unnecessary obstacle depending upon where you're standing.

LOL, I aggee, i went to pick up my 2009 collection and they hadn't even unpacked it from the UPS truck, so i didn't even bother getting it yet. (for collection purposes anyway ^^)

[DakAttack]

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Its really just pointless garbage thrust into the game to generate media sensationalism and sell more copies. A sales device. That's what makes it disgusting.

This is exactly how I feel about it. It's not disturbing and there's no emotional content behind it, unless, of course, your 'personal context' is different, whatever. It's a shameful reach for controversy and sensationalism for the simple purpose of drawing attention.

[ShadowHolyFlyingDragon]

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Err, I'm sorry, but terrorists did not storm the Moscow airport, and D.C. has not been attacked in nearly two hundred years. The sequence does not showcase, "what terrorists are capable of," any more than Dr. Strangelove showcases what American generals are capable of.

Like he said, if you didn't like it, go play with your FKN Charmander. looooooooool

I don't need a condescending illustration to inform me.

I don't think he was speaking to people directly and in general. I think he was talking to the group of people that potenitally would complain about the gratuitious violence the game manifests in that Airport level. You know how some people complain that video games, violence, and sex, is like the new Golden Calf. lol