COD 4 Multiplayer - The Good & The Bad

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Hey all,

Just finished playing another load of OCD4 multiplayer and have a few comments to make.

The Rank System
The stats system is pretty good and how you rank up, however the basic weapons you get are nothing to compared to people with higher ranks. This means they'll continue to rip you to shreads. I prefer a level playing field should as in CS: Source where, if your good, you are rewarded with more cash for you to buy better weapons next round. However, it's fairly easy to save for a good weapon even if your rubbish.

The Maps
Most of the maps are pretty good. However I feel some areas need more cover. Sometimes, such as in sniper areas you can find you can be shot from all directions even though its clear that the area was built for snipers.

Respawn
This is annoying. You respawn in a fairly random manner (talking about team deathmatch around your fellow team). This means you are fairly clueless as to where you'll spawn and there is a good possibility the enemy is sounding you. As people spawn from all areas (when teams are even) you can be shot from any direction, including the way you just come from.

Helicopters/Air strikes
This is the worst of them all. For the kind of maps COD4 has, small to medium sized and the fact your ground troops why did the developers add airstrikes in? BF2 I can understand but with an airstrike you can wipe out the whole team, the helicopter forces you to hide and fire everything you have at it while defending yourself from all angles.

I'm fairly addicted to COD4 so it must be pushing the right buttons but there are several areas I feel are annoying and hopefully with be tweaked with updates.
 
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I think the rank system is ok, the weapons you start off with are actually pretty good. I've unlocked my M4 Carbine and some hefty machine gun (that beats out rifles short, medium and long range). However, I'm still using my M16. I love it! 3 short burts into someones chest or head and they are down.
 
I would disagree that the earlier weapons are rubbish - the AK is still my weapon of choice due to having one of the highest stopping powers.

I like the fact they've nerfed sniping, i've always felt that snipers are an element that ruin online games immensely, it's just about as anti-teamwork orientated as you can get (typically)

The choppers are frustrating, but the fact you need 7 kills in a row without dying before you can use it makes it a rare appearance, also you get some tasty points if you take one out.

The spawn system is frustrating in deathmatch games, but it works in other gametypes like headquarters so win some lose some i guess.
 
Just had my first go at MP and I think it is excellent, loving the MP5 great gun for spraying!
 
I love the mp, it plays really well! Some maps are too small for the size of some servers. Over 24 man and it gets silly sometimes, one airstrike I did took out 8 people at a spawn which was comical.

However i do find that the mp5 is stupidly overpowered, people can shoot through concrete at times and light machine guns are stupid at close range. Had one guy bunnyhopping with the fastest firing one which left me with no chance with my m16 as it kills fps :(
 
I would disagree that the earlier weapons are rubbish - the AK is still my weapon of choice due to having one of the highest stopping powers.

I like the fact they've nerfed sniping, i've always felt that snipers are an element that ruin online games immensely, it's just about as anti-teamwork orientated as you can get (typically)

The choppers are frustrating, but the fact you need 7 kills in a row without dying before you can use it makes it a rare appearance, also you get some tasty points if you take one out.

The spawn system is frustrating in deathmatch games, but it works in other gametypes like headquarters so win some lose some i guess.
yep took 1 out and got 350points and took me to sarg level 2 :)
 
The good:

Fast paced
Bullet penetration
Rank/Challenge system is pwnage
Loads of upgrades
The UAV/Airstrike and Heli calls in are quality

The bad:

Shipment and Wetwork are BAD maps
No idea - Nothing has really got on my nerves

oh noo, the server connecting issues :)

Rank 44 and climbing!
 
Really loving it myself. Like I said elsewhere this is easily my favourite online game since BF2, and that really is saying something.

I agree the shooting through walls issue needs a bit of refinement. Personally I really like it as it adds that extra dimension to using cover and forces the pace of the game that little bit more, but it is very annoying to get killed by some under-powered weapon through 10meters of concrete.

The ranking system, power-ups and kit unlocks are brilliant, and are definitely not overpowered in my view. As a review I read somewhere said (Gamespot I think) the unlocks don't give any unnecessary advantages but just give you additional play options. Either way it took me about 4 or 5 games to rank up and get my M4, I'm now rank 27 or thereabouts and I'm still using it.

The only thing that hasn't impressed me is team-deathmatch. It's all just a bit... silly, and degrenerates into a mass grenade/rifle-grenade spam fest on large servers. Loving headquarters though: perfect pacing for the game; really shows off you custom classes for the given map, play-style and whether you are attacking or defending; and you can actually make proper tactical use of the UAV, airstrikes and helicopters.

Like everyone keeps saying though, I REALLY want this damn connection issue sorted out!
 
I'm happy sniping has become a lot harder, it's a noobs gun. My own server is running the beta maps only, I don't really care much for the others yet.
 
I'm happy sniping has become a lot harder, it's a noobs gun. My own server is running the beta maps only, I don't really care much for the others yet.

The sniper rifle is a noobs gun? What a nice person you must be to play with, do you go on about this whenever one of them kills you?
 
i havn't got round to getting this yet, but was playing it last night at a friends, i'm really impressed by the mp, i love it, silenced uzi tbh :D
 
The sniper rifle is a noobs gun? What a nice person you must be to play with, do you go on about this whenever one of them kills you?

No I just feel that sniping has been made too easy in the past and I'm glad it's now been made difficult. I'm actually a lovely person to play with, no need to pass judgement ;).
 
I'm happy sniping has become a lot harder, it's a noobs gun. My own server is running the beta maps only, I don't really care much for the others yet.

Snipings become harder? lol, i can't snipe for sausage on css etc i can snipe damn well on cod4 though its easy :)

especially once you start knowing the map and can look out then pop behind cover and just shoot through the wall at where you know they are :D
 
i wanna unlock the .50 in cod 4 with big sniper rifle how much fun will it be :) i can snipe in cod 4 as well as long as you can find a good place
 
Yea i think you need to be lvl 48 for that beasty sniper

Im lvl 45 atm
 
I echo a lot of sentiments on here.

Pro's

Fast pace, very intense and feels very involved.
Shooting through walls - very clever and brings new tactics to the genre.
Challenges - good and allows the gun nuts to customise and play how they want.
Kill cam, removes all doubt of cheating and allows you to see exactly how crap you are playing.
Last stand, is quality being able to wreak revenge whilst on your death bed.

Cons:

Vague battle lines - bit of a sticky one this as i'm sure many might like this. Just seems a bit like a royal rumble at times, everyone running around like a blue ***** fly wondering where they are and what they are supposed to be doing.
Seemingly random respawn. As mentioned before, sometimes, especially not knowing a lot of the maps, its takes a few seconds to find out where you are by which time you could be dead.
One map seems ridiculously small, plenty of shipping containers in a small area, its just a free for all and soon turns into a grenade spam fest - very little skill involved in that map.
Martyr - this is a bit silly on small maps, you kill someone only to be blown up immediately.
Shotguns are crap.
Teamwork isnt exactly encouraged. I like games where you have to think opposed to a mindless quakathon.
 
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Vague battle lines, pftt only noobs get this issue :p
Random spawn i got used too
MY GOD that map called Shipment is the gayest thing
martyr is so gay its unbelievable
shotguns need sorting out
teamwork - not encouraged but i have experienced teamwork in pubs :)
 
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