Call of Duty MW or MW2

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So I missed the boat with the original MW and thought I would rather wait till the second one came out, but after seeing the multiplayer options I am not so sure

So should I get the original modern warfare or the sequel and could you please tell me why?

Also I am open to other suggestions for similar games. I know the new BF game looks good, should I wait or ?
 
Get mw original, far better game for online play, no dedicated servers in mw2, full of cheats, not enough players in the game, its basically a dumbed down console game.
 
setter said:
Get mw original, far better game for online play, no dedicated servers in mw2, full of cheats, not enough players in the game, its basically a dumbed down console game.
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Have to agree with him tbh. Was a good game at the start, but now full of care package glitchers and tube noobs. Activity Ward need to pull their finger from their rings and get somthing done about it. Dedicated servers are ment to be on there way which will be the best thing ever happend to this game. No bunny boys or tube noobers or gtfo. Just a numbed down console game atm.... Shocking.
 
more ppl play mw2 now than the original so your more likely to find a game. personally i hate the hopper system to its been forced on the pc by the console brigade and it removes all your choice the gamemodes are also bizzare why cant they have all the game types hardcore or normal as they did in mw1 its stupid
 
pzr vr6 said:
more ppl play mw2 now than the original so your more likely to find a game. personally i hate the hopper system to its been forced on the pc by the console brigade and it removes all your choice the gamemodes are also bizzare why cant they have all the game types hardcore or normal as they did in mw1 its stupid
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I doubt it's that hard to find a game of MW, at least not enough to warrant recording player count as a plus in MW2's columb. It also seems like people have a lot more fun with the first, as I've seen nothing but complaints about akimbo 87s, cheaters and connection issues in the MW2 thread. Just read through the last 2 pages or so of that to see what I mean.

Ninja edit: my pages are set to 80 posts, so you might have to read more.
 
MW1 = better SP, proper multiplayer

MW2 = better MP weapons, killstreaks are beefed up, maps are (arguably) better
 
P2P servers totally kills MW2, takes ages to find a game sometimes, quite often drops out before it starts, then picks a laggy host, migrates to another host, which fails half the time. The whole system is a mess.
 
MW2 is the better MP experience - if it worked as intended... the original is still very good tho.

Problem is at the moment the MP is often unplayable on the host system and over-run with people using lame exploits or all out cheating - last 24 hours I've spotted tons of players who are obviously using wall hacks/texture hacks - I was using ninja/cold blood pro, their UAV was down anyway and in some cases they were shooting through smoke without any indication prior that I was there - and not just random shots incase.
 
Although the single player in MW2 was good I preferred MW.














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In the first one it was great when you were the American chap and you snuffed it in slow mo. They obviously realised this and repeated it about 6 times in the second one which kinda removes all emotion from it.

I didn't like the imaginary All American 'Task Force' they set up. I preferred the first one when you were playing as the actual SAS and Military, seemed more real.

I thought the invading America was frankly stupid.

And I hated that level in Cuba in the shanty town.

I didn't think the weapons were as good. For some reason I just didn't feel like I got enough feedback, not as satisfying to fire.

Oh and well we're on it, (a bit picky I know) but at then end when a fully trained SAS bloke is getting the **** kicked out of him by some old fat general I thought it was a little silly.

The snow level was rather excellent though, possibly on par with the Sniper Level in MW1 which is awesome
















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All in all I'd say start with MW1, if you really like it, (which you will as it's a classic) buy MW2. You'll enjoy the SP and MP on MW1 more but you wont be upset by the SP on MW2.

As it stands though the MP on MW2 is fairly awful, as well as the whole cheats / dedicated server issues, for me it is too much like a console game, gamer tags and too much reliance on drops / power ups, (I'd say the maps were about on par though).

I still play MW1 for the MP, (which is still busy by the way, you'll have no problem finding a server) and it is still one of the best around.
 
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