Digg.com - Modern Warfare 2 boycott.

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I cant believe they have done this, its almost laughable, I too think they care about more about consoles then PC's these days, I dont understand myself why, everyone seems to have something to say, everyone acts like they're the expert on this matter.

All I know is from my counter-strike days and call of duty days and other first person shoot em ups I've played over past decade is that I loved being able to open a server list, find a server with 16 people on, join it, and play on that server on a weekly bases, and become part of the community.

This matchmaking thing seems really rubbish to me, its kinda spoilt a brand new game which could have been great.

This is an absolute joke!!

I wish I was in the room with the guy that had this crazy idea so I could tell him my thoughts, I'm sure I could have convinced him how insane he was and got him to not go ahead with this mentle idea.

I guess there's only a few companies left that make good games for PC and that care about us old school gamers.

I just hope that maybe in the future things change.

But honestly, why cant they just give a keyboard and mouse to console gamers, every single console sold from now on should be released with keyboard and mouse and a joypad.

Man even give these console lovers some vouchers for ikea so they can go buy a desk and a chair LMAO!!!!!

Then we'd all be equal? And they wouldnt have to moan about not being able to lean round corners.

Thats another thing, I cant believe they took away leaning round corners for us PC users, absolutly mentle!!!!

I been playing single player right, and I try go round a corner and a sniper just takes my head off, I know hes in the window right, but everytime I move round the corner and look up to get him he just straight puts one between my eyes, crazy, if I could lean round the corner I wouldnt have died so much! seriously!

Anyways I've read thousands of post on many forums about all these issues but I havent really read anything like what I've been saying here tonight so I thought I'd give it my 2 pence worth.

Plus 99% of the post out their are probably from none hardcore gamers both on PC and console, so you got to kinda know whos writing a real post and whos just talking rubbish lol (I can imagine some people getting angered by me saying that but I dont care, I only make a post online once in a blue moon anyways hehe).

So yeah, final thing am gona say is, lets bring back leaning round corners, lets bring back dedicated servers, and lets make those console lovers understand that their console is practically a PC anyways, so they might aswell use a keyboard & mouse with them, and also give them some vouchers for Ikea so they can buy a desk & chair lol!!!......am being serious though! Is this not a good idea?.......3 years from now? the next xbox and playstation comes out? amazing graphics etc, and they're bundled with keyboard & mouse + joypad (for newbies + kids) and then vouchers for a desk & chair from Ikea?....= Problem Solved???....LMAO, I'm laughing as I write this but if they gona give people stupid night vision goggles so they can go in the garden and act like a retard then this idea from me isnt that far fetched out of the realm of possibility?????!!!!
 
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SkScotchegg said:
Thats another thing, I cant believe they took away leaning round corners for us PC users, absolutly mentle!!!!
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That and the player numbers (too few) are the only things that REALLY bother me.

Although I think that there is **** all need to be able to jump in games. Bunny hopping really annoys me.
 
SkScotchegg said:
I cant believe they have done this, its almost laughable...
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It's not so much that they have removed the features, they just simply haven't put them in. It's a console port. Why bother putting in the money to develop it for PC when people will buy it anyway. Even the so called "boycotters" bought the game.
 
SkScotchegg said:
I too think they care about more about consoles then PC's these days, I dont understand myself why, everyone seems to have something to say, everyone acts like they're the expert on this matter.
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Apart from companies like squareenix etc they only thing these companies care about it money, and theres more money in consoles than the PC gaming market for these people.

All I know is from my counter-strike days and call of duty days and other first person shoot em ups I've played over past decade is that I loved being able to open a server list, find a server with 16 people on, join it, and play on that server on a weekly bases, and become part of the community.
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I COMPLETELY agree!

This matchmaking thing seems really rubbish to me, its kinda spoilt a brand new game which could have been great.

This is an absolute joke!!
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It's not quite that bad, it's still completely playable and enjoyable, it's just lacking in a competitive sense, and because of the way they have done it seems like it's going to be hard to build up a proper community.

But honestly, why cant they just give a keyboard and mouse to console gamers, every single console sold from now on should be released with keyboard and mouse and a joypad.
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Because the reason people buy consoles more than PCs (apart from price) is the simplicity of picking up a controller and every piece of interaction is done in there hands... with a keyboard and mouse you need an area to sit them both (as you say ikea desk..which they need room for) and area for the mouse to move around on etc sadly it'll never happen as for the simple living room console player it's not practical, even though it's the only REAL way to play an FPS game :(

Thats another thing, I cant believe they took away leaning round corners for us PC users, absolutly mentle!!!!
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I keep bloody pressing Q to lean left and flashbanging myself >_<

Plus 99% of the post out their are probably from none hardcore gamers both on PC and console, so you got to kinda know whos writing a real post and whos just talking rubbish lol (I can imagine some people getting angered by me saying that but I dont care, I only make a post online once in a blue moon anyways hehe).
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I've played CSS at a competitive (as in, won money....albeit very small amounts) level and still play it for fun today and i think there is a long lists of advantages and disadvantages in MW2s way of doing it....

Advantages:
No more mass customizing of settings to give an unfair advantage (zblock was required to have months and months of work done on it in order to block out the problem settings in CSS)
Simplicity if you just fancy jumping striaght into a game without having to hunt through a server list

Disadvantages:
Competitive play between teams becomes a bit of an issue, is there actually any way to have 1 team vs another?
with a p2p system am i right in thinking there will always be someone with a 0 ping? Unfair advantage for them
No freedom to select a map of your own choice to just jump in and play - or other various MP settings for that matter.
How does a game with such multiplayer limitations build up a community? It feels almost as if there is no soul to the multiplayer in some way

That's a couple i can think of off the top of my head, i know there are more to add to both lists but it's time for bed :p

My conclusion having played through the single player and battling in MP a few times: Very very good single player campaign, but like has been said really really needs leaning to be put back in!
Multiplayer is enjoyable and theres a good pick up and play factor about it, but i can't see any future in it for competitive gaming due to it's shoddy game matching system, brilliant for a laugh with mates though!
 
Ok well I just want to add one more thing, because again I've seen nobody mention this anywhere, but everyone is saying that these companies care more about console gamers then us PC gamers because theres more money to be made with consoles right? Thats what everyone is saying? And almost everyone is saying this is down to piracy on the PC?

But wait a second, EVERY SINGLE PERSON I KNOW WITH AN XBOX 360 HAS FLASHED THEIR DRIVE AND DOWNLOADS EVERY SINGLE GAME FOR FREE!!!!

Sorry for caps but come on!!! hello??!! Am I missing something? I mean seriously, I know prob over 10 people at work that have flashed their drives also, its not hard to do, so if thats not the same as what everyone else does on the PC, then I don't know.

So therefore how can it be about piracy when those console lovers download probably more then PC lovers, because they get more good games then we do. They're the real thieves! They should stop making games for consoles and start making games for PC's again! Bring the lovin back home to the PC franchise.
 
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True, but thats only if they play online I guess, but I spoke to a guy at work and he says aslong as he keeps his software up to date with the latest flashing software, he cant be detected whilst playing online with an xbox 360.
 
ok so i thought fug it and got the game even though im more than not happy about what they have done.

here are my views -

some things are very consoley :(
the field of view bugs me but i think someone either from iw or community can sort that theres already configs about for better this and that after first day.also a steam update already for better match making tonight !

as for the lag played 4 to 5 hrs with mates 1 disconnect. so in other words fine.

the maps are just right and it doesnt feel empty even with six v six.

it is a pretty entertaining game and im glad i at least tried it.

out of all the cods

i would put it for me personally in this order postion wise

1.cod uo and 1
2.cod4
3.cod mw2
4.cod2
5.cod waw

so its not too bad it aint ever going to go back to the good ol days thats long gone . so for what it is its a decent game. capture the flag is very good and played few clans all night on it and it was awesome :cool:

so if your a clan man and worried dont be you can organise your members through steam and still play together very easily.the only difference is you wont use your dedi box for this game . its a fun game give it a try and see.

this is coming from a cod vet since day one . played 1000s apon 1000s hrs .

so they havent failed its just not the cod we expect .
 
when you think about all the changes since the original call of duty... there was no hit indicator, no grenade warnings, no health regen, handful of automatic weapons and no sprint function to name a few, I wonder how the younger console gamers today would react if they played the game like that..
 
Thorpy said:
I didn't ;)
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Me either, though i had a play on it earlier tonight on my nephews pc, what a waste, not enough players, lagged like treacle, host dropped out, hit detection is atrocious, i think il stick with cod4 for mp, (the way it was meant to be played), not this gimped out console garbage theyre flinging out now, if i wanted to play rubbish mp id have bought an xbox, thankfully i have a bit more sense.
 
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